2 Chronicles 29:17 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:12-19

We have here busy work, good work, and needful work, the cleansing of the house of the Lord. I. The persons employed in this work were the priests and Levites, who should have kept the temple clean, but, not having done that, were concerned to make it clean. Several of the Levites are here named, two of each of the three principal houses, Kohath, Gershon, and Merari (2 Chron. 29:12), and two of each of the three families of singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, 2 Chron. 29:13, 14. We cannot... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:17

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify ,.... Either of the reign of King Hezekiah, or rather of the year; the month Ab or Nisan, as the Targum expresses it: and on the eighth of the month came they to the porch of the Lord ; they seem to have begun cleansing the inner part of the temple first, and so came forward until they came to the porch which led into it: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days ; the holy place, and it may be the most holy... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:17

On the first day - "They began on the first day of the first month Nisan." - Targum. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

The reformation of Hezekiah-the thing done suddenly. Hezekiah was the thirteenth of the twenty kings of the line of Judah; but when his reign of twenty-nine years had run to its end, as many as two hundred and eighty-two yearn had sped away of the three hundred and ninety-two of the duration of the line up to the date of the Captivity. It may also be remembered that, of the seven reigns following upon that of Hezekiah, two (those of Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin) lasted only three months each.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:3-19

The purification of the temple. I. THE GATHERING OF THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES . ( 2 Chronicles 29:4 .) 1 . When ? In the first year of the king's reign, in the first month ( 2 Chronicles 29:3 , 2 Chronicles 29:17 ), but whether of that reign (Caspari) or of the ecclesiastical year (Bertheau, Keil, Jamieson, Ochler in Herzog) cannot be determined. In either case it was not long after his accession. The acts evinced 2 . Where? In "the broad place on the east;"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:12-19

Doing duty. The way in which these Levites received and executed the commission of the king may indicate to us the way in which we should enter upon and discharge our duty. I. UNDERTAKE IT IN A RIGHT SPIRIT . These men "arose" and went forth to do what Hezekiah called upon them to execute. It will not be presuming much if, judging from the account which follows, we conclude that they undertook their work in a spirit of And that is, undoubtedly, the spirit in which we should... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:17

They began … to sanctify . This is not the hithp, conjugation ( 2 Chronicles 29:5 ), and the whole verse probably purports to speak only of the sanctification of things, not of the self-sanctifying of the official persons, which, whether it occupied longer or shorter time, had been already done. The sanctifying of all outside, then, to the threshold, or porch, took eight days. So , manifestly, should be rendered, in the van here found, and. The sanctifying of the interior occupied... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 29:17

2 Chronicles 29:17. Now they began on the first day of the first month A happy beginning of the new year! Thus should every year begin with a reformation of what is amiss, and the purging away of all the defilements contracted the foregoing year. In the sixteenth day they made an end Cleansing the house, and porch, and courts, and all the chambers belonging to the temple, in sixteen days. This is mentioned to signify, partly the universal abuse and defilement of all the parts of it by... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

Hezekiah’s religious reforms (29:1-31:21)Immediately he became king, Hezekiah began a thorough reformation of Judah’s religion. This was prompted partly by the preaching of the prophet Micah (Jeremiah 26:17-19; see notes on 2 Kings 18:1-12).The Chronicler gives a detailed account of Hezekiah’s work, particularly that part of it which affected the temple, the priests and the Levites. Hezekiah called a meeting of priests and Levites and told them plainly that neglect of the temple was the reason... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:12-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 29:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:3-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:12-19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 29:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 29:1-36

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