He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,
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He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the wide place on the east,
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And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east;
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 29:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 32:6 He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
- Nehemiah 3:29 After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs.
- Jeremiah 19:2 and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the gate Harsith, and proclaim there the words that I will tell you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 29:4 And he brought in the priests and…
2Ch 29:4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
Ver. 4. The east street.] Which was before the east gate of the temple.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which was before the eastern gate of the temple.
Which was before the eastern gate of the temple.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And said unto them, hear me, ye Levites; sanctify…
And said unto them, hear me, ye Levites; sanctify yourselves,.... By washing their bodies and their garments, that no pollution might attend them in their service, see Isa 52:11.
and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers; by carrying out of it all manner of uncleanness, as they did, Ch2 29:16,
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and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place; or the abomination; the altar, like that at Damascus, which Ahaz, removing the altar of the Lord, had placed in the court of the priests; or, as Kimchi thinks, an idol, which he had set upon that altar.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And he brought in,&c. - He found Judah low…
And he brought in,&c. - He found Judah low and naked, yet did not make it his first business to revive the civil interests of his kingdom, but to restore religion to a good posture. Those that begin with God, begin at the right end of their work; and it will prosper accordingly.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The east street - Rather, some open space before…
The east street - Rather, some open space before the eastern gate of the outer temple court is intended.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Street, or court, before the eastern gate. C.
Street, or court, before the eastern gate. C.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the east street--the court of the priests, which fronted…
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 [Ch2 29:3]; but in its forsaken and desolate state the temple and its courts had been polluted by every kind of impurity.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Into the east street — Probably the same…
4. Into the east street — Probably the same as “the street of the house of God,” (Ezr_10:9,) the broad open place before the temple, either in the outer court, or on the east of it.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. into the east street] R.V. into the broad…
4. into the east street] R.V. into the broad place on the east. The place meant was part of the Temple area; cp. Ezr_10:9, “the broad place before the house of God” (R.V.).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Brought in.—Caused to come.
(4) Brought in.—Caused to come.
The east Street.—The eastern square or open space of the East. (Comp. Ezr_10:9; Neh_8:1; Neh_8:3; Neh_8:16.) The place of meeting was probably an open area in front of the eastern gate of the sacred enclosure.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The east street; Hebrew, bwOjrli jrzMih. This word, rendered…
The east street; Hebrew, bwOjrli jrzMih. This word, rendered here "street," occurs forty-two times, and is always rendered by the same English word, except three times, when it appears as "broad places," or "ways." Probably it should always be translated thus, its meaning and its manifest preponderant use being "an open space". (2Ch_32:6)
So Revised Version: Into the broad place on the east, i.e. an open area east of the temple.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.