2 Chronicles 29:3

2 Chronicles 29:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
• New International Version (NIV)In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the Lord and repaired them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 29:3

1Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. 2And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. 4Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, 5and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.

2 Chronicles 29:3 word by word

ה֣וּא בַשָּׁנָה֩ הָרִאשׁוֹנָ֨ה לְמָלְכ֜וֹ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן פָּתַ֛ח אֶת־דַּלְת֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He in the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of his reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• the doorsדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and repairedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 29:3

• 2 Chronicles 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images.
• Psalms 101:3I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
• Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
• Galatians 1:16to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
• 2 Chronicles 29:7They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 28:24So Ahaz gathered the articles of the house of God, cut in pieces the articles of the house of God, shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 16:14He also brought the bronze altar which was before the Lord, from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the house of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 29:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3By “the first month” is meant (compare 2 Chronicles 30:2-3) the month of Nisan, the first of the Jewish sacred year, not necessarily the first month of Hezekiah‘s reign.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. 33. in the first year of his reign, in the first month--not the first month after his accession to the throne, but in Nisan, the first month of the sacred year, the season appointed for the celebration of the passover. he opened the doors of the house of the Lord--which had been closed up by his father (2Ch 28:24). and repaired them--or embellished them (compare 2Ki 18:16).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Covenant
• Dedication, Feast of the
• Filthiness
• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Genealogy
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites
• Worship

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