2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 27

2 Chronicles 29:27

And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:27, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:27 in other translations

BSBAnd Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
WEBHezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the LORD’s song also began, along with the trumpets and instruments of David king of Israel.
ASVAnd Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.
YLTAnd Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began--began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.
DARBYAnd Hezekiah commanded to offer up the burnt-offering on the altar. And at the moment the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
BBEAnd Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.
WebsterAnd Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

What does 2 Chronicles 29:27 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 29:27 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559
חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּchiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
לְהַעֲל֥וֹתle.ha.'a.Lotto offer upH5927
הָעֹלָ֖הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
לְהַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַle.ha.miz.Be.achto the altarH4196
וּבְעֵ֞תu.ve.'Etand at [the] timeH6256
הֵחֵ֣לhe.Chel[when] it beganH2490
הָֽעוֹלָ֗הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
הֵחֵ֤לhe.Chelit beganH2490
שִׁיר\־shir-[the] song ofH7892
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
וְהַחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹתve.ha.cha.Tzo.tze.Rotand the trumpetsH2689
וְעַ֨ל\־ve.'Al-and onH5921
יְדֵ֔יye.Dei[the] hands ofH3027
כְּלֵ֖יke.Lei[the] instruments ofH3627
דָּוִ֥ידda.VidDavidH1732
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:27

  • 2 Chronicles 23:18

    Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:21

    And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 137:3-4

    For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

  • 2 Chronicles 7:3

    And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

  • Psalms 136:1

    O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
when. Heb. in the time. the song.
7:3; 20:21; 23:18; Ps 136:1; 137:3,4
the instruments. Heb. hands of instruments.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:26

    And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:27

    And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:28

    And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

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2 Chronicles 29:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces mandó Ezechîas sacrificar el holocausto en el altar; y al tiempo que comenzó el holocausto, comenzó también el cántico de Jehová, con las trompetas y los instrumentos de David rey de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Ézéchias dit d’offrir l’holocauste sur l’autel; et, au moment où commença l’holocauste, le cantique de l’ Éternel commença, et les trompettes avec l’accompagnement des instruments de David, roi d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Hiskia befahl, das Brandopfer auf dem Altar zu opfern. Und zur Zeit, als das Brandopfer anfing, begann der Gesang Jehovas und die Trompeten, und zwar unter Begleitung der Instrumente Davids, des Königs von Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et jussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocausta super altare: cumque offerrentur holocausta, cœperunt laudes canere Domino, et clangere tubis, atque in diversis organis quæ David rex Israël præparaverat, concrepare.