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

2And he did that which was right in the sight of Yhwh, according to all that David his father had done. 3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yhwh, and repaired them. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, 5And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yhwh God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of Yhwh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yhwh, and turned their backs.

2 Chronicles 29:4 word by word

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

• 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 captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
• Nehemiah 3:29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
• Jeremiah 19:2And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

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