2 Chronicles 31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31

We have here a further account of that blessed reformation of which Hezekiah was a glorious instrument, and of the happy advances he made in it. I. All the remnants of idolatry were destroyed and abolished, 2 Chron. 31:1. II. The priests and Levites were set to work again, every man in his place, 2 Chron. 31:2. III. Care was taken for their maintenance. 1. The royal bounty to the clergy, and for the support of the temple service, was duly paid, 2 Chron. 31:3. 2. Orders were given for the... read more

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:11-21

Here we have, I. Two particular instances of the care of Hezekiah concerning church matters, having put them into good order, to keep them so. The tithes and other holy things being brought in, he provided, 1. That they should be carefully laid up, and not left exposed in loose heaps, liable to be wasted and embezzled. He ordered chambers to be made ready in some of the courts of the temple for store-chambers (2 Chron. 31:11), and into them the offerings were brought and there kept under lock... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 31 This chapter begins with the destruction of idolatrous worship, the appointment of the courses of the priests and Levites, and the royal bounty for sacrifices, 2 Chronicles 31:1 , next follows the order Hezekiah gave, that the people at Jerusalem, and throughout the land, should make the proper provision for the priests and Levites, as the law directed; and which was cheerfully complied with, and the firstfruits and tithes were brought in, in great... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:1

Now when all this was finished ,.... The temple cleansed, the priests and Levites sanctified, the passover and feast of unleavened bread observed, and other seven days of rejoicing kept: all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin ; which had been erected by Ahaz, 2 Chronicles 28:2 at or about this time also the brasen serpent was broke... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:5

And as soon as the commandment came abroad ,.... Not only was published in the city of Jerusalem, but the report of it, or rather that itself, was spread throughout the cities of Judah: the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey ; the three first of these are expressed in the law, Deuteronomy 18:4 but not honey; wherefore the Targum here, and the Jewish writers in general, interpret it of the "dubsa" of the palm tree, as they call it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:6

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah ,.... As for the supplement "concerning", I see no need of it; the sense is, that when the king's edict was known by the inhabitants of the cities in the country, as well as at Jerusalem: they also brought in the tithes of oxen, and sheep ; according to the law in Leviticus 27:32 . and the tithe of holy things, which were consecrated unto the Lord their God ; which Jarchi understands of the second... read more

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