2 Chronicles 29:16

the priests The work was so divided between priests and Levites that only the priests went into the house.

into the inner part of the house Render, within the house. The reference is not to the Holy of Holies specially, but to the whole interior of the house.

uncleanness Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:5; Isaiah 30:22.

into the brook R.V. to the brook. The brook Kidron is the deep valley on the east of Jerusalem separating it from the Mount of Olives; 2 Samuel 15:23; John 18:1.