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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/29.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD [which his father had closed] and repaired them [and replaced the gold overlay].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD’s temple and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD&#8217s temple and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of Hezekiah's rule, he unlocked the doors to the LORD's temple and had them repaired. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the door of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In the first month of his first year as king, he opened the doors of the LORD's temple and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In the first month of the year after Hezekiah became king, he reopened the gates of the Temple and had them repaired. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of his reign he repaired and reopened the doors of the LORD's Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the LORD's temple and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of Yahweh’s house and repaired them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, has opened the doors of the house of YHWH, and strengthens them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and strengtheneth them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />He, in the first year to his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and he will strengthen them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />In the first year and month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In the first year and month of his reign, he opened the double doors of the house of the Lord, and he repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the LORD’s house and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the first year of his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of LORD JEHOVAH and he repaired them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass, when he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=7266" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">In the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·w·nāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">of the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: ḇaš·šā·nāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/4427.htm" title="4427: lə·mā·lə·ḵōw (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence to take counsel.">of his reign,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6605.htm" title="6605: pā·ṯaḥ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve. A primitive root; to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve.">Hezekiah opened</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2388.htm" title="2388: way·ḥaz·zə·qêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong, obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.">and repaired</a> <a href="/hebrew/1817.htm" title="1817: dal·ṯō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A door. From dalah; something swinging, i.e. The valve of a door.">the doors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of 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> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4-6</a></span><br />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. / Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. No king of Judah was like him, either before him or after him. / He remained faithful to the LORD and did not turn from following Him; he kept the commandments that the LORD had given Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">2 Chronicles 28:24-25</a></span><br />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. / In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1-5</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-1.htm">2 Chronicles 31:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">2 Chronicles 34:3-7</a></span><br />In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images. / Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/15-11.htm">1 Kings 15:11-15</a></span><br />And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done. / He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. / He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-30.htm">1 Kings 18:30</a></span><br />Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-7</a></span><br />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. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Nehemiah 13:9</a></span><br />Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a></span><br />I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a></span><br />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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-14.htm">John 2:14-16</a></span><br />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!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-1.htm">Acts 3:1-10</a></span><br />One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. / And a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those entering the temple courts. / When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-26.htm">Acts 21:26</a></span><br />So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">2 Chronicles 34:3</a></b></br> For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/101-3.htm">Psalm 101:3</a></b></br> I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; <i>it</i> shall not cleave to me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/9-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 9:10</a></b></br> Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do <i>it</i> with thy might; for <i>there is</i> no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.</p><p class="hdg">opened</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm">2 Chronicles 29:7</a></b></br> Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy <i>place</i> unto the God of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">2 Chronicles 28:24</a></b></br> And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/16-14.htm">2 Kings 16:14-18</a></b></br> And he brought also the brasen altar, which <i>was</i> before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-26.htm">First</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-10.htm">Month</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-16.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-5.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-8.htm">Repaired</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-10.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-9.htm">Strengtheneth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-6.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">Temple</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm">Doors</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-17.htm">First</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-17.htm">Month</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-3.htm">Opened</a> <a href="/ezra/6-16.htm">Opening</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-19.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-5.htm">Repaired</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-19.htm">Rule</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-2.htm">Strengtheneth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Temple</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Hezekiah's good reign.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">He restores religion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">He exhorts the Levites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-20.htm">Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests</a></span><br></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'; 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The first month, Nisan, is significant in the Jewish calendar as it marks the beginning of the religious year, aligning with the Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2</a>). Hezekiah's actions reflect a commitment to restoring proper worship from the outset of his reign, contrasting with the idolatrous practices of his father, Ahaz (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">2 Chronicles 28:24</a>). This urgency underscores the importance of spiritual renewal and sets a precedent for leadership that prioritizes faithfulness to God.<p><b>Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD</b><br>The temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites, had been neglected and desecrated under Ahaz, who closed its doors and set up altars to foreign gods (<a href="/2_chronicles/28-24.htm">2 Chronicles 28:24-25</a>). By opening and repairing the doors, Hezekiah was not only restoring physical access but also symbolically reopening the nation's relationship with God. This act of restoration is reminiscent of the call to repentance and renewal found throughout the Old Testament, such as in the reforms of Josiah (<a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-7</a>) and the rebuilding efforts of Ezra and Nehemiah (<a href="/ezra/6-14.htm">Ezra 6:14-15</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/2-17.htm">Nehemiah 2:17-18</a>). The temple's restoration can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate mediator and restorer of the relationship between God and humanity (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>; <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a></b><br>Hezekiah was the king of Judah who initiated religious reforms to restore proper worship of Yahweh. His reign is noted for his faithfulness to God and efforts to cleanse the temple and reestablish the covenant with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a></b><br>This refers to the temple in Jerusalem, which was the central place of worship for the Israelites. It had fallen into disrepair and neglect under previous kings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/o/opening_and_repairing_the_doors.htm">Opening and Repairing the Doors</a></b><br>This event symbolizes the beginning of Hezekiah's reforms. By opening and repairing the temple doors, Hezekiah was making a statement about returning to the worship of God and restoring the spiritual life of the nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_begins_with_leadership.htm">Restoration Begins with Leadership</a></b><br>Hezekiah's initiative to open and repair the temple doors demonstrates the importance of godly leadership in spiritual renewal. Leaders today are called to prioritize the worship of God and lead by example in restoring spiritual practices.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_open_doors.htm">Symbolism of Open Doors</a></b><br>The act of opening the temple doors symbolizes openness to God's presence and a willingness to return to Him. In our lives, we must ensure that the "doors" of our hearts are open to God's influence and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_immediate_action.htm">The Importance of Immediate Action</a></b><br>Hezekiah acted in the first month of his reign, showing the urgency and priority he placed on spiritual matters. We should not delay in addressing areas of spiritual neglect in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reformation_requires_repair.htm">Reformation Requires Repair</a></b><br>Just as Hezekiah repaired the physical structure of the temple, spiritual reformation often requires us to repair and restore our relationship with God, which may involve repentance and renewal of our commitments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_of_faithfulness.htm">Legacy of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Hezekiah's actions set a precedent for future generations. Our faithfulness can have a lasting impact on those who come after us, encouraging them to pursue a relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_events_in_hezekiah's_reign.htm">What events define Hezekiah's reign as king?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_tithes_form_'heaps'_for_months.htm">In 2 Chronicles 31:9–10, how plausible is it that the abundance of tithes was so great it formed “heaps” for months, given the limited agricultural capacity of the region? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_manage_sacrifices_in_2_chron_30_24.htm">In 2 Chronicles 30:24, how could authorities practically handle the huge numbers of sacrifices without facing sanitary or organizational challenges?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class= "bld">THE KING CHARGES THE L锟絍ITES, AND THEY CLEANSE THE HOUSE OF GOD</span><p>(<a href="/context/2_chronicles/29-3.htm" title="He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.">2Chronicles 29:3-19</a>).<p>(3) <span class= "bld">In the first month</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>in the month Nisan, the first month of the sacred year; not in the first month of his reign. (Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-17.htm" title="Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.">2Chronicles 29:17</a> and <a href="/2_chronicles/30-23.htm" title="And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.">2Chronicles 30:23</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Opened the doors.</span>--Which his father had closed (chap. 28:24).<p><span class= "bld">And repaired them.</span>--By overlaying them with metal--bronze or gold-leaf (<a href="/2_kings/18-16.htm" title="At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.">2Kings 18:16</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the first month</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> Nisan, the first month of the calendar year (see vers. 2, 13, 15 of next chapter), not simply the first month of the new king's reign. <span class="cmt_word">And repaired them</span>. This repairing of Hezekiah was, unhappily, subsequently undone of his own hands (<a href="/2_kings/18-14.htm">2 Kings 18:14-16</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁוֹנָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">בַשָּׁנָה֩</span> <span class="translit">(ḇaš·šā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8141.htm">Strong's 8141: </a> </span><span class="str2">A year</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his reign,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמָלְכ֜וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mā·lə·ḵōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4427.htm">Strong's 4427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Hezekiah] opened</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּתַ֛ח</span> <span class="translit">(pā·ṯaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6605.htm">Strong's 6605: </a> </span><span class="str2">To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and repaired</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְחַזְּקֵֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḥaz·zə·qêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2388.htm">Strong's 2388: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the doors</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּלְת֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(dal·ṯō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1817.htm">Strong's 1817: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something swinging, the valve of a, door</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּית־</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">2 Chronicles 29:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 29:3 He in the first year of his (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:4" /></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>