2 Chronicles 7:4

2 Chronicles 7:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

Context of 2 Chronicles 7:4

2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house. 3And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying, For he is good; for his lovingkindness endureth for ever. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah. 5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6And the priests stood, according to their offices; the Levites also with instruments of music of Jehovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jehovah (for his lovingkindness endureth for ever), when David praised by their ministry: and the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

2 Chronicles 7:4 word by word

וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכָל־הָעָ֑ם זֹבְחִ֥ים זֶ֖בַח לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• offeredזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The king and all the people offered sacrifices - They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood: or perhaps the people themselves slew them; and, having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc., presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Sacrifices were essential to dedicate the dwelling of the most high on earth. They also provided food for the people during the fifteen-day celebration. The number of animals sacrificed matches those in 1 Kings 8:63.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices--Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as they sometimes did, in either case the offerings were made through the priests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on 1Ki 8:62).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Atonement, Day of
• Leviticus
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7

• 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