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2 Chronicles 29:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
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Role in This Section
Places goat offerings before king and assembly with hands laid on them.
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 29:20–29:30
Places goat offerings before king and assembly with hands laid on them. Read 2 Chronicles 29:23 within 29:20–29:30. The complete unit records: Officials gather, offerings are made for kingdom and sanctuary, priests handle blood, Levites play Davidic instruments, the assembly worships, and Hezekiah calls for psalms of praise.
Why It Needs Context
Places goat offerings before king and assembly with hands laid on them. Its responsible force depends on 29:20–29:30; isolated from “Sacrifice and music restart temple worship,” the supporting action, name, number, object, quotation, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read 2 Chronicles 29:20–29:30 — Sacrifice and music restart temple worshipSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 29:20–29:30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 29:20–29:30
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