‏ 2 Chronicles 29:3-11

am 3278, bc 726

He in the first 2Chr 34:3; Ps 101:3; Eccl 9:10; Matt 6:33; Gal 1:16

opened 2Chr 29:7, 2Chr 28:24; 2Kgs 16:14-18

east street 2Chr 32:6; Neh 3:29; Jer 19:2

sanctify now 2Chr 35:6; Exod 19:10, Exod 19:15; 1Chr 15:12

sanctify the house 2Chr 29:16, 2Chr 34:3-8; Ezek 36:25; Matt 21:12-13; 1Cor 3:16-17; 2Cor 6:16, 2Cor 7:1; Eph 5:26-27

carry forth Ezek 8:3, Ezek 8:9-18

For our fathers 2Chr 28:2-4, 2Chr 28:23-25, 2Chr 34:21; Ezra 5:12, Ezra 9:7; Neh 9:16, Neh 9:32; Jer 16:19, Jer 44:21; Lam 5:7; Dan 9:16; Matt 10:37, Matt 23:30-32

have forsaken him Jer 2:13, Jer 2:17

turned away Jer 2:27; Ezek 8:16

turned their backs Heb. given the neck

Those, says Matthew Henry, who turn their backs upon God's ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. The lamps were not lighted, and incense was not burnt. There are still such neglects as these, and they are no less culpable, if the Word be not duly read and opened, answering to the lighting of the lamps, and if prayers and praises be not duly offered up, which was signified by the burning of incense.

2Chr 29:3, 2Chr 28:24; Lev 24:2-8; 2Kgs 16:17-18; Mal 1:10

Wherefore 2Chr 24:18, 2Chr 34:24-25, 2Chr 36:14-16; Deut 28:15-20

he hath delivered It is probable Hezekiah refers to that dreadful defeat by the Israelites, in which one hundred and twenty thousand were slain, and two hundred thousand taken prisoners. See 2Chr 28:6-8.

trouble Heb. commotion, Deut 28:25

to astonishment Lev 26:32; Deut 28:59; 1Kgs 9:8; Jer 18:15-16, Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 25:18, Jer 29:18

our fathers 2Chr 28:5-8, 2Chr 28:17; Lev 26:17; Lam 5:7

Now it is 2Chr 6:7-8

to make a covenant To renew that covenant under which the whole people were constantly considered, and of which circumcision was the sign, and the spirit of which was, "I will be your God, ye shall be my people." 2Chr 15:12-13, 2Chr 23:16, 2Chr 34:30-32; Ezra 10:3; Neh 9:38, Neh 10:1-39; Jer 34:15, Jer 34:18; Jer 50:5; 2Cor 8:5

that his fierce 2Kgs 23:3, 2Kgs 23:26

negligent or, deceived, Gal 6:7-8

the Lord Num 3:6-9, Num 8:6-14, Num 18:2-6; Deut 10:8

burn incense or, offer sacrifice, Num 16:35-40, Num 18:7

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