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2 Chronicles 29:18 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 18. 18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Named Levites cleanse and inventory the temple.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 29:12–19
Read 2 Chronicles 29:18 with 29:12–19. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Levitical families gather, sanctify themselves, remove uncleanness, cleanse the house over sixteen days, and report every restored vessel and altar to Hezekiah.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Named Levites cleanse and inventory the temple,” 2 Chronicles 29:18 advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The narrative slows to name workers, sequence, timing, and completion rather than crediting the king alone. 2 Chronicles 29:1–11 has just established this prior movement: Hezekiah begins well, opens and repairs temple doors, names ancestral unfaithfulness and its communal consequences, and calls chosen Levites to remove filth and resume service. Together those details explain why “Named Levites cleanse and inventory the temple” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 2 Chronicles 29:12–19 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 29:12–19 forms the complete movement “Named Levites cleanse and inventory the temple”: Levitical families gather, sanctify themselves, remove uncleanness, cleanse the house over sixteen days, and report every restored vessel and altar to Hezekiah.
Verse 12. 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
Verse 13. 13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
Verse 14. 14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
Verse 15. 15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
Verse 16. 16 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.
Verse 17. 17 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.
Verse 18. 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
Verse 19. 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
What Remains True
Reform joins worship, generosity, welcome, administration, practical preparation, prayer, humility, and truthful limits; neither prosperity nor deliverance proves permanent immunity. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Levitical families gather, sanctify themselves, remove uncleanness, cleanse the house over sixteen days, and report every restored vessel and altar to Hezekiah. In 2 Chronicles 29:18, the concrete line “Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the….” Pair worship and prayer with safe facilities, inclusive teaching, transparent distribution, verified crisis preparation, truthful communication, and humility after success. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Levitical families gather, sanctify themselves, remove uncleanness, cleanse the house over sixteen days, and report every restored vessel and altar to Hezekiah.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
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