2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 16

2 Chronicles 29:16

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 29:16, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:16 in other translations

BSBSo the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
WEBThe priests went into the inner part of the LORD’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the LORD’s temple into the court of the LORD’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
ASVAnd the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
YLTand the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive it, to take it out to the brook Kidron without.
DARBYAnd the priests went into the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and carried forth all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah, into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it to carry it forth into the brook Kidron.
BBEAnd the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.
WebsterAnd the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

What does 2 Chronicles 29:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 29:12-19

12-19. Then the Levites arose--Fourteen chiefs undertook the duty of collecting and preparing their brethren for the important work of cleansing the Lord's house. Beginning with the outer courts--that of the priests and that of the people--the cleansing of these occupied eight days, after which they set themselves to purify the interior; but as the Levites were not allowed to enter within the walls of the temple…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 And the priests went - The priests and Levites cleansed first the courts both of the priests and of the people. On this labor 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 days more were occupied, and thus the temple was purified in sixteen days.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:1-19

When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it will prosper accordingly. Those that turn their backs upon God's ordinances, may truly be said to forsake God himself. There are still such neglects, if the word be not duly read and opened, for that was signified by the lighting the lamps, and also if prayers and praise be not…

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2 Chronicles 29:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they wentH935
הַ֠כֹּהֲנִיםHa.ko.ha.nimthe priestsH3548
לִפְנִ֣ימָהlif.Ni.mahto withinH6441
בֵית\־veit-[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לְטַהֵר֒le.ta.Herto cleanse [it]H2891
וַיּוֹצִ֗יאוּvai.yo.Tzi.'uand they brought outH3318
אֵ֤ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַטֻּמְאָה֙ha.tum.'Ahthe uncleannessH2932
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
מָֽצְאוּ֙ma.tze.'Uthey foundH4672
בְּהֵיכַ֣לbe.hei.Khalin [the] temple ofH1964
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לַחֲצַ֖רla.cha.Tzarto [the] court ofH2691
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙vay.ka.be.Luand they received [it]H6901
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
לְהוֹצִ֥יאle.ho.Tzi'to bring [it] outH3318
לְנַֽחַל\־le.na.chal-to [the] wadi ofH5158
קִדְר֖וֹןkid.RonKidronH6939
חֽוּצָה\׃Chu.tzah[the] outside towardsH2351

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:16

  • 2 Chronicles 15:16

    And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.

  • 1 Kings 6:19-20

    And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

  • Exodus 26:33-34

    And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

  • Hebrews 9:23-24

    It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

  • 2 Kings 23:4-6

    And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth–el. And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.

  • 2 Samuel 15:23

    And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

  • Ezekiel 36:29

    I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

  • 2 Chronicles 3:8

    And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

  • Hebrews 9:2-8

    For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. …

  • Matthew 21:12-13

    And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

  • John 18:1

    When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
3:8; 5:7; Ex 26:33,34; 1Ki 6:19,20; Heb 9:2-8,23,24
all the uncleanness.
Eze 36:29; Mt 21:12,13; 23:27
Kidron.
15:16; 2Ki 23:4-6; Joh 18:1
Cedron.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:15

    And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:16

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:17

    Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

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2 Chronicles 29:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entrando los sacerdotes dentro de la casa de Jehová para limpiarla, sacaron toda la inmundicia que hallaron en el templo de Jehová, al atrio de la casa de Jehová; la cual tomaron los Levitas, para sacarla fuera al torrente de Cedrón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les sacrificateurs entrèrent dans l’intérieur de la maison de l’ Éternel, pour la purifier, et jetèrent dehors, au parvis de la maison de l’ Éternel, toutes les impuretés qu’ils trouvèrent dans le temple de l’ Éternel, et les lévites les prirent pour les jeter dehors dans le torrent du Cédron.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Priester gingen in das Innere des Hauses Jehovas, um es zu reinigen; und sie brachten alle Unreinigkeit, die sie in dem Tempel Jehovas fanden, in den Hof des Hauses Jehovas hinaus; und die Leviten nahmen sie auf, um sie an den Bach Kidron hinauszubringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud, extulerunt omnem immunditiam quam intro repererant in vestibulo domus Domini: quam tulerunt Levitæ, et asportaverunt ad torrentem Cedron foras.