John Gill Commentary 2 Chronicles 29:19

"Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah." — 2 Chronicles 29:19 (ASV)

Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression. Not that he threw them away, being valuable, as made of gold and silver; but, as Kimchi interprets it, he removed them, and converted them to idolatrous uses; or, as the Targum, he defiled or profaned them, and made them abominable by strange idols: have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord; they had cleaned them, and fitted them for service, and had put them where they were ready for use.

Though the Targum is, "we have laid them aside, and hid them, and prepared others in their room," as unfit for divine service; and which is the sense of other Jewish writers ^F15.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: T. Bab. Avodah Zarah, fol. 54. 2.