2 Chronicles 29:27

2Ch 29:27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began [also] with the trumpets, and with the instruments [ordained] by David king of Israel.

Ver. 27. The song of the Lord began also.] Holy and divine songs, {Psa 136:1-26} especially, which is here, by an excellency, called the song of the Lord, as some think.

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.

2Ch_29:27

When the burnt offering began, then the song of the Lord began also.

Sacrifice and song

This chapter contains a brief, graphic account of the great reformation which Hezekiah wrought in the beginning of his reign. The text is part of that account.

I. How often these two things--sacrifice and song--self-denial and joy--are associated. We see the union every, where.

1. In the home. When is the husband or wife so supremely happy as when by some deed of self-sacrifice he or she has made the other glad? When does the fathers heart sing for joy? Not when he has bent the stubborn will of the child, but when, by the sacrifice of some luxury he has made the little soul glad on its birthday.

2. In the best works of fiction, i.e., those which are most true to human nature who does not remember the half-sovereign which Tom Pinch, the poor half-starved clerk, concealed in a piece of paper and put into the hand of Martin Chuzzlewit at their parting? And who has not envied the feeling of happiness with which he returned to his bare home and grinding lot?

3. In the lives of Gods servants. The memorials of Robert and Mary Moffat, show what sacrifices they had to make in carrying on their work in Africa. They leave no doubt that they found a joy in them that the selfish and luxurious are seeking in vain.

4. In our own lives we have all experienced it.

II. They are indissolubly associated--joined together in the nature of things. Man cannot have the one without the other. Let there be no sacrifice and there will be no song, no self-denial and there will ere long be no joy. That is a law written broadly over human nature, attested by the widest experience, and recognised by Pro_11:24-25. It explains some of what seem to be the hardest sayings and most difficult demands of our Lord, as, e.g., Mat_16:24-25; Joh_12:24; and His question put to the two ambitious disciples (Mar_10:37-38). The lesson is clear. We all want happiness--that our joy may be full. But we cannot have it by aiming at it directly. Begin to sacrifice, to give to God what you really value; say, I will not offer unto the Lord my God that which doth cost me nothing. Give your money, interest, time, effort. Copy the example of Him who went about doing good, and pleased not Himself. Try to make lives brighter, homes happier, business more pure. Take up the cross. Then this bit of old-world history shall record your experience: When the burnt offering began, then the song of the Lord began also--a song which grew louder and mightier as the sacrifice went on, and never ended until the sacrifice itself came to an end. (J. Ogle.)

The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

2Ch 29:27. When the burnt-offering began, the song of the Lord began also — The psalms composed by David and Asaph, (2Ch 29:30,) with the musical instruments which God, by his prophets, had commanded to be used,

(2Ch 29:25,) and which had been long neglected. Even sorrow for sin must not put us out of tune for praising God. By faith we must even then rejoice in the Lord our righteousness, and our prayers and praises must ascend with his offering, to be accepted only in the virtue of it.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Which David had appointed to praise the Lord with.

The Psalm which David had appointed to be sung for thanksgiving.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

(27) Commanded to offer the burnt offering . . . altar.—These words are repeated from 2Ch_29:21, because all that comes between is descriptive of the preparations made for the due performance of the sacrifice. When the victims had been slain, flayed, and cut up, and the altar had been sprinkled with their blood, and when the Levitical musicians had taken their places, instruments in hand, everything was ready, and the sacrifice was ordered to begin. “And at the time when the burnt offering began, the song of Jehovah” (i.e., the chant of the Levites with its musical accompaniment) “began, and the clarions; and that under the lead of the instruments of David king of Israel,” i.e., the harps and lyres were dominant throughout, and the clarions subordinate to their music. Or we may render: “And that at the side of (i.e., along with) the instruments of David king of Israel.” The phrase is ‘al-yĕdê, “upon the hands.” (Comp. 1Ch_25:2-3; 1Ch_25:6.) The LXX. omits the needless “and that” (wĕ); the Syriac renders: “And when the burnt offerings began to be offered, Hezekiah began to chant the praises of the Lord, as from the mouth of David king of Israel.” The Vulgate also is very free.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

27. with the trumpets] R.V. and the trumpets. Cp. 1Ch_15:24 (note).

and with the instruments ordained by David] Render, even according to the guidance of the instruments of David, i.e. led (or “accompanied”) by them.

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.

And when they had made an end of offering,.... Both the sin offering and the burnt offering:

the king and all that were with him bowed themselves and worshipped; towards the place where the ark was, giving thanks for the purging of the temple, and restoring the worship of it.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

All had hitherto been preparatory. Now Hezekiah gave orders that “the burnt offering” - i. e. the daily morning sacrifice - should be offered upon the brass altar in front of the porch, thus restoring and reinstituting the regular temple-service. A burst of music gave notice to the people of the moment when the old worship recommenced.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

CHAPTER XXIX.

Prepared, or ordained. M. --- Heb. "with the instruments, by David."

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).

Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering. This verse and the following, with graphic brevity, purport to describe the actual consummating of the preparations rehearsed before, and, as seems most probable, in the significance of the last clause of Ezr_8:35, already referred to. The whole of the burnt offering was burnt on the altar, but of the sin offering the "fat" alone. (Lev_4:19)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The song - The psalms composed by David and Asaph. Even sorrow for sin must not put us out of tune for praising God. By faith we must even then rejoice in the Lord our righteousness, and our prayers and praises must attend with his offering, to be accepted only in the virtue of it.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

the song of Yahweh began also

The phrase "the song of Yahweh" refers to people singing a song to Yahweh. AT: "the people began to sing a song to Yahweh also"

until the burnt offering was finished

This can be stated in active form. AT: "until the priests finished offering the burnt offering" (See: Active or Passive)

translationWords

Israel

worship

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