2 Chronicles 29:15

15 They assembled their brothers, ¹consecrated themselves, and went in ²to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the commandment of the king ³by the words of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:15

And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves,
&c.] As they were bid, see ( 2 Chronicles 29:5 ) , and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the word of the
Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord;
for this, which the king commanded, was by the Lord, and they came to do this work, in obedience to both.

2 Chronicles 29:15 In-Context

13 and from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 and from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15 They assembled their brothers, consecrated themselves, and went in to cleanse the house of the LORD , according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD .

16 So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD . Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley.

17 Now they began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the LORD . Then they consecrated the house of the LORD in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 29:5
• 2. 1 Chronicles 23:28
• 3. 2 Chronicles 30:12