2 Chronicles 29:30

2 Chronicles 29:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
• New International Version (NIV)King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Context of 2 Chronicles 29:30

28All the people there were worshipping the Lord. At the same time the singers were singing and the priests were making music with their trumpets. They all continued to do that until the priests finished making the burnt offering. 29When the priests finished offering the sacrifices, the king and everyone with him bent down low to worship God. King Hezekiah and his officers told the Levites to sing songs to praise the Lord. They told them to sing the songs that King David and the prophet Asaph had written. So the Levites praised God in that way. They were very happy and they bent down low to worship God. 31Then Hezekiah said, ‘Now you have made yourselves clean to serve the Lord. So come to the Lord's temple and bring sacrifices and offerings to thank the Lord.’ So all the people brought their sacrifices and their offerings to thank the Lord. Everyone who wanted to offer burnt offerings brought animals for that too. 32For their burnt offerings, the people brought 70 bulls, 100 male sheep and 200 lambs to offer to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:30 word by word

וַ֠יֹּאמֶר יְחִזְקִיָּ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִים֙ לַלְוִיִּ֔ם לְהַלֵּל֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּדִבְרֵ֥י דָוִ֖יד וְאָסָ֣ף הַחֹזֶ֑ה וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ עַד־לְשִׂמְחָ֔ה וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהyechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · JehizkiahH3169
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• commandedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• to sing praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• with the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and of Asaphאָסָף'âsâph · AsaphH623
• the seerחֹזֶהchôzeh · seerH2374
• with gladnessשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
• and they bowed their headsקָדַדqâdad · to bowH6915
• and worshippedשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:30

• 2 Samuel 23:1These are David's last words. The God that Jacob worshipped made Jesse's son David great. God chose him to rule Israel as king. He also wrote beautiful songs for the Israelites. This is David's message:
• 1 Chronicles 16:7On that day, David first told Asaph and the other Levites to sing this song to thank the Lord:
• Psalms 32:11So all you people who belong to the Lord, praise him and be happy! All of you who are good, honest people, shout aloud because you are so happy!
• Psalms 33:1You righteous people, sing to praise the Lord, and be happy! It is right for good, honest people to do that.
• Psalms 95:1Come now! Let us sing together to worship the Lord! We will shout aloud to praise God, the strong Rock who makes us safe!
• Psalms 100:1Everyone on earth, shout and praise the Lord!
• Psalms 149:2People of Israel, be very happy, because God made you. People of Zion, be very happy, because God is your king.
• Philippians 4:4Always be happy because you belong to the Lord. I will say that again, ‘Be happy!’

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:30

• 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 29:30

• Asaph
• Joy
• Levites
• Prophets

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• David
• Hezekiah
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• Dedication, Feast of the
• Filthiness
• Heman
• Genealogy
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper

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