John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 29
John Gill Commentary
2 Chronicles 29
John Gill Commentary
2 Chronicles 29
"Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah." — 2 Chronicles 29:1 (ASV)
Ver. 1,2. Hezekiah began to reign Of these two verses, 2 Chronicles 29:2 (See Gill on 2 Chronicles 29:1)
"And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done." — 2 Chronicles 29:2 (ASV)
And this [is] the law of the Nazarite
This has respect either to what goes before; those are the things he is obliged to that vows the vow of a Nazarite; what he is to abstain from during the time of his vow, and what he is to do in case of any defilement; or to what follows after, what is binding upon him, what offerings he is to bring, and what rites and ceremonies are to be observed by him when he has finished his vow:
when the days of his separation ,
or Nazariteship,
are fulfilled ;
whether more or fewer; when the time is quite up, and he has gone through his vow without any breach of it:
he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation ;
it is not said by whom he should be brought, whether by himself or by the priest; the Targum of Jonathan is, ``he shall bring himself;'' that is, present himself; and so Jarchi and Aben Ezra; which latter adds, or the priest shall bring him by command, whether he will or not, to offer his offering.
"He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them." — 2 Chronicles 29:3 (ASV)
He in the first year of his reign, in the first month
And, as appears from (2 Chronicles 29:17) , on the first day of the month:
opened the doors of the house of the Lord ;
which his father had shut, (2 Chronicles 28:24)
and repaired them ;
or strengthened them, the hinges, and other parts of them, being loosened and weakened; and ornamented them by overlaying them with gold, the plates of which very probably his father had taken off; for, certain it is, Hezekiah overlaid them, and very probably at this time, see (2 Kings 18:16) .
"And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east," — 2 Chronicles 29:4 (ASV)
And he brought in the priests and Levites
The persons that officiated in the service of the temple:
and gathered them together into the east street ;
which led to the eastern gate of the temple.
"and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place." — 2 Chronicles 29:5 (ASV)
And said unto them, hear me, you Levites; sanctify yourselves ,
&c.] By washing their bodies and their garments, that no pollution might attend them in their service, see (Isaiah 52:11)
and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers ;
by carrying out of it all manner of uncleanness, as they did, (2 Chronicles 29:16) ,
and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place ;
or the abomination; the altar, like that at Damascus, which Ahaz, removing the altar of the Lord, had placed in the court of the priests; or, as Kimchi thinks, an idol, which he had set upon that altar.
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