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They brought out to the courtyard of the LORD&#8217s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the LORD. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Living Translation</a> The priests went into the sanctuary of the Temple of the LORD to cleanse it, and they took out to the Temple courtyard all the defiled things they found. From there the Levites carted it all out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Standard Version</a> The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it and carried it out to the brook Kidron. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">King James Bible</a> And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">New King James Version</a> Then the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the LORD to the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it out and carried it to the Brook Kidron. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD out to the courtyard of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1995</a> So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh they brought out to the court of the house of Yahweh. Then the Levites received it to bring out to the Kidron valley, to an outer area. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD’S house. Then the Levites received it to take out to the Kidron Valley [for disposal]. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The priests went to the entrance of the LORD’s temple to cleanse it. They took all the unclean things they found in the LORD’s sanctuary to the courtyard of the LORD’s temple. Then the Levites received them and took them outside to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The priests went to the entrance of the LORD&#8217s temple to cleanse it. They took all the unclean things they found in the LORD&#8217s sanctuary to the courtyard of the LORD&#8217s temple. Then the Levites received them and took them outside to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/29.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The priests went into the temple and carried out everything that was unclean. They put these things in the courtyard, and from there, the Levites carried them outside the city to Kidron Valley. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The priests entered the LORD's temple to make it clean. They carried into the courtyard every unclean thing that they found in the LORD's temple. Then the Levites took the unclean items outside the city to the Kidron Brook. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Good News Translation</a> The priests went inside the Temple to purify it, and they carried out into the Temple courtyard everything that was ritually unclean. From there the Levites took it all outside the city to Kidron Valley. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/29.htm">International Standard Version</a> The priests entered the inner courts of the LORD's Temple to cleanse it, and they brought out everything unclean that they found there to the outer court of the LORD's Temple. Then the descendants of Levi carried everything from there out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/29.htm">NET Bible</a> The priests then entered the LORD's temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD's temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley. <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the LORD's temple into the court of the house of the LORD. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/29.htm">World English Bible</a> The priests went into the inner part of Yahweh’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in Yahweh’s temple into the court of Yahweh’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the priests come into the inner part of the house of YHWH to cleanse [it], and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of YHWH to the court of the house of YHWH, and the Levites receive [it], to take [it] out to the Brook of Kidron outside. <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive it, to take it out to the brook Kidron without. <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the priests will come to within the house of Jehovah to cleanse, and they will bring forth all the uncleanness which they found in the temple of Jehovah to the enclosure of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites will take to bring forth to the torrent Kidron without.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the priests went into the temple of the Lord to sanctify it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found within to the entrance of the house of the Lord, and the Levites took it away, and carried it out abroad to the torrent Cedron. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the priests, entering the temple of the Lord so that they might sanctify it, took every uncleanness, which they had found inside, out to the vestibule of the house of the Lord; and the Levites took it away and transported it outside, to the torrent Kidron. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Bible</a> The priests entered the interior of the LORD’s house to cleanse it. Whatever they found in the LORD’s temple that was unclean they brought out to the court of the LORD’s house, where the Levites took it from them and carried it out to the Wadi Kidron. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD; and the Levites took them and carried them out to the Wadi Kidron.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it to carry it out into the brook Kidron.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify it, and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received it to cast into the brook of Kedron without. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=7414" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple</a> …15When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD. 16<a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hă·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">So the priests</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇō·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/6441.htm" title="6441: lip̄·nî·māh (Prep-l:: Adv) -- Toward the side or inside, within. From paniym with directive enclitic; faceward, i.e. Indoors.">inside</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ḇêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: lə·ṭa·hêr (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">to cleanse it,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yō·w·ṣî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and they brought out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: la·ḥă·ṣar (Prep-l:: N-csc) -- A yard, a hamlet.">to the courtyard</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/2932.htm" title="2932: haṭ·ṭum·’āh (Art:: N-fs) -- Religious impurity. From tame'; religious impurity.">the unclean things</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mā·ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To attain to, find. ">they found</a> <a href="/hebrew/1964.htm" title="1964: bə·hê·ḵal (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A palace, temple. Probably from yakol; a large public building, such as a palace or temple.">in the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">Then the Levites</a> <a href="/hebrew/6901.htm" title="6901: way·qab·bə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To receive, take. A primitive root; to admit, i.e. Take.">took these things</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: lə·hō·w·ṣî (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">and carried them</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: ḥū·ṣāh (N-ms:: 3fs) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">out</a> <a href="/hebrew/6939.htm" title="6939: qiḏ·rō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Perhaps dusky, a wadi E. of Jer. From qadar; dusky place; Kidron, a brook near Jerusalem.">to the Kidron</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: lə·na·ḥal- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">Valley.</a> 17They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4</a> Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. <a href="/2_chronicles/34-5.htm">2 Chronicles 34:5</a> Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-14.htm">2 Chronicles 30:14</a> They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley. <a href="/2_chronicles/15-8.htm">2 Chronicles 15:8</a> When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s temple. <a href="/2_chronicles/35-3.htm">2 Chronicles 35:3</a> To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. <a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a> He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it. <a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a> He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. <a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">2 Chronicles 28:24</a> Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem. <a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a> When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property. <a href="/2_kings/23-12.htm">2 Kings 23:12</a> He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley. <a href="/2_kings/23-15.htm">2 Kings 23:15</a> He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole. <a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">2 Kings 23:24</a> Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-15.htm">2 Chronicles 33:15</a> He removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city. <a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a> Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/john/2-14.htm">John 2:14-16</a> In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.the inner part<a href="/2_chronicles/3-8.htm">2 Chronicles 3:8</a> And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.<a href="/2_chronicles/5-7.htm">2 Chronicles 5:7</a> And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:<a href="/exodus/26-33.htm">Exodus 26:33,34</a> And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy… all the uncleanness<a href="/ezekiel/36-29.htm">Ezekiel 36:29</a> I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.<a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12,13</a> And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, … <a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27</a> Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.kidron<a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">2 Chronicles 15:16</a> And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.<a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-6</a> And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel… <a href="/john/18-1.htm">John 18:1</a> When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.Cedron <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/26-15.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-16.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-21.htm">Court</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-24.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-24.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-16.htm">Kidron</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-21.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-4.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/23-19.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Uncleanness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">Abroad</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-14.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-12.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-30.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-25.htm">Court</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-29.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-17.htm">House</a> <a href="/esther/4-11.htm">Inner</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-14.htm">Kidron</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm">Priests</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-18.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezra/9-11.htm">Uncleanness</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 29</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Hezekiah's good reign.</a> 3. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">He restores religion</a> 5. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">He exhorts the Levites</a> 12. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God</a> 20. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-20.htm">Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,</a> 24. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it The priests, descendants of Aaron, were responsible for maintaining the sanctity of the temple. This cleansing was necessary due to the idolatrous practices introduced by previous kings, particularly Ahaz. The temple, representing God's dwelling place among His people, required purification to restore proper worship. This act of cleansing symbolizes repentance and the removal of sin, aligning with the broader biblical theme of holiness (<a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a>).and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD The unclean things likely included idols and objects associated with pagan worship. The courtyard served as a transitional space where these items were exposed before being permanently removed. This act reflects the biblical principle of separating the holy from the profane (<a href="/ezekiel/22-26.htm">Ezekiel 22:26</a>). It also parallels the New Testament call for believers to rid themselves of sin (<a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12:1</a>).Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley The Levites, assistants to the priests, played a crucial role in temple service. The Kidron Valley, located east of Jerusalem, was historically a place for disposing of impurities (<a href="/1_kings/15-13.htm">1 Kings 15:13</a>). This valley's use for such purposes underscores the seriousness of purging sin and idolatry from the community. The act prefigures Christ's ultimate cleansing of sin, as He often crossed the Kidron Valley, notably on His way to Gethsemane before His crucifixion (<a href="/john/18.htm">John 18:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah who initiated the cleansing of the temple. He was a reformer who sought to restore proper worship of Yahweh. 2. <a href="/topical/p/priests.htm">Priests</a> The religious leaders responsible for performing the temple rituals and maintaining its sanctity. They played a crucial role in the cleansing process. 3. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> Members of the tribe of Levi, assigned to assist the priests in temple duties. They were responsible for removing the unclean items from the temple. 4. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_the_lord.htm">House of the LORD (Temple)</a> The central place of worship in Jerusalem, which had been defiled and needed purification. 5. <a href="/topical/k/kidron_valley.htm">Kidron Valley</a> A location outside Jerusalem where the unclean items from the temple were disposed of, symbolizing the removal of impurity from the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_cleansing.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Cleansing</a> Just as the temple required physical cleansing, our lives require spiritual cleansing from sin and impurity. Regular self-examination and repentance are vital. <a href="/topical/r/role_of_leadership_in_spiritual_renewal.htm">Role of Leadership in Spiritual Renewal</a> Hezekiah's leadership was crucial in initiating the temple's cleansing. Spiritual leaders today must guide their communities in returning to God and His ways. <a href="/topical/c/community_involvement_in_purification.htm">Community Involvement in Purification</a> The priests and Levites worked together to cleanse the temple. Similarly, the church community should support one another in the journey toward holiness. <a href="/topical/r/removing_idols_and_impurities.htm">Removing Idols and Impurities</a> The removal of unclean items from the temple symbolizes the need to eliminate idols and sinful practices from our lives to maintain a pure relationship with God. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_kidron_valley.htm">Symbolism of the Kidron Valley</a> The disposal of impurities in the Kidron Valley represents the complete removal of sin. We must not only confess but also forsake our sins, leaving them behind.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 29</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_damascus.htm">What is the significance of Kidron Valley?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_1_chr_16_and_2_sam_6_differ.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 16 differ from 2 Samuel 6 in describing the Ark's journey and the people's offerings?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_kidron_valley_important.htm">What is the significance of Kidron Valley?</a> <a href="/q/2_chr_29_3-5__quick_temple_restoration.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3-5 - How plausible is it that the priests and Levites restored the temple so quickly without any record of detailed construction or supply logistics?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) The priests went into the inner part.--<a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm" title="Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.">Ezekiel 41:3</a>. The interior of the Temple proper is meant, which the Levites might not enter, but only the priests, according to the legal rule.Brought out all the uncleanness.--Tum'ah (<a href="/leviticus/5-3.htm" title="Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled with, and it be hid from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty.">Leviticus 5:3</a>; <a href="/judges/13-7.htm" title="But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.">Judges 13:7</a>). See the Note on the synonymous expression niddah (<a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm" title="And said to them, Hear me, you 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.">2Chronicles 29:5</a>).Took.--Received it; from the hands of the priests (qibb ??l a late word).Abroad.--Outside (of the Temple precincts). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - The inner part. That is to say, only the priests were warranted to enter inside the temple, while the Levites' sphere of work and service lay in the courts and round about the temple. Kidron, as we have seen (note <a href="/2_chronicles/27-3.htm">2 Chronicles 27:3</a>), lay on the east of the temple mount. <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So the priests הַ֠כֹּהֲנִים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> Priest went וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go inside לִפְנִ֣ימָה (lip̄·nî·māh) Preposition-l | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6441.htm">Strong's 6441: </a> Toward the side or inside, within the house בֵית־ (ḇêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to cleanse [it], לְטַהֵר֒ (lə·ṭa·hêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure and they brought out וַיּוֹצִ֗יאוּ (way·yō·w·ṣî·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim to the courtyard לַחֲצַ֖ר (la·ḥă·ṣar) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> A yard, a hamlet all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the unclean things הַטֻּמְאָה֙ (haṭ·ṭum·’āh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2932.htm">Strong's 2932: </a> Religious impurity that אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they found מָֽצְאוּ֙ (mā·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present in the temple בְּהֵיכַ֣ל (bə·hê·ḵal) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1964.htm">Strong's 1964: </a> A large public building, palace, temple of the LORD. יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Then the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֔ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi took [these things] וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙ (way·qab·bə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6901.htm">Strong's 6901: </a> To receive, take and carried [them] לְהוֹצִ֥יא (lə·hō·w·ṣî) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim out חֽוּצָה׃ (ḥū·ṣāh) Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors to the Kidron קִדְר֖וֹן (qiḏ·rō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6939.htm">Strong's 6939: </a> Kidron -- perhaps 'dusky', a wadi East of Jerusalem Valley. לְנַֽחַל־ (lə·na·ḥal-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 29:16 The priests went in to the inner (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>