Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 29:28
(28) Worshipped.—Were worshipping. LXX. προσεκύνει.The singers.—Heb., the song. So we might say “the music was playing;” or even “the song was singing,” i.e., being sung.The trumpeters sounded.—And the clarions were blowing (literally, clarioning). The participle is masculine, although the noun is properly feminine, because here the word “clarions” really stands for the clarion-players. So in modern orchestras they speak of “the violins,” or “the ‘cellos,” meaning the players on those... read more
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36
The Reign of HezekiahThis chapter describes a cleansing of the Temple and a sacrifice for the sins of the people.This and the following 2 Chronicles 30-32, cover the same period as 2 Kings 18-20, but, for the most part, have in view a different side of Hezekiah’s reign, Chronicles relating in great detail his religious reforms, whilst Kings is concerned mainly with the political events of the time.3. Opened the doors] The Temple had been closed by Ahaz: 2 Chronicles 28:24. 4. The east street]... read more