CHAPTER XXXI _The people destroy all traces of idolatry throughout Judah,_ _Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh_, 1. _Hezekiah reforms the state of religion in general; and the_ _tithes are brought in from all quarters, and proper officers_ _set over them_, 2-13. _They bring to also the freewill-o... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:3. _THE KING'S PORTION OF HIS SUBSTANCE FOR THE_ _BURNT-OFFERINGS_] It is conjectured that the Jewish kings, at least from the time of David, furnished the morning and evening sacrifice daily at their own expense, and several others also.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:5. _BROUGHT - THE FIRST-FRUITS_] These were principally for the maintenance of the priests and Levites; they brought tithes of all the produce of the field, whether commanded or not, as we see in the instance of _honey_, which was not to be offered to the Lord, Leviticus 2:11,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:7. _IN THE THIRD MONTH_] "The month _Sivan_; the _seventh,_ _Tisri_." - _Targum_. _THE HEAPS_] The vast _collections of grain_ which they had from the tithes over and above their own consumption; see 2 Chronicles 31:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:11. _TO PREPARE CHAMBERS_] To make granaries to lay up this superabundance.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:12. _SHIMEI _- WAS _THE NEXT._] He was assistant to Cononiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:15. _AND MINIAMIN_] Instead of מנימן, _Miniamin_, בנימן, Benjamin, is the reading of three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS.; and this is the reading of the _Vulgate, Syriac, Septuagint_, and _Arabic_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:17. _FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD_] Moses had ordered that the Levites should not begin their labour till they were _thirty_ years of age; but David changed this order, and obliged them to begin at _twenty_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:20. _WROUGHT - GOOD AND RIGHT AND TRUTH_] Here is the proper character of a worthy king: he is GOOD, and he does _good_; he is UPRIGHT, and he acts _justly_ and maintains _justice_; he is _truly_ RELIGIOUS, and he lives according to that _truth_ which he receives as a revelatio... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 31:21. _HE DID_ IT _WITH ALL HIS HEART_] In every respect he was a thoroughly excellent man, saw his duty to God and to his people, and performed it with becoming zeal and diligence. May God ever send such _kings_ to the nations of the world; and may the _people_ who are blessed w... [ Continue Reading ]