2 Chronicles 29:19

19 Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord."

2 Chronicles 29:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:19

Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did
cast away in his transgression
Not that he threw them away, being valuable, as made of gold and silver; but, as Kimchi interprets it, he removed them, and converted them to idolatrous uses; or, as the Targum, he defiled or profaned them, and made them abominable by strange idols: have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar
of the Lord;
they had cleaned them, and fitted them for service, and had put them where they were ready for use; though the Targum is,

``we have laid them aside, and hid them, and prepared others in their room,''

as unfit for divine service; and which is the sense of other Jewish writers ^F15.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 T. Bab. Avodah Zarah, fol. 54. 2.

2 Chronicles 29:19 In-Context

17 Now they began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the Lord. Then they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offerings with all its articles, and the table of the showbread with all its articles.

19 Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord."

20 Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.