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2 Chronicles 13:11
11They offer burnt offerings and sweet incense to the Lord every morning and every evening. They put out the special bread on his table every day. They light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. So we are the people who are obeying the rules of the Lord our God. But you have turned away from him.
2 Chronicles 13:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.
- New International Version (NIV)Every morning and evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the Lord. They set out the bread on the ceremonially clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We are observing the requirements of the Lord our God. But you have forsaken him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.
Context of 2 Chronicles 13:11
9But you chased away the Lord's own priests, the descendants of Aaron. You chased away the Levites. Instead you chose your own priests, as the people in other nations do. Anyone can become a priest to serve your false gods. He only has to come with a sacrifice of a young bull and seven male sheep! 10But we still serve the Lord as our God. We have not turned away from him. We have the descendants of Aaron to serve as our priests. The Levites help them in their work. They offer burnt offerings and sweet incense to the Lord every morning and every evening. They put out the special bread on his table every day. They light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. So we are the people who are obeying the rules of the Lord our God. But you have turned away from him. 12Listen to me! God himself is our leader. He is here to help us. His priests are ready to make a loud noise with their trumpets to start the battle against you. Israelite people, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors. You will not win the battle.’ 13But Jeroboam had sent some soldiers around behind Judah's army. Jeroboam was with the rest of his army, in front of Judah's army. The other soldiers were ready to attack from behind.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 132 Chronicles 13:11 word by word
וּמַקְטִרִ֣ים לַיהוָ֡ה עֹל֣וֹת בַּבֹּֽקֶר־בַּבֹּ֣קֶר וּבָעֶֽרֶב־בָּעֶ֣רֶב וּקְטֹֽרֶת־סַמִּים֩ וּמַעֲרֶ֨כֶת לֶ֜חֶם עַל־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֣ן הַטָּה֗וֹר וּמְנוֹרַ֨ת הַזָּהָ֤ב וְנֵרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ לְבָעֵר֙ בָּעֶ֣רֶב בָּעֶ֔רֶב כִּֽי־שֹׁמְרִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְאַתֶּ֖ם עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And they burnקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
- unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- every morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
- and every eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
- burnt sacrificesעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
- and sweetסַםsam · spiceH5561
- incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004
- the shewbreadמַעֲרֶ֫כֶתma‛ăreketh · rowH4635
- the shewbreadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- upon the pureטָהוֹרţâhôr ţâhôr · pureH2889
- tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
- and the candlestickמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
- of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- with the lampsנֵרnîyr nir nêyr nêr nêrâh · lampH5216
- thereof, to burnבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197
- for we keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- the chargeמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
- our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- but ye have forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:11
- 2 Chronicles 2:4I am ready to build a temple to give honour to the Lord my God. It will be a holy place that belongs to him. We Israelites will burn sweet incense for him there. We will put special bread there every day. We will burn sacrifices to the Lord our God every morning and every evening. We will also do that on Sabbath days, on New Moon festival days and on other special days that God has chosen. He has told us to do this for all time.
- Exodus 29:38You must offer a regular gift on the altar each day. This offering must be two lambs that are one year old.
- Exodus 30:1Use acacia wood to make an altar so that you can burn incense on it.
- Leviticus 2:1A person may want to give grain as a gift to the Lord. He must make it into flour. He must put oil and incense on the flour.
- Numbers 16:6Now do this: Get some pots for yourselves, Korah and your group of friends.
- Luke 1:9The priests chose one of their group to go into the holy place in the temple. This time they chose Zechariah. His job was to burn incense there.
- Revelation 8:3Then another angel came. He stood at the altar where people offered gifts to God. He had a gold bowl to put incense in. He received a lot of incense and he burned it as a gift to God. It made a nice smell and it mixed with the prayers of God's people. The angel offered the incense and the prayers on the gold altar that was in front of God's throne.
- Exodus 25:30Put the Lord's special bread on this table. The bread must always be there for me.
- Leviticus 24:5The people must bake 12 loaves of bread. They must use the best flour. They must weigh the flour for each loaf. They must use two tenths (2/10) of an ephah (4 litres).
- Exodus 25:31Use one piece of pure gold to make a lampstand. Use a hammer to make it the right shape. Use the gold to make its base, its middle pole and the cups to hold the oil. The cups will be like open flowers and closed flowers.
- Exodus 27:20Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil from fresh olives. You will use this oil to make the lamps give light all the time.
- Leviticus 24:2‘Tell Israel's people that they must bring to you the best oil. This will cause the light to burn all the time.
- Genesis 26:5This will happen because Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed all my laws and rules, and he did what I told him to do.’
- Numbers 9:19Even when the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites obeyed the Lord. They did not start to travel.
- Ezekiel 44:8You did not take care of my holy things yourselves. Instead you chose foreigners to take care of my holy place on your behalf.
- Ezekiel 48:11This holy part of the land will belong to the priests who are descendants of Zadok. They are the priests who served me faithfully. They did not turn away from me as the other Levites did when Israel's people did not obey me.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13:11
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11Abijah’s speech shows he cares about keeping worship pure in Jerusalem. The account in Kings does not mention Abijah’s devotion (1 Kings 15:3–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-124-12. Abijah stood up upon Mount Zemaraim--He had entered the enemy's territory and was encamped on an eminence near Beth-el (Jos 18:22). Jeroboam's army lay at the foot of the hill, and as a pitched battle was expected, Abijah, according to the singular usage of ancient times, harangued the enemy. The speakers in such circumstances, while always extolling their own merits, poured out torrents of invective and virulent abuse upon the adversary. So did…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13
- 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
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