2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priests	הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים ha.ko.ha.Nim	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Levites	הַלְוִיִּם֙ hal.vi.Yim	H3881	a Levite or descendant of Levi · definite article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
arose	וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ vai.ya.Ku.mu	H6965	to rise (in various applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
blessed	וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּ vay.va.ra.Khu	H1288	to kneel · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
people	הָעָ֔ם ha.'Am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
voice	בְּקוֹלָ֑ם be.ko.Lam	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
heard	וַיִּשָּׁמַ֖ע vai.yi.sha.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
prayer	תְפִלָּתָ֛ם te.fi.la.Tam	H8605	intercession · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
came	וַתָּב֧וֹא va.ta.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
holy	קָדְשׁ֖וֹ ka.de.Sho	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
place	לִמְע֥וֹן lim.'on	H4583	an abode · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heaven	לַשָּׁמָֽיִם la.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto ou…
Psalms 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto hi…
2 Chronicles 23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house…
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that i…
Acts 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a mem…
Numbers 6:23-26 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,
1 Kings 8:30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heav…

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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 30:24

and a great number of priests sanctified themselves--so that there would be a sufficient number of hands for the additional services. Next: 2 Chronicles Chapter 31

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:27

And their voice was heard - God accepted the fruits of that pious disposition which himself had infused. And their prayer came up - As the smoke of their sacrifices ascended to the clouds, so did their prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings, ascend to the heavens. The Targum says: "Their prayer came up to the dwelling-place of his holy shechinah, which is in heaven." Israel now appeared to be in a fair way of regaining what they had lost; but alas, how soon were all these bright prospects beclouded for ever! It is not for the want of holy resolutions and heavenly influences that men are not saved but through their own unsteadiness; they do not persevere, they forget the necessity of conti…

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John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests the Levites arose,.... The priests who were of the tribe of Levi; for there were some in Israel that were not, but were made of any of the people, as in the times of Jeroboam; though some supply the copulative "and"; so the Targum: "and blessed the people"; which was the proper work and business of the priests to do; though, while they were blessing, the Levites might be singing: and their voice was heard; meaning not by the people, though undoubtedly it was, but by the Lord; the Targum is,"their prayer was heard or received;''for the blessing was delivered in a petitionary way, Numbers 6:24, and was no other than a request that God would bless them, which he did: and thei…

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…
Heaven · 16:31;21:26; — 16:31;21:26;
Month · .An celebrated in — .An celebrated in
Prayer · Ascends to heaven — Ascends to heaven

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 30:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:27

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:27

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 30:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 30:27

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 30:27

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 30:26

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 30:27