2 Chronicles 29:21

Contextual Overview

²⁰King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple. ²⁰ Then Hizkiyahu the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. ²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord . ²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord . ²⁰ Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the leaders of the city and went up to the Temple of the Lord . ²⁰ Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord 's temple. ²⁰Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. ²⁰ Then King Hezekiah got up early and assembled the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. ²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh. ²⁰ And Hezekiah the King rose early, and gathered the princes of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lord.

Bible Verse Review
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they brought: The law only required one bullock for the sins of the high priest, another for the sins of the people, and one he-goat for the sins of the prince, but Hezekiah offered many more, and the reason appears sufficiently evident: the law only speaks of the sins of ignorance, but here there were sins of every dye, idolatry, apostasy from the Divine worship, profanation of the temple, etc., etc. The sin offerings, we are informed, were offered, first, for the Kingdom, for the transgressions of the king and his family; secondly, for the sanctuary, which had been defiled and polluted; and for the priests, who had been profane, negligent, and unholy; and finally, for Judah, for the whole mass of the people, who had been led away into every kind of abomination by the above examples.

seven: Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:14, Numbers 23:29, 1 Chronicles 15:26, Ezra 8:35, Job 42:8, Ezekiel 45:23

a sin offering: Leviticus 4:3-14, Numbers 15:22-24, 2 Corinthians 5:21

Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:21 - a sin offering Leviticus 16:5 - General Numbers 15:24 - one kid 2 Kings 16:15 - the king's burnt 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded Ezra 6:17 - a sin offering

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
The man knew Havah his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Kayin, and said, "I have gotten a man with the LORD's help."

Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord .

Genesis 4:1
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain. And she said, "I have given birth to a man with the help of Yahweh."

Genesis 4:1
Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Eve said, "With the Lord 's help, I have given birth to a man."

Genesis 4:1
Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, "I have created a man just as the Lord did!"

Genesis 4:1
Now the man Adam knew Eve as his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have obtained a man (baby boy, son) with the help of the LORD."

Genesis 4:1
Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have obtained a male child with the help of the LORD."

Genesis 4:1
Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.

Genesis 4:1
Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a man with the help of Yahweh."

Genesis 4:1
Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, "I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the Lord ."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah,.... To make atonement in a typical way, having respect to the sacrifice of the Messiah, for the sins of the king, his family and court, among whom idolatry had prevailed in the times of his father; and for the cleansing of the temple, which had been polluted by the idolatries of Ahaz; and for the expiation of the whole land; seven of each sort are ordered, though only one goat was required for a sin offering by the law, because of the multitude of transgressions that had been committed, and because of the length of time in which sacrifices had been neglected:

and he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord: the altar of burnt offerings, whose business it was to do it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hezekiah commenced his restoration of the Yahweh-worship with an unusually comprehensive sin-offering, embracing the four chief kinds of sacrificial animals, and seven animals of each kind: he intended to atone for the sins, both conscious and unconscious, of the king, the priests, the people of Judah, and the people of Israel. After the completion of these expiatory rites, he proceeded to the offering of the burnt-offering 2 Chronicles 29:27.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 29:21. They brought seven bullocks, c. — This was more than the law required see Leviticus 4:13, c. 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, c., c. The sin-offerings, we are informed, were offered, first for the KINGDOM-for the transgressions of the king and his family secondly, for the SANCTUARY, which had been defiled and polluted, and for the priests who had been profane, negligent, and unholy and, finally, for JUDAH-for the whole mass of the people, who had been led away into every kind of abomination by the above examples.