2 Chronicles 32:12

2 Chronicles 32:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
• New International Version (NIV)Did not Hezekiah himself remove this god’s high places and altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar and burn sacrifices on it’?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, "Before one altar you shall worship, and on it you shall burn your sacrifices"?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it”?

Context of 2 Chronicles 32:12

10Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide the siege in Jerusalem? 11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense? 13Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands any ways able to deliver their land out of mine hand? 14Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

2 Chronicles 32:12 word by word

הֲלֹא־הוּא֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ הֵסִ֥יר אֶת־בָּמֹתָ֖יו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֑יו וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לִפְנֵ֨י מִזְבֵּ֧חַ אֶחָ֛ד תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ וְעָלָ֥יו תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃Read the interlinear

• notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• sameהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• Hezekiahחִזְקִיָּהוּchizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · HezekiahH2396
• takenסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• highבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
• altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• commandedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5921
• burnקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:12

• 2 Chronicles 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
• 2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: And he brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.
• Isaiah 36:7But if thou say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
• Deuteronomy 12:13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
• 2 Chronicles 4:1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
• Exodus 27:1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
• Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.
• Exodus 40:26And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil:
• 1 Kings 7:48And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the LORD: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the shewbread was, of gold;

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 The author of Chronicles compresses into 13 verses the history which occupies in Kings a chapter and a half (2 Kings 18:17-19; where see the notes). 2 Chronicles 32:10 In the siege - Perhaps “in straitness” (compare Jeremiah 19:9). Jerusalem is thought by some to have been not so much besieged at this time, as distressed and straitened for supplies, because the Assyrians were masters of the open country. 2 Chronicles 32:13 fathers - i. e…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-19The Assyrian king's threats highlighted the main issues for the people of Jerusalem. The real question was whether to trust in God. The enemy king claimed Hezekiah could not be trusted (2 Chronicles 32:11–12) because he had angered the Lord by removing God's shrines and altars. However, the opposite was true. This reform was Hezekiah's greatest act of loyalty to the Lord. The question was whether God could be trusted against Assyria's power (2 Chronicles…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. (See on 2Ki 18:17-35; also 2Ki 19:8-34).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 32:12

• Incense
• Self-Exaltation
• Sennacherib
• Siege

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah
• Jerusalem
• Judah
• Sennacherib
• Hezekiah (2)
• High Place
• Names, Proper
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32

• 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