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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover, all the vessels which King Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression,.... Not that he threw them away, being valuable, as made of gold and silver; but, as Kimchi interprets it, he removed them, and converted them to idolatrous uses; or, as the Targum, he defiled or profaned them, and made them abominable by strange idols: have...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Hezekiah the king rose early,.... Took the first opportunity to attend the worship of God, and set an example to his people: and gathered the rulers of the city; the elders of the people, the chief magistrates in Jerusalem: and went up to the house of the Lord; the temple, to worship there.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah,.... To make atonement in a typical way, having respect to the sacrifice of the Messiah, for the sins of the king, his family and court, among whom idolatry had prevailed in the times of his...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So they killed the bullocks,.... The seven bullocks, that is, the priests killed them: and the priests received the blood; into basins provided for that purpose: and sprinkled it on the altar; according to the law of Moses, Leviticus 1:5 and so they did with the rams and lambs.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation,.... Which were to make atonement for the sins of both: and they laid their hands on them; signifying thereby that they were vicarious sacrifices to be offered up in their own room and stead, and that they deserved to die, as these creatures would:...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the priests killed them,.... The seven he goats; for of the killing of the bullocks, rams, and lambs, mention is made before, 2 Chronicles 29:2 and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; typical of the reconciliation and atonement made for the whole spiritual Israel of God by the sacrifice...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps,.... To play upon, which were the three principal instruments of music used in religious worship, and what had been disused in the times of Ahaz: according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; this sort of music...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Levites stood with the instruments of David,.... Which were invented, directed, and ordered to be used by him, and are the same as in the preceding verse: and the priests with the trumpets; which were made by the direction of Moses, according to the order of God, Numbers 10:2.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar,.... Which was wholly devoted to the Lord, and was an acknowledgment of his sovereignty over them, and of his goodness to them: and when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel; and this was...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And all the congregation worshipped,.... Bowed their heads as a token of divine adoration: and the singers sang; both with vocal and instrumental music, who were the Levites: and the trumpeters sounded; their silver trumpets; these were the priests: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished; with all appertaining to it, the meat...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord, with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,.... Making use of psalms composed by the one and the other; Jarchi takes it to be the one hundred and fifth psalm, which begins, "O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name"; as in 1 Chronicles 16:7...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then Hezekiah answered and said,.... Or proceeded to say, as follows: now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord; having entered anew on the performance of their office, filling their hands with sacrifices, as the words signify: come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord; which the people were to put into...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the number of the burnt offerings which the congregation brought were seventy bullocks, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. Of which they had no part to feast but were wholly devoted to the Lord, by way of thankfulness to him.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the consecrated things,.... Which were devoted for peace offerings, of which the owners had a part: were six hundred oxen, and three thousand sheep; which was a much lesser number than what were offered upon occasion in the times of David and Solomon, the nation being poorer; and besides, these were only the oblation of two tribes, they of all...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings,.... Take off the skins of them, which used to be done by the priests, Leviticus 1:6, wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them till the work was ended; assisted in the flaying of the sacrifices, until they had gone through the service of this time, and the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings, for every burnt offering,.... Besides the abundance of burnt offerings, whose skins were to be taken off, there were meat offerings and drink offerings to each, which required many hands to prepare them; and also the fat of the peace...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people,.... To see things go on so well, which foreboded good unto them: and particularly that God had prepared the people; disposed and directed their hearts in such a manner as to yield such a cheerful obedience to the will of God, and show such a hearty regard to his worship and service, and the restoration of...