2 Chronicles 29 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 29:4

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
2 Chronicles 29:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:4 in other translations

BSBThen he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
WEBHe brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,
ASVAnd he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
YLTand bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.
DARBYAnd he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them into the open place eastward;
BBEAnd he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,
WebsterAnd he brought in the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the east street,

What does 2 Chronicles 29:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 29:4-5
4-5. the east street--the court of the priests, which fronted the eastern gate of the temple. Assembling the priests and Levites there, he enjoined them to set about the immediate purification of the temple. It does not appear that the order referred to the removal of idols, for objects of idolatrous homage could scarcely have been put there, seeing the doors had been shut up [2Ch 29:3]; but in its forsaken and desolate state the temple and its courts had been polluted by every kind of impurity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 29:4 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.

וַיָּבֵ֥אvai.ya.Ve'and he broughtH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַלְוִיִּ֑םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
וַיַּֽאַסְפֵ֖םvai.ya.'as.Femand he gathered themH622
לִרְח֥וֹבlir.Chovto [the] open place ofH7339
הַמִּזְרָֽח\׃ha.miz.Rachthe eastH4217

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 29:4

  • Nehemiah 3:29

    After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:6

    And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

  • Jeremiah 19:2

    And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
east street.
32:6; Ne 3:29; Jer 19:2

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 29:3

    He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:4

    And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

  • 2 Chronicles 29:5

    And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

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2 Chronicles 29:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E hizo venir los sacerdotes y Levitas, y juntólos en la plaza oriental.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il fit venir les sacrificateurs et les lévites, et les assembla sur la place orientale,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er ließ die Priester und die Leviten kommen und versammelte sie auf dem Platze gegen Osten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Adduxitque sacerdotes atque Levitas, et congregavit eos in plateam orientalem.