Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 29:34
2 Chronicles 29:34. The priests were too few Namely, such as were sanctified and fit for the work, as the following words show. Many of them, it is probable, had been suspended and laid aside as polluted, for having sacrificed to idols in the last reign, and the rest had not the zeal that might have been expected on such an occasion. Therefore they took no care to sanctify themselves: and being unsanctified, and so unqualified, they made their excuse for being absent from the service; as if... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 29:33
2 Chronicles 29:33. The consecrated things were six hundred oven, &c. That is, the offerings consecrated to God, besides the burnt-offerings already mentioned, namely, the peace-offerings and thank-offerings, the fat of which was burned upon the altar, and the flesh divided between the priests and the offerers. Of these there was a still greater number than of the burnt-offerings. Perhaps the remembrance of their sin in sacrificing on the high places, made them more willing to bring... read more