2 Chronicles 13:11

11 They offer burnt offerings to Yahweh {every morning} and {every evening}, sweet spices of incense, and the rows of bread upon the pure table. And the golden lampstand with its lamps [they] keep kindled {every evening}, for we are keeping the requirement of Yahweh our God, but you yourselves have forsaken him.

2 Chronicles 13:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:11

And they burn unto the Lord, every morning and every evening,
burnt sacrifices and sweet incense
That is, the priests; the one they did on the altar of burnt offering, and the other on the altar of incense, and both every day, morning and evening:

the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table;
the shewbread table, every sabbath day, when they took the old bread off, which had stood there a week:

and the candlestick of gold, with the lamps thereof, to burn every
evening;
these were lighted every evening, and dressed every morning; and though there were ten tables and ten candlesticks in Solomon's temple, yet only one of each was used at a time; and therefore from hence it is not to be concluded that all the rest were taken away by Shishak:

for we keep the charge of the Lord our God;
observe all the rites and ceremonies, laws, and ordinances enjoined by him; the Targum is,

``the charge of the Word of the Lord our God:''

but ye have forsaken him;
his fear or worship, as the same paraphrase.

2 Chronicles 13:11 In-Context

9 Did you not drive out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, the Levites? Have you [not] made for yourselves priests like all the peoples of the lands? All who come {to be consecrated for priestly service} with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of [what is] not a god.
10 But as for us, Yahweh [is] our God, and we have not forsaken him. The priests serving Yahweh [are] the sons of Aaron, the Levites, according to their service.
11 They offer burnt offerings to Yahweh {every morning} and {every evening}, sweet spices of incense, and the rows of bread upon the pure table. And the golden lampstand with its lamps [they] keep kindled {every evening}, for we are keeping the requirement of Yahweh our God, but you yourselves have forsaken him.
12 And look, God [is] with us at the head, and his priests [have] the trumpets for sounding blasts against you, O sons of Israel. Do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."
13 Then Jeroboam sent around an ambush to come behind them. So they were in front of Judah, but the ambush [was] behind them.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Literally "in the morning, in the morning"
  • [b]. Literally "in the evening, in the evening"
  • [c]. Literally "in the evening, in the evening"
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