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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:1-10

We have here an account of what was done after the passover. What was wanting in the solemnities of preparation for it before was made up in that which is better, a due improvement of it after. When the religious exercises of a Lord's day or a communion are finished we must not think that then the work is done. No, then the hardest part of our work begins, which is to exemplify the impressions of the ordinance upon our minds in all the instances of a holy conversation. So it was here; when all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, and the Levites after their courses ,.... As they were fixed by David, and were in the times of Jehoshaphat, and had been since interrupted, and which Hezekiah now restored, and placed them in their regular order: every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings, and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord ; or camp of the Lord, where they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:3

He appointed also the king's portion of his substance ,.... Out of his own treasury, of his royal bounty, over and above what was usual for kings to give for their own sacrifices, the treasury of the temple being exhausted, and the people being brought into low circumstances in the last reign: for the burnt offerings, to wit , for the morning and evening burnt offerings ; the daily sacrifice offered morning and evening, which had been neglected, but now revived: and the burnt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:4

Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites ,.... What was assigned unto them by the law of God by tithes, firstfruits, &c.; that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord ; in the study of it; that they might gain greater knowledge of it themselves, and be better able to instruct the people, which of late had been much neglected; and that they might be more at leisure for such service, and be free from all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 31:2

In the gates of the tents of the Lord - That is, in the temple; for this was the house, tabernacle, tent, and camp, of the Most High. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 31:3

The king ' s portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings - It is conjectured that the Jewish kings, at least from the time of David, furnished the morning and evening sacrifice daily at their own expense, and several others also. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:1-4

A religious reformation in the days of Hezekiah. I. A POPULAR CRUSADE AGAINST IDOLATRY . ( 2 Chronicles 31:1 .) 1 . When begun. "When all this was finished," i.e. after the temple had been purified and rededicated ( 2 Chronicles 29:1-36 .), and the Passover celebrated ( 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 .). Everything in its order. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven;" "a time to pluck up that which is planted;" "a time to break... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:1-21

The works that came of faith. This chapter discloses to our view the perfection of activity. The rest of the Sunday, so to say, is followed by most laudable industry, and "the fervent in spirit" are "diligent in business" worthy of them. The picture is, indeed, of a living, moving scene. An army of volunteers issues forth from the recently purged city of Jerusalem to engage in worthy warfare, extirpating "images," "groves," "high places , " "altars," and utterly exterminating them from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:2

And Hezekiah appointed the courses . The twenty-fourth and following two chapters of 1 Chronicles give in full the appointment and arrangement of these courses, now again thrown out of order. Appointed; Hebrew, וַיַּעֲמֵר . It is equivalent to saying Hezekiah re-established the courses. Of the tents . The word is not "tents," but the expressive and emphatic "camps" ( מַחֲגוֹת ). Order of the divinest kind, discipline of the most perfect sort, are the glory of the temple and... read more

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