Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Ch2 29:1, Hezekiah's good reign; Ch2 29:3, He restores religion; Ch2 29:5, He exhorts the Levites; Ch2 29:12, They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God Ch2 29:20, Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices, wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests.
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Hezekiah: Kg2 18:1-3; Ch1 3:13; Isa 1:1; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1; Mat 1:9, Mat 1:10, Ezekias
Ch2 28:1, Ch2 34:2; Kg2 18:3; Of several of Hezekiah's predecessors it had been said that they did that which was right, but not like David, that is, not with David's integrity and zeal.
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He in the first: Ch2 34:3; Psa 101:3; Ecc 9:10; Mat 6:33; Gal 1:16
opened: Ch2 29:7, Ch2 28:24; Kg2 16:14-18
east street: Ch2 32:6; Neh 3:29; Jer 19:2
sanctify now: Ch2 35:6; Exo 19:10, Exo 19:15; Ch1 15:12
sanctify the house: Ch2 29:16, Ch2 34:3-8; Eze 36:25; Mat 21:12, Mat 21:13; Co1 3:16, Co1 3:17; Co2 6:16, Co2 7:1; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27
carry forth: Eze 8:3, Eze 8:9-18
For our fathers: Ch2 28:2-4, Ch2 28:23-25, Ch2 34:21; Ezr 5:12, Ezr 9:7; Neh 9:16, Neh 9:32; Jer 16:19, Jer 44:21; Lam 5:7; Dan 9:16; Mat 10:37, Mat 23:30-32
have forsaken him: Jer 2:13, Jer 2:17
turned away: Jer 2:27; Eze 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.
Ch2 29:3, Ch2 28:24; Lev 24:2-8; Kg2 16:17, Kg2 16:18; Mal 1:10
Wherefore: Ch2 24:18, Ch2 34:24, Ch2 34:25, Ch2 36:14-16; Deu 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 Ch2 28:6-8.
trouble: Heb. commotion, Deu 28:25
to astonishment: Lev 26:32; Deu 28:59; Kg1 9:8; Jer 18:15, Jer 18:16, Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 25:18, Jer 29:18
our fathers: Ch2 28:5-8, Ch2 28:17; Lev 26:17; Lam 5:7
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." Ch2 15:12, Ch2 15:13, Ch2 23:16, Ch2 34:30-32; Ezr 10:3; Neh 9:38, 10:1-39; Jer 34:15, Jer 34:18; Jer 50:5; Co2 8:5
that his fierce: Kg2 23:3, Kg2 23:26
negligent: or, deceived, Gal 6:7, Gal 6:8
the Lord: Num 3:6-9, Num 8:6-14, Num 18:2-6; Deu 10:8
burn incense: or, offer sacrifice, Num 16:35-40, Num 18:7
of the sons: Ch1 6:19, Ch1 6:44, Ch1 15:6, Ch1 23:21-23
Kohathites: Exo 6:16-25; Num. 4:2-20; Ch1 6:16-18, Ch1 15:5, Ch1 23:12-20
of the sons: Ch1 6:16-18, Ch1 15:5, Ch1 23:12-20
of the Gershonites: Ch1 6:17, Ch1 6:20, Ch1 6:21, Ch1 15:7, Ch1 23:7-11
Elizaphan: Lev 10:4, Elzaphan, Ch1 15:8
Asaph: Ch1 6:39, Ch1 15:17, Ch1 25:2
Jeduthun: Ch1 25:1, Ch1 25:3, Ch1 25:6
sanctified themselves: Ch2 29:5
by the words of the Lord: or, in the business of the Lord, Ch2 30:12
to cleanse: Ch1 23:28
the priests: The priests and Levites cleansed first the courts both of the priests and of the people. On this labour they spent eight days. Then they cleansed the interior of the temple; but, as the Levites had no right to enter the temple, the priests carried all the dirt and rubbish to the porch, whence they were collected by the Levites, carried away, and cast into the brook Kidron. in this work, eight more days were occupied; and thus the temple was purified in sixteen days.
the inner part: Ch2 3:8, Ch2 5:7; Exo 26:33, Exo 26:34; Kg1 6:19, Kg1 6:20; Heb 9:2-8, Heb 9:23, Heb 9:24
all the uncleanness: Eze 36:29; Mat 21:12, Mat 21:13, Mat 23:27
Kidron: Ch2 15:16; Kg2 23:4-6; Joh 18:1, Cedron
the porch: Ch2 29:7, Ch2 3:4; Kg1 6:3; Ch1 28:11
the sixteenth: Exo 12:2-8
the showbread: Ch2 4:8, Ch2 13:11
all the vessels: Ch2 28:24
did cast away: Or, as the LXX, Vulgate, and Targum read, "did pollute," hizneeach, he rendered them so abominable that they were rejected with abhorrence.
rose: Gen 22:3; Exo 24:4; Jos 6:12; Jer 25:4
they brought: The law only required one bullock for the sins of the high priest, another for the sins of the people, and one he-goat for the sins of the prince, but Hezekiah offered many more, and the reason appears sufficiently evident. the law only speaks of the sins of ignorance, but here there were sins of every dye, idolatry, apostasy from the Divine worship, profanation of the temple, etc., etc. The sin offerings, we are informed, were offered, first, for the Kingdom, for the transgressions of the king and his family; secondly, for the sanctuary, which had been defiled and polluted; and for the priests, who had been profane, negligent, and unholy; and finally, for Judah, for the whole mass of the people, who had been led away into every kind of abomination by the above examples.
seven: Num 23:1, Num 23:14, Num 23:29; Ch1 15:26; Ezr 8:35; Job 42:8; Eze 45:23
a sin offering: Lev 4:3-14; Num 15:22-24; Co2 5:21
sprinkled: Lev 1:5, Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18, Lev 4:34, Lev 8:14, Lev 8:15, Lev 8:19, Lev 8:24; Heb 9:21, Heb 9:22
forth: Heb. near
they laid: Lev 1:4, Lev 4:15, Lev 4:24
reconciliation: Lev 6:30, Lev 8:15; Eze 45:15, Eze 45:17; Dan 9:24; Rom 5:10, Rom 5:11; Co2 5:18-21; Col 1:20, Col 1:21; Heb 2:17
to make: Lev 14:20
the sin offering: Lev. 4:13-35
And he set: Ch1 9:33, Ch1 15:16-22, Ch1 16:4, Ch1 16:5, Ch1 16:42, Ch1 25:1-7
according: Ch2 8:14, Ch2 35:15; Ch1 23:5, Ch1 28:12, Ch1 28:19
Gad: Sa2 24:11; Ch1 21:9, Ch1 29:29
Nathan: Sa2 7:2-4, Sa2 12:1-7
for so was: Ch2 30:12
of the Lord by his prophets: Heb. by the hand of the Lord, by the hand of his prophets.
the instruments: Ch1 23:5; Psa 87:7, Psa 150:3-5; Isa 38:20; Amo 6:5
the priests: Ch2 5:12, Ch2 5:13; Num 10:8, Num 10:10; Jos 6:4-9; Ch1 15:24, Ch1 16:6; Psa 81:3, Psa 98:5, Psa 98:6
when: Heb. in the time
the song: Ch2 7:3, Ch2 20:21, Ch2 23:18; Psa 136:1, Psa 137:3, Psa 137:4
the instruments: Heb. hands of instruments
And all the congregation: Psa 68:24-26; Rev 5:8-14
the singers sang: Heb. song, Psa 89:15
present: Heb. found
bowed themselves: Ch2 20:18; Ch1 29:20; Psa 72:11; Rom 14:11; Phi 2:10, Phi 2:11
with the words: Sa2 23:1, Sa2 23:2; 1Chr. 16:7-36
they sang: Psa 32:11, Psa 33:1, Psa 95:1, Psa 95:2, Psa 95:6, Psa 100:1, Psa 100:2, Psa 149:2; Phi 4:4
consecrated yourselves: or, filled your hand, Ch2 13:9
sacrifices: Lev. 1:1-3:17
thank: Lev 7:12
and as many: etc. As the burnt offerings were wholly consumed on the altar, the offering of them evinced greater zeal and liberality than the oblation of peace offerings, the greater part of which was eaten by the officer and his friends. Lev 1:3, Lev 23:38; Ezr 1:4
the number: Comparing the sacrifices offered on this occasion with those of Solomon at the dedication of the temple, we may form some idea of the decrease of the prosperity and riches of Judah, or of the decline of the general spirit of piety. Kg1 3:4, Kg1 8:63; Ch1 29:21; Ezr 6:17
the consecrated: It is probable that the consecrated things denote the peace offerings and thank offerings. Ch2 29:31
the priests: Peace offerings, and such like, the Levites might flay and dress; but the whole burnt offerings could only be touched by the priests, except in a case of necessity, such as the present. Ch2 29:5, Ch2 30:16, Ch2 30:17
their brethren: Ch2 35:11; Num 8:15, Num 8:19, Num 18:3, Num 18:6, Num 18:7
did help them: Heb. strengthened them
for the Levites: Ch2 30:3
upright: Ch1 29:17; Psa 7:10, Psa 26:6, Psa 94:15
the burnt: Ch2 29:32
the fat: Exo 29:13; Lev 3:15, Lev 3:16
the drink: Gen 35:14; Lev 23:13; Num 15:5-10
so the: Ch1 16:37-42; Ezr 6:18; Co1 14:40
Hezekiah rejoiced: Both Hezekiah and the people rejoiced, that God had prepared the hearts of the people to bring about so great and glorious a reformation in so short a time. This good king's example and influence were here, as in many other cases, under God, the grand spring of all those mighty movements. Ch1 29:9, Ch1 29:17; Ezr 6:22; Th1 3:8, Th1 3:9
God: Ch2 30:12; Ch1 29:18; Psa 10:17; Pro 16:1
the thing: Act 2:41