2 Chronicles 29:23

2 Chronicles 29:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
• New International Version (NIV)The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they brought out the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 29:23

21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. He commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar. Then they brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them [to symbolize the transference of their sin]. 24The priests slaughtered them and cleansed the altar from sin with their blood to atone for all Israel, because the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering be made for all Israel. 25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, in accordance with the command of David [his ancestor] and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the Lord through His prophets.

2 Chronicles 29:23 word by word

וַיַּגִּ֙ישׁוּ֙ אֶת־שְׂעִירֵ֣י הַֽחַטָּ֔את לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַקָּהָ֑ל וַיִּסְמְכ֥וּ יְדֵיהֶ֖ם עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they brought forthנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: bringH5066
• the he goatsשָׂעִירώâ‛îyr ώâ‛ir · he-goatH8163
• the sin offeringחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• and they laidסָמַךְsâmak · to supportH5564
• their handsיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:23

• Leviticus 1:4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
• Leviticus 4:15Then the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord [to transfer symbolically the congregation’s guilt to the sacrifice], and they shall kill the bull before the Lord.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23They laid their hands upon them - That is, they confessed their sin; and as they had by their transgression forfeited their lives, they now offer these animals to die as vicarious offerings, their life being taken for the life of their owners.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23The he goats for the sin offering - Rather, “the he goats of the sin offering” - that portion of the Sin offering which had been reserved to the last.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-36Verses 20-36 As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on the altar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not prevent us from praising…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-36To start sanctifying the temple, the Levites first sanctified themselves. They likely purified themselves by bringing offerings (see 2 Chronicles 30:15). Then they began to cleanse the temple. Two steps were needed to restore the temple: Purification (removing pollution, 2 Chronicles 29:15–17) Sanctification (rededicating the temple for holy worship, 2 Chronicles 29:20–36)Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 20-3020-30. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city--His anxiety to enter upon the expiatory service with all possible despatch, now that the temple had been properly prepared for it, prevented his summoning all the representatives of Israel. The requisite number of victims having been provided, and the officers of the temple having sanctified themselves according to the directions of the law, the priests were appointed to offer…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 29:23

• Altar
• Asaph
• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Sin Offering
• Covenant
• Dedication, Feast of the
• Filthiness
• Goat
• Hezekiah
• Genealogy
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings