2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 24

2 Chronicles 29:24

And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:24, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:24 in other translations

BSBAnd the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
WEBThen the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
ASVand the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel.
YLTand the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for ‘For all Israel,' said the king, ‘ is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.'
DARBYAnd the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.
BBEAnd the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.
WebsterAnd the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel.

What does 2 Chronicles 29:24 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…

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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…

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2 Chronicles 29:24 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּשְׁחָטוּם֙vai.yish.cha.Tumand they slaughtered themH7819
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםha.Ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וַֽיְחַטְּא֤וּvay.cha.te.'Uand they made a sin offeringH2398
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דָּמָם֙da.Mamblood theirH1818
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהha.miz.Be.chahthe altar towardsH4196
לְכַפֵּ֖רle.kha.Perto make atonementH3722
עַל\־'al-onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
לְכָל\־le.kholfor allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe had saidH559
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
הָעוֹלָ֖הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
וְהַחַטָּֽאת\׃ve.ha.cha.Tatand the sin offeringH2403

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:24

  • Leviticus 14:20

    And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean.

  • Daniel 9:24

    Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  • Leviticus 6:30

    And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

  • Ezekiel 45:15

    And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 45:17

    And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.

  • Hebrews 2:17

    Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  • Leviticus 8:15

    And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

  • Leviticus 4:13-35

    And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: …

  • 2 Corinthians 5:18-21

    And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  • Romans 5:10-11

    For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

  • Colossians 1:20-21

    And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

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reconciliation.
Le 6:30; 8:15; Eze 45:15,17; Da 9:24; Ro 5:10,11; 2Co 5:18-21
Col 1:20,21; Heb 2:17
to make.
Le 14:20
the sin offering.
Le 4:13-35

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:23

    And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

  • 2 Chronicles 29:24

    And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:25

    And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.

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2 Chronicles 29:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los sacerdotes los mataron, y expiando esparcieron la sangre de ellos sobre el altar, para reconciliar á todo Israel: porque por todo Israel mandó el rey hacer el holocausto y la expiación.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les sacrificateurs les égorgèrent et firent avec leur sang, sur l’autel, la purification du péché, afin de faire propitiation pour tout Israël; car le roi avait dit que l’holocauste et le sacrifice pour le péché seraient pour tout Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Priester schlachteten sie und taten ihr Blut zur Entsündigung an den Altar, um für ganz Israel Sühnung zu tun; denn für ganz Israel hatte der König das Brandopfer und das Sündopfer befohlen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes, et asperserunt sanguinem eorum coram altare pro piaculo universi Israëlis: pro omni quippe Israël præceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret, et pro peccato.