Divrey Hayamim Bais 29:11

11 My banim, be not now negligent, for Hashem hath chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that ye should minister unto Him, and burn ketoret.

Divrey Hayamim Bais 29:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons
So, as the father of his people, he speaks of them in the most tender and affectionate manner:

be not now negligent;
backward to this good work, slothful, sluggish, and remiss in it; according to Jarchi and Kimchi, the word has the signification of error, and the sense may be, do not continue in the error in which you have been, in neglecting the service of God:

for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and
that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense;
on the altar of incense, which was the work of the priests, and for which they were selected from the rest of their brethren; and Hezekiah's discourse was directed to them, as well as to the Levites, ( 2 Chronicles 29:4 2 Chronicles 29:5 ) .

Divrey Hayamim Bais 29:11 In-Context

9 For, hinei, Avoteinu have fallen by the cherev, our banim, our banot, our nashim are in captivity for this.

10 Now it is in mine lev to make a Brit with Hashem Elohei Yisroel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.

11 My banim, be not now negligent, for Hashem hath chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that ye should minister unto Him, and burn ketoret.

12 Then the Levi’im arose: Machat ben Amasai, and Yoel ben Azaryahu, of the Bnei HaKehati; and of the Bnei Merari, Kish ben Avdi, Azaryahu ben Yehallelel; and, of the Gershoni, Yoach ben Zimmah, and Eden ben Yoach;

13 And of the Bnei Elitzaphan, Shimri, and Ye’i’el; and of the Bnei Asaph; Zecharyahu, and Matanyahu;