2 Chronicles 29:3

3 In the very first year of his rule, during the first month, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the LORD's temple, having repaired them.

2 Chronicles 29:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:3

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month
And, as appears from ( 2 Chronicles 29:17 ) , on the first day of the month:

opened the doors of the house of the Lord;
which his father had shut, ( 2 Chronicles 28:24 )

and repaired them;
or strengthened them, the hinges, and other parts of them, being loosened and weakened; and ornamented them by overlaying them with gold, the plates of which very probably his father had taken off; for, certain it is, Hezekiah overlaid them, and very probably at this time, see ( 2 Kings 18:16 ) .

2 Chronicles 29:3 In-Context

1 Hezekiah became king when he was 25 years old, and he ruled for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah; she was Zechariah's daughter.

2 He did what was right in the LORD's eyes, just as his ancestor David had done.

3 In the very first year of his rule, during the first month, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the LORD's temple, having repaired them.

4 Then he brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the eastern square.

5 "Listen to me, you Levites!" he said. "Make yourselves holy so you can make holy the temple of the LORD God of your ancestors by removing from the sanctuary any impure thing.