2 Chronicles 29:7

7 They also closed the doors of the vestibule, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:7

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch
So that there was no entering into the temple, ( 2 Chronicles 28:24 )

and put out the lamps;
for the priests not being able to go in morning and evening to light them, and dress them, they in course went out; the Jews say ^F14, that on the eighteenth of Ab, which answers to part of July and August, the western lamp was extinct in the days of Ahaz, for which a fast was kept on that day:

and have not burnt incense, nor offered burnt offerings in the holy
place unto the God of Israel;
but had done these in the high places to idols, ( 2 Chronicles 28:3 2 Chronicles 28:4 2 Chronicles 28:24 2 Chronicles 28:25 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Schulchan Aruch, par. 1. c. 580. sect. 2.

2 Chronicles 29:7 In-Context

5 He said to them, "Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors. Remove everything detestable from the holy place.

6 For our fathers were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the Lord's tabernacle, and turned their backs on Him.

7 They also closed the doors of the vestibule, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel.

8 Therefore, the wrath of the Lord was on Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of terror, horror, and hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

9 Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.