2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:1 ALL ISRAEL. The festival united Judah and Israel and led to a popular movement to end pagan worship. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:2 The final stage in Hezekiah’s reforms is the restoration of the temple services, which evidently ceased when Ahaz closed the temple (2 Chronicles 28:24). This requires reorganization of the priests and Levites (2 Chronicles 31:2). It also requires that the peop... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:3 Hezekiah leads with the example of his own generosity, as David did before (1 Chronicles 29:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:5 The FIRSTFRUITS were for the priests (Numbers 18:12) and the tithes were for the Levites (Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:24). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getEle [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:7 The gathering of food lasts from the grain harvest in THE THIRD MONTH (May–June, the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost) until the fruit and vine harvest in THE SEVENTH MONTH (September–October, the Feast of Ingathering or Tabernacles). On these occasions and at Passo... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 31:16 Distribution of food was made to PRIESTS and their families, including provision for MALES FROM THREE YEARS OLD, the age by which they had been weaned. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]