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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 68,450 words · 407 reading sections
2 Chronicles 29:17
2 Chronicles 29:17 Ver. 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…
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2 Chronicles 29:18 Ver. 18. Then they went in to Hezekiah the king,.... In his palace: and said, we have cleansed all the house of the Lord; the several parts of it, and apartments belonging to it: and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof; which they cleansed and scoured, and put in their proper…
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2 Chronicles 29:19 Ver. 19. Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression,.... Not that he threw them away, being valuable, as made of gold and silver; but, as Kimchi interprets it, he removed them, and converted them to idolatrous uses; or, as the Targum, he defiled or prof…
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2 Chronicles 29:20 Ver. 20. Then Hezekiah the king rose early,.... Took the first opportunity to attend the worship of God, and set an example to his people: and gathered the rulers of the city; the elders of the people, the chief magistrates in Jerusalem:and went up to the house of the Lord; the temple, to worship th…
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2 Chronicles 30:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 30 Hezekiah having consulted his nobles about keeping the passover the second month, and determined upon it, sent messengers throughout Israel and Judah, to acquaint them with it, at which some mocked, and others seriously attended to it, 2Ch 30:1 so it was celebrated in…
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2 Chronicles 30:2 Ver. 2. For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem,.... He and his nobles, and the great sanhedrim or senate of the nation, had consulted together: to keep the passover in the second month; in the month Ijar, as the Targum, because they could not keep it i…
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2 Chronicles 30:3 Ver. 3. For they could not keep it at the time,.... In the month Nisan, as the Targum adds, on the fourteenth day of the month, as the law enjoined, because the cleansing of the temple was not finished until the sixteenth day, see 2Ch 29:17 and, besides this, two other reasons follow: because the pr…
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2 Chronicles 30:4 Ver. 4. And the thing pleased the king, and all the congregation. They all unanimously agreed to it, and determined it should be done.…
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2 Chronicles 30:5 Ver. 5. So they established a decree, to make proclamation throughout all Israel,.... Passed a vote, that heralds should be appointed and sent to proclaim it throughout the land, that all might know it, and none plead ignorance: from Beersheba even to Dan; the one being the southern and the other th…
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2 Chronicles 30:6 Ver. 6. So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah,.... Both through the kingdoms of the ten tribes of Israel, and the kingdom of the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin: and according to the commandment of the king, saying; so they were ordered by …
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2 Chronicles 30:7 Ver. 7. And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers,.... By worshipping the calves, and neglecting the service of God in the temple at Jerusalem; the Targum is, "which acted deceitfully with the Word of the Lord their God:'' who th…
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2 Chronicles 30:8 Ver. 8. Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were,.... Obstinate and refractory, like heifers unaccustomed to the yoke, which draw back from it, and will not submit to it: but yield yourselves unto the Lord; be subject unto him, or "give the hand" {q} to him, as a token of subjection and homag…
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2 Chronicles 30:9 Ver. 9. For if ye turn again unto the Lord,.... To the fear or worship of the Lord, as the Targum: your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land; who had been carried away by Tiglathpileser, see Ps 106:46, for …
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2 Chronicles 30:10 Ver. 10. So the posts passed from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun,.... Through all the ten tribes, not being hindered or forbid by Hoshea king of Israel, who was one of the best of their kings, and was very willing his people should go and worship at Jeru…
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2 Chronicles 30:11 Ver. 11. Nevertheless, divers of Asher, and Manasseh, and of Zebulun, humbled themselves,.... Confessed their idolatries and impieties, and expressed sorrow and repentance for them, and were willing to obey the commands of God, and attend his worship and ordinances: and came to Jerusalem; to keep t…
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2 Chronicles 30:12 Ver. 12. Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart,.... To make them unanimous in this service, hearty and willing to it, to a man, which was owing to the power and efficacy of divine grace: to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord; to keep the pa…
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2 Chronicles 30:13 Ver. 13. And there assembled at Jerusalem much people,.... Out of the several tribes: to keep the feast of unleavened bread: the passover, which was eaten with unleavened bread: in the second month: the month Ijar: a very great congregation; such as had not been seen on such an occasion for many …
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2 Chronicles 30:14 Ver. 14. And they arose,.... Before they slew and ate the passover: and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem; which Ahaz had set up in every corner of Jerusalem, to offer sacrifices upon, 2Ch 28:24 and all the altars for incense took they away; for as there were some to offer sacrifices on,…
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2 Chronicles 30:15 Ver. 15. Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month,.... For though they could not keep it in the month in which it should have been kept, for the reasons before given, yet they kept it on the day of the month in which it was observed: and the priests and the Levites we…
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2 Chronicles 30:16 Ver. 16. And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God,.... The priests in their place, and the Levites in theirs, in which they were ordered to stand when they offered sacrifice: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of th…
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2 Chronicles 30:17 Ver. 17. For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified,.... Or purified from uncleanness, contracted either by idolatry, or through such things which, according to the ceremonial law, made them unclean, and from which they had not now time to cleanse themselves according to the la…
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2 Chronicles 31:1 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, 2Ch 31:1, next follows the order Hezekiah gave, that the people at Jerusalem, and throughout the land, shoul…
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2 Chronicles 31:2 Ver. 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 s…
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2 Chronicles 31:3 Ver. 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:…
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2 Chronicles 31:4 Ver. 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 k…
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2 Chronicles 31:5 Ver. 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 fi…
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2 Chronicles 31:6 Ver. 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 t…
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2 Chronicles 31:7 Ver. 7. In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps..... The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, Ex 23:16, for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought: and finish…
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2 Chronicles 31:8 Ver. 8. And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps,.... Of the tithes and firstfruits: they blessed the Lord; for the great increase of the fruits of the earth, and for making the people so willing to bring in the dues to the priests and Levites: and his people Israel; wished all happ…
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2 Chronicles 31:9 Ver. 9. Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. How they came to be so large, or why they let them lie where they did.…
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2 Chronicles 31:10 Ver. 10. And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him,.... Who was the high priest of the family of Eleazar, in the line of Zadok, made high priest in Solomon's time, when Abiathar was thrust out; Jarchi takes him to be the same Azariah that was in the days of Uzziah, 2Ch 26:17, …
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2 Chronicles 31:11 Ver. 11. Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord,.... Either to build new ones, or fit up those that were built: and they prepared [them]; got them ready to lay up the stores in.…
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2 Chronicles 31:12 Ver. 12. And brought in the offerings, and the tithes, and the dedicated things, faithfully,.... Kept nothing back for their own private use, but faithfully delivered in and laid up the whole that was brought which remained; this was done by the priests and Levites, in whose hands and care they were…
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2 Chronicles 31:13 Ver. 13. And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother,.... These ten were assistants to the other two, were under them, and at their command, and were to…
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2 Chronicles 31:14 Ver. 14. And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter towards the east,.... At the east gate of the temple; see 1Ch 26:17 was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord; to the priests and Levites, for whose use they were; or to deliver out the fine flour, oil, …
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2 Chronicles 31:15 Ver. 15. And next to him were Eden and Mijamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah,.... As Kore was the principal, and his business lay chiefly with the priests in the temple, and in Jerusalem, these men under him were employed in distributing to the priests, in the cities of the prie…
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2 Chronicles 31:16 Ver. 16. Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upwards,.... Their office was not only to give to the priests, but to those of their males in their genealogy, who were three years old and upwards; for under that age, according to Kimchi, they were not fit to come into the temple; …
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2 Chronicles 31:17 Ver. 17. Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,.... As to the priests registered according to their families from the age before observed, a portion was given: so to the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, in their charges, by their courses; for though originally…
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2 Chronicles 31:18 Ver. 18. And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation,.... These were all genealogized and registered, wives and children, sons and daughters, whether small or grown up; and a portion was distributed to them according t…
462 wordsSECTION 3402 Chronicles 32:1
2 Chronicles 32:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 32 This chapter relates Sennacherib's invasion of the land of Judah, the preparations Hezekiah made to resist him, and the encouragement he gave his people to trust in the Lord, 2Ch 32:1 the messages and letters Sennacherib sent to Hezekiah and his subjects, full of arro…
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2 Chronicles 32:2 Ver. 2. And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come,.... Into the land of Judah, which he perceived and understood by reports brought to him: and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem; to besiege it and take it, if possible; this he saw was his design, by taking the fenced cities in his…
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2 Chronicles 32:3 Ver. 3. He took counsel with his princes, and his mighty men,.... With his nobles, and the officers of his army, what steps should be taken to resist, retard, and distress the enemy, and among the rest what follows was proposed: to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city; that s…
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2 Chronicles 32:4 Ver. 4. So there was gathered much people together,.... At the instance of Hezekiah, his nobles and officers: who stopped all the fountains; perhaps by laying planks over them, and earth upon them, so that it could not be discerned there were any fountains there: and the brook that ran through the …
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2 Chronicles 32:5 Ver. 5. Also he strengthened himself,.... In the Lord his God, and fortified his city, and put it in the best manner of defence he could: and built up all the wall that was broken; which was broken from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate by Joash king of Israel; and though it might have been rep…
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2Ch 25:3 and raised it up to the towers; from the corner tower to the tower of the gate of Ephraim, which, as before observed, had been broken down: and another wall without; a second wall, either all around the city, or at such a part of it which was weakest; Josephus {z} says the city of Jerusalem had three walls a…
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2 Chronicles 32:6 Ver. 6. And he set captains of war over the people,.... To teach them the exercises of war, to lead them on against the enemy, to direct them where to stand, and what to do in defence of the city: and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city; the street which led to the ga…
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2 Chronicles 32:7 Ver. 7. Be strong and courageous,.... Be of good heart and spirit, and quit yourselves like men: be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; which was very large; for no less than 185,000 were slain of them by an angel in one night, 2Ki 19:35 for …
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2 Chronicles 32:8 Ver. 8. With him is an arm of flesh,.... Only weak, frail, mortal men, not at all to be feared; nothing in comparison of the Lord: but with us is the Lord our God, to help us, and to fight our battles; who is the Lord God Almighty, who has the host of heaven at his command, and with whom all the inh…
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2 Chronicles 32:9 Ver. 9. After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem,.... Who are mentioned by name, 2Ki 18:17 this was after Hezekiah had given him a large quantity of silver and gold to depart, and he did depart from him, 2Ki 18:14 but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all hi…
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2 Chronicles 32:10 Ver. 10. Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, whereon do ye trust,.... On what power in heaven or on earth? that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? hold out against the siege of it, and do not deliver it up.…
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2 Chronicles 32:11 Ver. 11. Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine, and by thirst,.... Suggesting that would be their case if they did not surrender: saying, the Lord our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? See Gill on "Isa 36:15".…
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2 Chronicles 32:12 Ver. 12-15. Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places,.... For the sense of this and the three following verses, see the notes on See Gill on "Isa 36:17" See Gill on "Isa 36:18" See Gill on "Isa 36:19" See Gill on "Isa 36:20"…
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2 Chronicles 32:16 Ver. 16. And his servants spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. Than what is here recorded, as may be read in 2Ki 18:1, and Isa 36:1.…
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2 Chronicles 32:17 Ver. 17. He wrote also letters to rail on the Lord God of Israel,.... See 2Ki 19:9.…
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2 Chronicles 32:18 Ver. 18. Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall,.... The messengers of Sennacherib, particularly Rabshakeh the chief speaker; though they were desired to speak in the Syrian language, Isa 36:11, but this they did to affright them, an…
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2 Chronicles 32:19 Ver. 19. And they spake against the God of Jerusalem,.... The only living and true God, whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem professed to be their God, and who was worshipped by them in the temple there: as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man; they made…
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2 Chronicles 32:20 Ver. 20. And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. To God in heaven; of the prayer of Hezekiah on this account, see Isa 37:15, and the notes there; See Gill on "Isa 37:15" See Gill on "Isa 37:16" See Gill on "Isa 37:17" See Gill on "Is…
1,728 wordsSECTION 3582 Chronicles 33:1
2 Chronicles 33:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 33 This chapter gives an account of the reign of Manasseh, of his idolatries and impieties, 2Ch 33:1, of his captivity, humiliation, repentance, and reformation, 2Ch 33:11 of his last end, death, and burial, 2Ch 33:18 and of the wicked reign of Amon his son, and of his d…
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2 Chronicles 33:10 Ver. 10. And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people,.... By his servants the prophets, see 2Ki 21:10, where what was said to them is recorded: but they would not hearken; to what was said, to reproofs, admonitions, and exhortations to repent and reform.…
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2 Chronicles 33:11 Ver. 11. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria,.... Who was Esarhaddon, the son and successor of Sennacherib; this, according to the Jewish chronology {f}, was in the twenty second year of Manasseh's reign: which took Manasseh among the thorns; in a th…
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