2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 20

2 Chronicles 29:20

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:20, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:20 in other translations

BSBEarly the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
WEBThen Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the LORD’s house.
ASVThen Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
YLTAnd Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;
DARBYAnd Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
BBEThen Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.
WebsterThen Hezekiah the king rose early, and convened the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

What does 2 Chronicles 29:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 29:20-30
20-30. Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city--His anxiety to enter upon the expiatory service with all possible despatch, now that the temple had been properly prepared for it, prevented his summoning all the representatives of Israel. The requisite number of victims having been provided, and the officers of the temple having sanctified themselves according to the directions of the law, the priests were appointed to offer sacrifices of atonement successively, for "the kingdom," that is, for the sins of the king and his predecessors; for "the sanctuary," that is, for the sins of the priests themselves and for the desecration of the temple; "and for Judah," that is, for the people who, by their voluntary consent, were involved in the guilt of the national apostasy. Animals of the kinds used in sacrifice were offered by sevens, that number indicating completeness. The Levites were ordered to praise God with musical instruments, which, although not originally used in the tabernacle, had been enlisted in the service of divine worship by David on the advice of the prophets Gad and Nathan, as well calculated to animate the devotions of the people. At the close of the special services of the occasion, namely, the offering of atonement sacrifices, the king and all civic rulers who were present joined in the worship. A grand anthem was sung (2Ch 29:30) by the choir, consisting of some of the psalms of David and Asaph, and a great number of thank offerings, praise offerings, and freewill burnt offerings were presented at the invitation of the king.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:20-36
As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on the altar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not prevent us from praising God. The king and the congregation gave their consent to all that was done. It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship with the heart. And we should offer up our spiritual sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and devote ourselves and all we have, as sacrifices, acceptable to the Father only through the Redeemer.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 29:20 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.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙vai.yash.Kemand he rose earlyH7925
יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ףvai.ye.'e.Sofand he gatheredH622
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[the] officials ofH8269
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וַיַּ֖עַלvai.Ya.'aland he went upH5927
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:20

  • Exodus 24:4

    And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

  • Joshua 6:12

    And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

  • Genesis 22:3

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

  • Jeremiah 25:4

    And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

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Ge 22:3; Ex 24:4; Jos 6:12; Jer 25:4

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:19

    Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:20

    Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:21

    And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 29:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y levantándose de mañana el rey Ezechîas reunió los principales de la ciudad, y subió á la casa de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi Ézéchias se leva de bonne heure, et assembla les chefs de la ville, et monta à la maison de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König Jehiskia machte sich früh auf und versammelte die Obersten der Stadt, und er ging hinauf in das Haus Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex, adunavit omnes principes civitatis, et ascendit in domum Domini: