2 Chronicles 29:31

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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consecrated yourselves: or, filled your hand, 2 Chronicles 13:9

sacrifices: Leviticus 1:1 - Leviticus 3:17

thank: Leviticus 7:12

and as many: etc. As the burnt offerings were wholly consumed on the altar, the offering of them evinced greater zeal and liberality than the oblation of peace offerings, the greater part of which was eaten by the officer and his friends. Leviticus 1:3, Leviticus 23:38, Ezra 1:4

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 29:33 - the consecrated 2 Chronicles 35:8 - his princes Ezra 3:5 - willingly Ezra 6:17 - offered Ezra 8:35 - offered burnt Jeremiah 33:11 - sacrifice Ezekiel 46:12 - a voluntary Malachi 3:4 - as Hebrews 13:15 - the sacrifice

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Avram's wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, a Mitzrian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had borne him no children. And she had a female Egyptian servant, and her name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram's wife, had no children, but she had a slave girl from Egypt named Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not borne him a child, but she had an Egyptian slave woman whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Nowe Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children, and she had a maide an Egyptian, Hagar by name.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian servant-woman whose name was Hagar.

Genesis 16:1
Abram's wife Sarai had not been able to have any children. But she owned a young Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Hezekiah answered and said,.... Or proceeded to say, as follows:

now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord; having entered anew on the performance of their office, filling their hands with sacrifices, as the words signify:

come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord; which the people were to put into their hands to offer for them:

and the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; peace offerings, part of which the offerers had to feast on with their friends so expressing their joy and thankfulness on this occasion:

and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings; of which they had no share, but were wholly the Lord's; and which was a greater proof of their liberality, and so of their sincere and cordial thankfulness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hezekiah addresses, not the priests, but the congregation: “Now that by the atoning sacrifice which has been offered for you, you are consecrated once more to be a holy people to the Lord, approach with confidence and offer your free-will offerings as of old.”

Burnt offerings - The term thus translated is applied especially to those victims which were to be wholly consumed upon the altar. In the “sacrifices,” or peace offerings generally, and the “thank offerings” - a particular kind of peace offering Leviticus 7:12) - the greater part of the victim belonged to, and was consumed by, the worshipper. Hence, to offer “burnt offerings,” was indicative of a “free heart.”