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,
• 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,
• 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

2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. 3In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them. He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. 6Our parents were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him.

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 32:6He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate and encouraged them with these words:
• Nehemiah 3:29Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shekaniah, the guard at the East Gate, made repairs.
• Jeremiah 19:2and go out to the Valley of Ben Hinnom, near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. There proclaim the words 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