Commentary Critical and Explanatory
2 Chronicles 29:11
My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
No JFB commentary on this verse.
6. REFORMATION UNDER HEZEKIAH CHAPTER 29 Hezekiah and the Beginning of the Revival _ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 29:1)_ 2. The purification of the temple (2 Chronicles 29:3) 3. The re...
_to stand before him_ Deuteronomy 10:8. _to serve him, and that_you _should minister unto him_ R.V. TO MINISTER UNTO HIM, AND THAT YE SHOULD BE HIS MINISTERS....
DISCOURSE: 421 THE USE OF COVENANTING WITH GOD 2 Chronicles 29:10. _Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. My sons, be no...
14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was A...
29:11 incense-burners. (b-27) Applies also to 'burnt-offerings,' &c....
THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH This chapter describes a cleansing of the TEMPLE and a sacrifice for the sins of the people. This and the following 2 Chronicles 30-32, cover the same period as 2 Kings 18-20,...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 29 HEZEKIAH ORGANISES *WORSHIP IN THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 29:1-36...
MY SONS. — A condescending term from the king; just as _my father_ was a term of respect (2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 13:14). BE NOT NOW NEGLIGENT. — The _Niphal_ form of the verb _shalah_ (“t...
בָּנַ֕י עַתָּ֖ה אַל ־תִּשָּׁל֑וּ כִּֽי ־בָכֶ֞ם...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
A REVIVAL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS 2 Chronicles 29:1 It was a blessing for Judah that Ahaz left as successor a son who inherited none of his father's traits. Hezekiah ranks as one of the best kings that occu...
With the accession of Hezekiah a great change came over the life of Judah. Among all the reformers he was perhaps the most remarkable. That this was so in spite of the fact that he was the son of Ahaz...
_Negligent. Heb. adds, "now," when every thing tends to open your eyes. H._...
His address to his people in the very opening of his government implies that his soul had been grieved for the dreadful conduct of his father during his minority. Reader! how evident it is that grace...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 THROUGH 31. Jotham, the son of Uzziah, walks uprightly; and he avoids his father's fault; but the people are still corrupt. Nevertheless the faithfulness...
MY SONS,.... So, as the father of his people, he speaks of them in the most tender and affectionate manner: BE NOT NOW NEGLIGENT; backward to this good work, slothful, sluggish, and remiss in it; acc...
My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. Ver. 11. _Be not now negligent._] Or, Be not dec...
_It is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord_, &c. To engage by solemn vows and promises to worship him only, and in that way which he hath appointed: for I am sure that his fierce anger will n...
1 Hezekiah his good reigne. 3 He restoreth Religion. 5 He exhorteth the Leuites. 12 They sanctifie themselues, and cleanse the house of God. 20 Hezekiah offereth solemne sacrifices, wherein the Le...
My sons, so the king addresses the Levites in a familiar, persuasive address, BE NOT NOW NEGLIGENT, by drawing back from the king and delaying or hindering his proposed reformation; FOR THE LORD HATH...
HEZEKIAH RESTORES THE WORSHIP OF JEHOVAH...
HEZEKIAH MADE KING (vv.1-2) Hezekiah took the place of Ahaz in reigning over Judah at the age of 25 years. His mother's name, Abijah, is told us. She must have been a far different character than he...
BE NOT NOW NEGLIGENT: Or, be not now deceived BURN INCENSE: Or, offer sacrifice...
1-19 When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it will prosper accordingly. Those that turn their backs u...
MY SONS; so he calls them indifferently, though many of them were elder than himself, because he was by his tender love and affection, as he was by his office obliged to be, a nursing-father to them....
2 Chronicles 29:11 sons H1121 negligent H7952 (H8735) LORD H3068 chosen H977 (H8804) stand H5975 (H8800)
CONTENTS: Hezekiah's reign in Judah and the revival. Temple restored. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah. CONCLUSION: Those who begin with God begin at the right end of their work and will prosper accordingl...
2 Chronicles 29:1. _Five and twenty years old._ Ahaz was twenty when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years. Now, imperfect years are not reckoned, as might be proved from several texts. Ther...
_For the Lord hath chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him._ DIVINE SERVICE I. Some persons may ask, “why should we serve God? He doesn’t seem as if He troubled about us?” We admit that so far a...
_Hezekiah began to reign._ HEZEKIAH’S REFORMATION The surroundings of Hezekiah in his youth seem, at first view, to have been unfavourable in the extreme. He was the son of a depraved father. He grew...
2 CHRONICLES 29:1 Hezekiah. The Chronicler devotes more attention to Hezekiah’s reign (715–687 B.C.) than to that of any other king since David and Solomon. 2 Kings 18:1 concentrates mainly on
CRITICAL NOTES.] Hezekiah’s reign commenced and carried through four Chapter s in marked contrast with corresponding portion (2 Kings 18-20). The writer of Kings fixes on civil affairs—the two invasio...
EXPOSITION The important reign of Hezekiah extends over this and the following three chapters, counting in all ninety-seven verses. The parallel, for the contents of the first three of these chapters,...
Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years (2 Chronicles 29:1) Now it is interesting to me that as wicked as was Ahaz, Hezekiah was a very good, sp...
Deuteronomy 10:8; Galatians 6:7; Galatians 6:8; Numbers 16:35;...
Sons — So he calls them, though many of them were elder than himself, because he was by his tender love and affection, as he was by his office obliged to be, a nursing father to them. Negligent — In s...