2 Chronicles 29:7

Translations

Modern

They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

Traditional

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

Literal

Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and they put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense, and the burnt offering they have not caused to ascend in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.

Latin

Clauserunt ostia quæ erant in porticu, et extinxerunt lucernas, incensumque non adoleverunt, et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israël.

Original

Hebrew

English

They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.

Notes

2 Chronicles 29:5–11

Hezekiah's speech used words common during exile to describe the nation's failure. Like during Rehoboam's separation (2 Chronicles 12:1; see 13:10), the people were unfaithful when they abandoned the Lord.

Theme notes and profiles

Hezekiah Apostasy and Renewal God’s Plan to Restore

Related verses

2 Chronicles 28:24
Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.
Leviticus 24:2–8
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Malachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
2 Chronicles 29:3
In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 16:17–18
King Ahaz also cut off the frames of the movable stands and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took down the Sea from the bronze oxen that were under it and put it on a stone base.

Parallels

2 Kings 18:1–12

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Holy Place: The inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle and Temple

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Gershon, Gershonites Hezekiah Kohath, Kohathites Merari, Merarite Temple

Topics

Priest: Miscellaneous Facts Concerning: Zeal of, in Purging the Temple Temple: Solomon's: Doors of the First Temple: Purified and Divine Worship Restored Under Hezekiah

2 Chronicles 29:7

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