2 Chronicles 29:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The priests went into the inner part.Ezekiel 41:3. The interior of the Temple proper is meant, which the Levites might not enter, but only the priests, according to the legal rule.

Brought out all the uncleanness.Tum’ah (Leviticus 5:3; Judges 13:7). See the Note on the synonymous expression niddah (2 Chronicles 29:5).

Took.Received it; from the hands of the priests (qibb ̓çl a late word).

Abroad.Outside (of the Temple precincts).

Into the brook Kidron. — Rather, the Wady of Kidron (2 Kings 23:12; 2 Chronicles 15:16; 2 Chronicles 30:14).

2 Chronicles 29:16

16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.