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
• English Standard Version (ESV)He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square,

Context of 2 Chronicles 29:4

2He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that his father David 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 gathered them into the public square on the east. 5Then he said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out of the holy place. 6For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have abandoned Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have turned their backs.

2 Chronicles 29:4 word by word

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

• He broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• and gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• them into the publicרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• on the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:4

• 2 Chronicles 32:6He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
• Nehemiah 3:29After them Zadok the son of Immer carried out repairs in front of his house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, carried out repairs.
• Jeremiah 19:2Then go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance 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