2 Chronicles 29:18-31
altar <04196> [the altar.]
Bread of the Presence <04635> [the shewbread.]
items <03627> [all the vessels.]
<02186> [did cast away.]
Or, as the LXX., Vulgate, and Targum read, "did pollute," {hizneeach,} he rendered them so abominable that they were rejected with abhorrence.
Early <07925> [rose.]
brought <0935> [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 ... seven ... seven .... seven <07651> [seven.]
sin offering <02403> [a sin offering.]
splashed ............ splashed ............. splashed <02236> [sprinkled.]
Finally <05066> [forth. Heb. near. they laid.]
offered ...... sin <02398> [reconciliation.]
atonement <03722> [to make.]
sin offering <02403> [the sin offering.]
stationed <05975> [And he set.]
ordered ........ orders <04687> [according.]
Gad <01410> [Gad.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
ordered ........ orders <04687> [for so was.]
Lord's .................. prophet ..... Lord ....... through ... prophets <03068 03027 05030> [of the Lord by his prophets. Heb. by the hand of the Lord, by the hand of his prophets.]
instruments <03627> [the instruments.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
<06256> [when. Heb. in the time. the song.]
instruments <03627> [the instruments. Heb. hands of instruments.]
assembly <06951> [And all the congregation.]
singers sang <07891 07892> [the singers sang. Heb. song.]
were <04672> [present. Heb. found. bowed themselves.]
psalms <01697> [with the words.]
praise ................. praise <01984> [they sang.]
consecrated ..... Lord ........... Lord's <04390 03068> [consecrated yourselves. or, filled your hand.]
sacrifices ............. sacrifices <02077> [sacrifices.]
thank offerings ............ thank offerings <08426> [thank.]
<05081> [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.
