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2 Chronicles 29:11 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 29 · verse 11
My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.2 Chronicles 29:11 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 29:11 in context
9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
12Then 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:
13And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- negligentshâlâhto misleadH7952 →
- incenseqâṭarto smokeH6999 →
- chosenbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- serveshârathto attend as a menial or worshipperH8334 →
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Here is, I. Hezekiah's age when he came to the crown. He was twenty-five years old. Joash, who came to the crown after two bad reigns, was but seven years old; Josiah, who came after two bad reigns, was but eight, which occasioned the delay of the reformation;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11