2 Chronicles 29:21-35 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:30

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord, with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer ,.... Making use of psalms composed by the one and the other; Jarchi takes it to be the one hundred and fifth psalm, which begins, "O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name"; as in 1 Chronicles 16:7 . and they sang praises with gladness ; the king and all the people: and they bowed their heads and worshipped ; made another adoration of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:31

Then Hezekiah answered and said ,.... Or proceeded to say, as follows: now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord ; having entered anew on the performance of their office, filling their hands with sacrifices, as the words signify: come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord ; which the people were to put into their hands to offer for them: and the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings ; peace offerings, part of which the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:32

And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation brought were seventy bullocks, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. Of which they had no part to feast but were wholly devoted to the Lord, by way of thankfulness to him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:33

And the consecrated things ,.... Which were devoted for peace offerings, of which the owners had a part: were six hundred oxen, and three thousand sheep; which was a much lesser number than what were offered upon occasion in the times of David and Solomon, the nation being poorer; and besides, these were only the oblation of two tribes, they of all Israel. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:34

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings ,.... Take off the skins of them, which used to be done by the priests, Leviticus 1:6 , wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them till the work was ended ; assisted in the flaying of the sacrifices, until they had gone through the service of this time, and the skins of all the sacrifices were flayed off: and until the other priests had sanctified themselves ; who had been negligent of it, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:35

And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings, for every burnt offering ,.... Besides the abundance of burnt offerings, whose skins were to be taken off, there were meat offerings and drink offerings to each, which required many hands to prepare them; and also the fat of the peace offerings was to be burnt; which, all together, occasioned a great deal of business: so the service of the house of the Lord was set in order :... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:21

They brought seven bullocks , etc. - This was more than the law required; see Leviticus 4:13 , etc. It ordered one calf or ox for the sins of the people, and one he-goat for the sins of the prince; but Hezekiah here offers many more. And the reason appears sufficiently evident: the law speaks only of sins of ignorance; but here were sins of every kind and every die - idolatry, apostasy from the Divine worship, profanation of the temple, etc., etc. The sin-offerings, we are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:23

They laid their hands upon them - That is, they confessed their sin; and as they had by their transgression forfeited their lives, they now offer these animals to die as vicarious offerings, their life being taken for the life of their owners. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:25

With cymbals , with psalteries - Moses had not appointed any musical instruments to be used in the divine worship; there was nothing of the kind under the first tabernacle. The trumpets or horns then used were not for song nor for praise, but as we use bells, i.e., to give notice to the congregation of what they were called to perform, etc. But David did certainly introduce many instruments of music into God's worship, for which we have already seen he was solemnly reproved by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:34

They could not flay all the burnt-offerings - Peace-offerings, and such like, the Levites might flay and dress; but the whole burnt-offerings, that is, those which were entirely consumed on the altar, could be touched only by the priests, unless in a case of necessity, such as is mentioned here. The Levites were more upright in heart - The priests seem to have been very backward in this good work; the Levites were more ready to help forward this glorious... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:35

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:34

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