2 Chronicles 30 · Verse 27

2 Chronicles 30:27

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
2 Chronicles 30:27, King James Version

2 Chronicles 30:27 in other translations

BSBThen the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
WEBThen the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
ASVThen the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.
YLTand the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens.
DARBYAnd the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.
BBEThen the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.
WebsterThen the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer ascended to his holy dwelling-place, even to heaven.

What does 2 Chronicles 30:27 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 And their voice was heard - God accepted the fruits of that pious disposition which himself had infused. And their prayer came up - As the smoke of their sacrifices ascended to the clouds, so did their prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings, ascend to the heavens. The Targum says: "Their prayer came up to the dwelling-place of his holy shechinah, which is in heaven." Israel now appeared to be in a fair way of regaining what they had lost; but alas, how soon were all these bright prospects beclouded for ever! It is not for the want of holy resolutions and heavenly influences that men are not saved but through their own unsteadiness; they do not persevere, they forget the necessity of continuing in prayer, and thus the Holy Spirit is grieved, departs from them, and leaves them to their own darkness and hardness of heart. When we consider the heavenly influences which many receive who draw back to perdition, and the good fruits which for a time they bore, it is blasphemy to say they had no genuine or saving grace; they had it, they showed it, they trifled with it, sinned against it, continued in their rebellions, and therefore are lost.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 30:21-27

Many prayers were put up to God with the peace-offerings. In these Israel looked to God as the God of their fathers, a God in covenant with them. There was also abundance of good preaching. The Levites read and explained the Scriptures. Faith cometh by hearing, and true religion preaching has abounded. They sang psalms every day: praising God should be much of our work in religious assemblies. Having kept the seven…

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2 Chronicles 30:27 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּקֻ֜מוּvai.ya.Ku.muand they aroseH6965
הַכֹּהֲנִ֤יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
הַלְוִיִּם֙hal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּvay.va.ra.Khuand they blessedH1288
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֔םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַיִּשָּׁמַ֖עvai.yi.sha.Ma'and it was listenedH8085
בְּקוֹלָ֑םbe.ko.Lamto voice theirH6963
וַתָּב֧וֹאva.ta.Vo'and it cameH935
תְפִלָּתָ֛םte.fi.la.Tamprayer theirH8605
לִמְע֥וֹןlim.'onto [the] dwelling ofH4583
קָדְשׁ֖וֹka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944
לַשָּׁמָֽיִם\׃\ \פla.sha.Ma.yimto the heavensH8064

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 30:27

  • Deuteronomy 26:15

    Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

  • Psalms 68:5

    A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  • Acts 10:4

    And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

  • Deuteronomy 10:8

    At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kings 8:30

    And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

  • Isaiah 66:1

    Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  • Isaiah 63:15

    Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained?

  • Numbers 6:23-26

    Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

  • 1 Kings 8:39

    Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the priests.
Nu 6:23-26; De 10:8
their prayer.
1Ki 8:30,39; Ac 10:4
his holy dwelling place. Heb. the habitation of hisholiness.
De 26:15; Ps 68:5; Isa 57:15; 63:15; 66:1

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 30:26

    So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:27

    Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

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2 Chronicles 30:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Levantándose después los sacerdotes y Levitas, bendijeron al pueblo: y la voz de ellos fué oída, y su oración llegó á la habitación de su santuario, al cielo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les sacrificateurs, les Lévites, se levèrent et bénirent le peuple; et leur voix fut écoutée, et leur prière parvint à sa demeure sainte dans les cieux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Priester, die Leviten, standen auf und segneten das Volk; und ihre Stimme wurde erhört, und ihr Gebet kam zu seiner heiligen Wohnung, in den Himmel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Surrexerunt autem sacerdotes atque Levitæ benedicentes populo: et exaudita est vox eorum, pervenitque oratio in habitaculum sanctum cæli.