2 Chronicles 29:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. ”

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now they began on the first [day] of the (g) first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; an...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the first day of the first month. Note the six events which took place on that day ( Genesis 8:13 ).
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign of Hezekiah This chapter describes a cleansing of the Temple and a sacrifice for the sins of the people. This and the following 2 Chronicles 30-32, cover the same period as 2 Kings 18...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The time the work took. Beginning on the 1st of Nisan with the purification of the courts, they had cleansed them by the 8th of the month, and “came to the porch of the Lord,” i.e., to the entry of...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HEZEKIAH: THE RELIGIOUS VALUE OF MUSIC 2 Chronicles 29:1-36 ; 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 31:1-21 ; 2 Chronicles 32:1-33 THE bent of the chronicler's mind is well illustrated by the...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Removing Uncleanness 2 Chronicles 29:12-24 The names of the assisting Levites are specially mentioned, because their obedient cooperation counted for so much in the national reconstruction. For...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With the accession of Hezekiah a great change came over the life of Judah. Among all the reformers he was perhaps the most remarkable. That this was so in spite of the fact that he was the son of Aha...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The purification of the house of the Lord may serve to remind us of the yet more infinitely important work of God the Holy Ghost in his cleansing work of the heart by his power. - What a sweet script...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify ,.... Either of the reign of King Hezekiah, or rather of the year; the month Ab or Nisan, as the Targum expresses it: and on the eigh...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now they began on the first day of the first month A happy beginning of the new year! Thus should every year begin with a reformation of what is amiss, and the purging away of all the defilements c...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HEZEKIAH MADE KING (vv.1-2) Hezekiah took the place of Ahaz in reigning over Judah at the age of 25 years. His mother's name, Abijah, is told us. She must have been a far different character tha...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Temple Cleansed. B. C. 726. 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, a...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In sixteen days purging the house, and porch, and courts, and all the chambers belonging to the temple. This is noted to imply partly the universal abuse and defilement of all the parts of it by Ahaz...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Hezekiah’s reign commenced and carried through four Chapter s in marked contrast with corresponding portion (2 Kings 18-20). The writer of Kings fixes on civil affairs—the two invasi...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

first month That is, April.
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 29:1 . Five and twenty years old. Ahaz was twenty when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years. Now, imperfect years are not reckoned, as might be proved from several texts. T...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now they began on the first day of the first month A new year in Jerusalem Let us consider-- I. The work done ( 2 Chronicles 29:18-19 ). What a grand work of an analogous character is there...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The important reign of Hezekiah extends over this and the following three chapters, counting in all ninety-seven verses. The parallel, for the contents of the first three of these cha...
2 Chronicles 29:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hezekiah Restores the Worship of Jehovah
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:11 ; 1 Kings 6:3 ; 2 Chronicles 29:7 ; 2 Chronicles 3:4 ; Exodus 12:2-8
2 Chronicles 29:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The first day — A happy beginning of the new year! Thus should every year begin with the reformation of what is amiss, and the purging away of all the defilements contracted the foregoing year.

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 29:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 29:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 29:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 29:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes