Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 31:18
18. for in their set office they sanctified themselves—This is the reason assigned for providing for the wives and children out of the revenues of the sanctuary, that priests, withdrawing from those secular pursuits by which they might have maintained their households, devoted themselves entirely to the functions of the ministry. 2 Chronicles 31:20; 2 Chronicles 31:21. HIS SINCERITY OF HEART. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 31:18
congregation = assembly. See note on Genesis 28:3 . sanctified themselves in holiness: or, devoted themselves [as] a holy body. See note on Exodus 3:6 . read more