2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Hezekiah	יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh	H3169	Jechizkijah
spake	וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר vay.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
comfortably	לֵב֙ lev	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct
Levites	הַלְוִיִּ֔ם hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
taught	הַמַּשְׂכִּילִ֥ים ha.mas.ki.Lim	H7919	to be (causatively · definite article + verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural absolute
good	ט֖וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
knowledge	שֵֽׂכֶל se.khel-	H7922	intelligence · noun, common masculine singular absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֑ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
eat	וַיֹּאכְל֤וּ vai.yo.khe.Lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
feast	הַמּוֹעֵד֙ ha.mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seven	שִׁבְעַ֣ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular construct
days	הַיָּמִ֔ים hai.ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
offering	מְזַבְּחִים֙ me.za.be.Chim	H2076	to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
peace	שְׁלָמִ֔ים she.la.Mim	H8002	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
offerings	זִבְחֵ֣י ziv.Chei	H2077	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct
confession	וּמִ֨תְוַדִּ֔ים u.Mit.va.Dim	H3034	physically · conjunction + verb, hithpael active participle, masculine plural absolute
LORD	לַיהוָ֖ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֥י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
fathers	אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם 'a.vo.tei.Hem	H1	father · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 32:6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably t…
Nehemiah 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part…
Ezra 10:11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, a…
Isaiah 40:1-2 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Deuteronomy 26:3-11 And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come un…
Deuteronomy 33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
2 Chronicles 15:3 Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chronicles 17:9 And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

After the passover followed the feast of unleavened bread, which continued seven days. How that was observed we are here told, and every thing in this account looks pleasant and lively. 1. Abundance of sacrifices were offered to God in peace-offerings, by which they both acknowledged and implored the favour of God, and on part of which the offerers feasted with their friends during these seven days (Ch2 30:22), in token of their communion with God and the comfort they took in his favour and their reconciliation to him. To keep up this part of the service, that God's altar might be abundantly regaled with the fat and blood and his priests and people with the flesh of the peace-offerings, Heze…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:21

the children of Israel . . . kept the feast--The time appointed by the law for the continuance of the feast was seven days [Exo 12:15; Exo 13:6; Lev 23:6]; but in consequence of its having been allowed to fall so long into desuetude, they doubled the period of celebration and kept it fourteen days with unabated satisfaction and joy. Materials for the additional sacrificial meals were supplied by the munificence of the king and the princes.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:22

Spake comfortably unto all the Levites - On such occasions the priests and Levites had great fatigue, and suffered many privations; and therefore had need of that encouragement which this prudent and pious king gave. It is a fine and expressive character given of these men, "They taught the good knowledge of God to the people." This is the great work, or should be so, of every Christian minister. They should convey that knowledge of God to the people by which they may be saved; that is, the good knowledge of the Lord.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spake comfortably to all the Levites,.... Or "to the heart" (u) of them, such things as were very encouraging to them to go on in the work and worship of God, commending their singing, exhorting them to diligence in instructing the people, promising them his favour and protection: even those that taught the good knowledge of the Lord; who instructed the people well in his word, worship, and ordinances; though some restrain this to their skill in singing the praises of God, both vocally and instrumentally, and their abilities and diligence in teaching others: and they did eat throughout the feast: or did eat the feast; that is, the sacrifices of it; not the Levites only, but th…

Dictionary and topics

Pentateuch — The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions…
Samaria, Country Of — Samaria at first included all the tribes over which Jeroboam made himself king, whether east or west of the river Jordan. (1 Kings 13:32) But whatever extent the word might have acquired, it…
Levites, The · Services of: Teaching the people — Services of: Teaching the people
Month · .An celebrated in — .An celebrated in

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 30:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:21

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:22

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:22

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 30:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:21

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:22

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:22

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:20

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 30:22