2 Chronicles 29:3
During March of the first year that Hezekiah was ruling Judah, he unlocked the doors of the temple, and his workers repaired them.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done.
Cross References
2 Kings 16:14The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, which was bigger than the old altar.
2 Chronicles 29:7They locked the doors of the temple and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn any incense, and they did not offer any sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar.
Psalms 101:3I will not allow stay away from those who do what is evil [SYN]. I hate the deeds of those who ◄ turn away from/sin against► you; I will ◄completely avoid those people/not allow those people to come near me►.
Matthew 6:33Instead, the most important thing you should be concerned about is to let God completely direct your life, and to strive to live righteously. If you do that, all the things that you need will be given to you {God will give you all the things that you need}.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:2-12
Hezekiah's Good Reign. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that David his father had done. 3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord , and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together… Read the whole commentary →