2 Chronicles 29:1-11

Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz in Judah

1 ¹Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five * years old; and he reigned twenty-nine * years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

2 ²He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.

3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he ³opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.

4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the square on the east.

Reforms Begun

5 Then he said to them, "Listen to me, O Levites. ⁴Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.

6 "For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him and ⁵turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and have turned their backs.

7 "They have also ⁶shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

8 "Therefore ⁷the wrath of the LORD was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of ⁸hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

9 "For behold, ⁹our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

10 "Now it is in my heart ¹⁰to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.

11 "My sons, do not be negligent now, for ¹¹the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense."

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2 Chronicles 29:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 29

This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah, who upon his accession to the throne opened the doors of the temple, 2Ch 29:1-3, summoned the priests and Levites, and exhorted them to purge the temple, and restore the worship of it, 2Ch 29:4-11, who accordingly set about the work immediately, and cleansed the temple, and, when they had done, reported it to the king, 2Ch 29:12-19 upon which he, with the princes, went into the temple and offered sacrifices, 2Ch 29:20-24 and ordered singers to sing at the offering of burnt offerings, 2Ch 29:25-30 when he and his people offered burnt offerings and peace offerings in great abundance, 2Ch 29:31-36.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

1. 2 Kings 18:1-3
2. 2 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 34:2
3. 2 Chronicles 28:24; 2 Chronicles 29:7
4. 2 Chronicles 29:15, 34; 2 Chronicles 35:6
5. Ezekiel 8:16
6. 2 Chronicles 28:24
7. 2 Chronicles 24:20
8. Jeremiah 25:9, 18
9. 2 Chr 28:5-8, 17
10. 2 Chronicles 23:16
11. Numbers 3:6; Numbers 8:6

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "given"