Appointed the courses] The succession (see 1 Chronicles 23-26) had been suspended during the idolatry of the previous reigns, and required to be rearranged. The tents of the Lord] The phrase is borrowed from the conditions that prevailed in the wilderness.
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:2. _IN THE GATES OF THE TENTS OF THE LORD._] That is, in the temple; for this was the house, tabernacle, tent, and camp, of the Most High....
THE TENTS - literally, “the camps.” The temple is called the “camp of Yahweh” by an apt metaphor: the square enclosure, with its gates and stations, its guards and porters, its reliefs, its orderly ar...
CHAPTER 31 THE RESULTS OF THE REVIVAL _ 1. The destruction of the false worship (2 Chronicles 31:1)_ 2. The king's appointments (2 Chronicles 31:2) All was done by Hezekiah for the orderly continuan...
2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13;...
THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS. 1 Chronicles 24:26....
(not in 2 Kin.). Organisation of the Priests, Tithe 2. _the courses_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 24:1 ff. _the priests and Levites_ R.V. BOTH THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES. _in the gates_ Cp. Deuteronomy 16:5....
TO PRAISE IN THE GATES OF THE TENTS OF THE LORD— See 1 Chronicles 9:19....
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...
_AND HEZEKIAH APPOINTED THE COURSES OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES AFTER THEIR COURSES, EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SERVICE, THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES FOR BURNT OFFERINGS AND FOR PEACE OFFERINGS, TO MINI...
31:2 courts (c-47) Lit. 'camps.' see 1 Chronicles 9:18 ,1 Chronicles 9:19 ....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 31 HEZEKIAH ORGANISES *SACRIFICES AND GIFTS – 2 CHRONICLES 31:1-21...
THE COURSES... THEIR COURSES. — Hezekiah restored the system of service in rotation, ascribed to David. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 8:14, “according to the order of David.”) EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SERVICE...
וַ יַּעֲמֵ֣ד יְחִזְקִיָּ֡הוּ אֶת ־מַחְלְקֹ֣ות הַ...
HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...
ABUNDANT GIVING TO GOD 2 Chronicles 31:1 This Passover left a permanent impression on the nation, and led to the complete overthrow of idolatry. The pure worship of God was now established throughout...
The observance of the feast was followed by reorganization of the nation. The remnant gathered from Israel became the pioneers in destroying all that remained of idolatry throughout the cities of Juda...
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minis...
_Praise: literally, "confess." H. --- There is a confession of God's perfections, as well as of sin. W. --- Gates, within their respective courts. C. --- The Turks style the palace of their emperor, ...
The liberal supply which both the king and people made for the maintenance of the priests and Levites, is another proof how much the service of the sanctuary lay in the hearts of the people. Those onl...
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...
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...
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minis...
_In the gates of the tents of the Lord_ That is, within the gates of the house of the Lord: which is here called _tents_, either because all houses are often so called, (see Judges 19:9; Judges 20:8;...
1 The people is forward in destroying idolatry. 2 Hezekiah ordereth the courses of the priests and Leuites, and prouideth for their worke and maintenance. 5 The peoples forwardnesse in offerings and...
PROVISION MADE FOR THE LEVITES...
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, as arranged by David, each one being assigned his proper place and duty, EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS SERVICE, THE...
HEZEKIAH'S WORK OF REFORMATION (vv.1-21) When Hezekiah had taken positive action to give God His true place of authority in the Passover feast, he rightly followed this up with the negative work of...
i.e. Within the gates of the house of the Lord; which is here called TENTS, partly because all houses are oft so called, as JUDGES 19:9, JUDGES 20:8 PSALMS 69:25; and partly because the host of the Lo...
2 Chronicles 31:2 Hezekiah H3169 appointed H5975 (H8686) divisions H4256 priests H3548 Levites H3881 divisions H4256 man...
CONTENTS: Idols destroyed and other reforms of Hezekiah. CHARACTERS: God, Hezekiah, Azariah, Cononiah, Kore. CONCLUSION: Vital communion with God on the ground of the shed blood will kindle in us a...
2 Chronicles 31:1. _In Ephraim and Manasseh,_ for many of these had attended the passover, and placed themselves again under David's house. 2 Chronicles 31:21. _He did it with all his heart._ King He...
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 Chronic
CRITICAL NOTES.] Destruction of idolatry (2 Chronicles 31:1); H. appoints courses and contributions (2 Chronicles 31:2); and arranges the chambers and officers (2 Chronicles 31:11)....
EXPOSITION This chapter, after its first verse (which holds an intermediate place with relation to the enthusiastic devoutness of the people recorded in the last verse of the former chapter, and what...
Now when all this was finished, all of Israel and those that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and they broke the images in pieces, they cut down the groves, they threw down the high place...
1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 16:40; 1 Chronicles 16:41; 1 Chronicles 16:4;...
The tents — Within the gates of the house of the Lord: which is here called tents, because the host of the Lord, the priests and Levites, encamped there. And perhaps to intimate, that it was shortly t...