2 Chronicles 32:23

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

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וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת

migdânâh

H4030

“and · excellent things”

Conjunction + Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute

Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 24:53

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from the same as H4022

TWOT: 1144b

choice thing, excellent thing

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

15: words
15: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת excellent thing H4030 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת excellent thing H4030 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
10 nouns
1 adjective
1 preposition
1 adverb

Verb forms

מְבִיאִ֨ים Hiphil · Participle Active
וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א Hithpael · Sequential Imperfect

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 28 words from the Hebrew and 30 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 15 Hebrew tokens and 23 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 32:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

2 Chronicles 17:5 Therefore Yahweh established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat tribute; and he had riches and honor in abundance.
2 Chronicles 1:1 Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Yahweh his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Chronicles 9:24 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
Matthew 2:11 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
2 Samuel 8:10–11 then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
1 Kings 4:21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings 10:10 She gave the king one hundred twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
1 Kings 10:25 They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

1 Chronicles 29:25 Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
2 Chronicles 9:9–10 She gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
2 Chronicles 17:11 Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.
Ezra 7:15–22 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;
Psalms 68:29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, Kings shall bring presents to you.
Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Isaiah 60:7–9 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew 2 Chronicles 32:23 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְ֠רַבִּים מְבִיאִ֨ים מִנְחָ֤ה לַיהוָה֙ לִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וּמִ֨גְדָּנ֔וֹת לִֽיחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א לְעֵינֵ֥י כָל הַגּוֹיִ֖ם מֵאַֽחֲרֵי כֵֽן

Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 32:23 Septuagint · lemma form

καί πολύς φέρω δῶρον ὁ κύριος εἰς ἰερουσαλήμ καί δόμα ὁ εζεκιας βασιλεύς ἰουδά καί ὑπεραἴρω κατά ὀφθαλμός πᾶς ὁ ἔθνος μετά οὗτος

And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezekias king of Juda; and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after these things.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 32:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 32:23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

Ver. 23. And many brought gifts unto the Lord.] Many strangers were hereupon proselyted, like as Jethro also had been by God’s great works for his people against the Egyptians.

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.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Thus after trouble God sendeth comfort to all them that patiently wait on him, and constantly put their trust in his mercies.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 23. Many brought gifts unto the Lord] They plainly saw that Jehovah was the protector of the land.

And presents to Hezekiah] They saw that God was his friend, and would undertake for him; and they did not wish to have such a man for their enemy.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(23) Brought.—Were bringing =used to bring.

Gifts.—An offering (minchah), or tribute.

Presents to Hezekiah.—Among those who brought such were the envoys of Meroaach Baladan, king of Babylon (2Ki_20:12). Probably also the neighbouring peoples—e.g., the Philistines—relieved from the pressure of the Assyrian invaders, would thus evince their gratitude to the God of Israel. (Comp. 2Ch_18:11.)

So that he was magnified . . . nations.—Literally, and he was lifted up, to the eyes of all the nations.

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

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

23. brought gifts] Cp. Psa_68:29; Isa_18:7; Hag_2:7-8 (R.V.).

presents] R.V. precious things.

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.

John Gill's Exposition

Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil,.... The produce of his fields, vineyards, and oliveyards, such as David had, with persons over them, see Ch1 27:25.

and stands for all manner of beasts; as oxen, horses, camels, and asses, see Ch2 9:25.

and cotes for flocks; folds for sheep.

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

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Many; probably strangers, 3 K. viii. 41.

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).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Or, of all those nations which were not very remote from Canaan, and heard these matters.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Presents to Hezekiah. The "precious things" (twOnDgmi) of (2Ch_21:3.

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

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 15 words (15 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is migdânâh (“excellent thing”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word migdânâh carries the sense “excellent thing.” How does it shape the verse?
Genesis 24:53 shares the word «excellent thing» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «מְבִיאִ֨ים» is Hiphil Participle Active. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 15 Hebrew ↔ 23 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 15 words in this verse.
15 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 15 words in this verse.