2 Chronicles 29:4

2 Chronicles 29:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
• New International Version (NIV)He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square,
• New Living Translation (NLT)He summoned the priests and Levites to meet him at the courtyard east of the Temple.

Context of 2 Chronicles 29:4

2And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. 3In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east 5and said to them, "Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place. 6For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backs.

2 Chronicles 29:4 word by word

וַיָּבֵ֥א אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖ם לִרְח֥וֹב הַמִּזְרָֽח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he brought inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• and gathered them togetherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• into the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• streetרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:4

• 2 Chronicles 32:6And he set combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
• Nehemiah 3:29After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
• Jeremiah 19:2and go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The east street - Rather, some open space before the eastern gate of the outer temple court is intended.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Hezekiah's first act as king was to repair the temple doors (2 Chronicles 29:3). The verb used (yekhazzeqem, “he made them strong”) is a pun on King Hezekiah's name (yekhizqiyyahu, “Yah makes strong”). This action set the stage for the king’s speech to the priests and Levites (2 Chronicles 29:5–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. the east street--the court of the priests, which fronted the eastern gate of the temple. Assembling the priests and Levites there, he enjoined them to set about the immediate purification of the temple. It does not appear that the order referred to the removal of idols, for objects of idolatrous homage could scarcely have been put there, seeing the doors had been shut up [2Ch 29:3]; but in its forsaken and desolate state the temple and its courts had…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 29:4

• Jerusalem
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Covenant
• Dedication, Feast of the
• Filthiness
• Hezekiah
• Broad
• Ezekiel
• 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