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of Persia (2 Chronicles 10 to 36). The focus of this chapter is the reign of
Hezekiah Hezekiah (; ), or Ezekias (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Kingdom of Judah, Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.Stephen L Harris, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "G ...
, king of Judah.


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This chapter was originally written in the
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and is divided into 36 verses.


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Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in
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tradition, which includes the Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the
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Old Testament references

*: 2 Chronicles 29 Berean Study Bible
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Hezekiah, king of Judah (29:1–19)

Among the kings of Judah (after David and Solomon), the Chronicles record more extensively about
Hezekiah Hezekiah (; ), or Ezekias (born , sole ruler ), was the son of Ahaz and the thirteenth king of Kingdom of Judah, Judah according to the Hebrew Bible.Stephen L Harris, Harris, Stephen L., ''Understanding the Bible''. Palo Alto: Mayfield. 1985. "G ...
(2 Chronicles 29–32), focusing his reform and restoration of the Temple and worship. Verses 1–19 parallel to
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:1–12 with the addition of material of temple cleansing. In the first month of his (sole) reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the temple (verse 3), which was shut by this father ( 2 Chronicles 28:24), but because the main building was still unclean, Hezekiah held the meeting with the priests and Levites at the square on the east of the temple (verse 4). Hezekiah's speech (verses 5, 11) encouraged the Levites (and priests) to resume their traditional tasks, recalling the sins of the ancestors and their effects (verses 6–10). Verses 12–19 report the cleansing of the temple, involving two sons each of seven Levite families (the number "seven" is a keyword in this chapter, cf. e.g. verses 17, 21), the last three of them (Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun) are the families of singers ascribed to the Levites (cf.
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:5–8 about the first three names). w. 15–17, having After sanctified themselves, the priests removed unholy things from the temple then the Levites carried them from the forecourt into the Kidron valley (verses 15–17). The sanctification of the temple was completed on the sixteenth day of the first month, forcing a delay in the Passover feast (which should fall on the fifteenth day of the first month). The report to Hezekiah explicitly mentioned Ahaz who removed the temple utensils from Solomon's temple, which in post-exilic times were continued to be used in the second temple, after being returned by the Persians to those who resettled Jerusalem.


Verse 1

:''Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.'' *Cross references: 2 Kings 18:2 * "Reigned 29 years": according to Thiele's chronology, Hezekiah became the sole king after his father died before 1 Nisan (April) 715  BCE, until his death between September 687 and September 686 BCE, for the total of 29 years. Prior to that, Hezekiah became co-regent with his father from September 729 BCE to sometime before 1 Nisan (April) 715 BCE. *"Abijah": written as "Abi" in the parallel verse 2 Kings 18:2.


Hezekiah restores Temple worship (29:20–36)

The feast after the consecration of the temple here was without parallel in the Hebrew Bible, a mixture of rituals in the book of Leviticus and Numbers for sanctifying altars (Numbers 7:88), consisting of three parts: preparations, sacrifices made by the princes and the sacrifices made by the people, which were given voluntarily and joyfully. It also reflects the consecration of the second temple ( Ezra 6:17; 8:35; cf.
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45). The people's voluntary offerings here are not mentioned elsewhere in the Chronicles.


Verse 22

:''So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Likewise they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.''
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* Cross references: ; *"Received the blood": that is, "caught the blood in bowls of sprinkling" (Numbers 8:14). Ellicott, C. J. (Ed.) (1905)
''Ellicott's Bible Commentary for English Readers''. 2 Chronicles 29.
London : Cassell and Company, Limited,
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*"Sprinkled the blood": this action marks the expiation (Leviticus 4:7, 18, 30; Leviticus 5:9; Leviticus 8:14, 15; Hebrews 9:12-14, 19–22).Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors)
On "2 Chronicles 29".
In: ''The
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See also

*Related Bible parts:
Leviticus 4, Leviticus 17, Numbers 18,
2 Kings 18 2 Kings 18 is the eighteenth chapter of the second part of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the Second Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the king ...
, 2 Chronicles 28


Notes


References


Sources

* * * * * * * * Thiele, Edwin R., ''
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'', (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). * *


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