2 Chronicles 7 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 7:4

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.
2 Chronicles 7:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 7:4 in other translations

BSBThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
WEBThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
ASVThen the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.
YLTAnd the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah,
DARBYAnd the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah.
BBEThen the king and all the people made offerings before the Lord.
WebsterThen the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

What does 2 Chronicles 7:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices--Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as they sometimes did, in either case the offerings were made through the priests, who presented the blood and the fat upon the altar (see on 1Ki 8:62).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 The king and all the people offered sacrifices - They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood: or perhaps the people themselves slew them; and, having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc., presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 7:4 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.

וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhand the kingH4428
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
זֹבְחִ֥יםzoe.Chim[were] sacrificingH2076
זֶ֖בַחZe.vachsacrifice[s]H2077
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \סYah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 7:4

  • 1 Kings 8:62-63

    And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then the king.They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood; or, perhaps, the people themselves slew them, and having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc., presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required.
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Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:4

    Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:5

    And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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2 Chronicles 7:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces el rey y todo el pueblo sacrificaron víctimas delante de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le roi et tout le peuple sacrifièrent des sacrifices devant l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und der König und das ganze Volk opferten Schlachtopfer vor Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Rex autem et omnis populus immolabant victimas coram Domino.