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2 Chronicles 29:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 Jehallelel: and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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 Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Then the Levites rose up, 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 Jehalleleel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Then arose the Levites—Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites, and, of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel,—and, of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And the Levites rise—Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Cis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Jalaleel. And of the sons of Gerson, Joah the son of Zemma, and Eden the son of Joah.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then the Leuites arose, Mahath ye sonne of Amashai, and Ioel the sonne of Azariah of the sonnes of the Kohathites: ? of the sonnes of Merari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, & Azariah the sonne of Iehalelel: and of the Gershonites, Ioah the sonne of Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of Ioah:
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Then the Leuites arose, Mahath the sonne of Amashai, and Ioel the sonne of Azariah, of the sonnes of the Kohathites: and of the sonnes of Merari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, and Azariah the sonne of Iahalelel: and of the Gershonites Ioah, the sonne of Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of Ioah:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— 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;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Then the Levites rose up, Maath the son of Amasi, and Joel the son of Azariah{gr.Azarias}, of the sons of Kohath{gr.Caath}: and of the sons of Merari, Kish{gr.Kis} the son of Abdi, and Azariah{gr.Azarias} the son of Haelel: and of the sons of Gedsoni, Jodaad the son of Zemmath, and Joadam: these [were] the sons of Joacha.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Then the Lewiyyim arose, Machath the son of Amasay, and Yoel the son of Azaryah, of the sons of the Qehathim: and of the sons of Merari, Qish the son of Avdi, and Azaryah the son of Yehallelel: and of the Gershunnim; Yoach the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Yoach:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Then the Læwiyyim לְוִיִּם 3881
{3881} Prime
לֵוִיִי
Leviyiy
{lay-vee-ee'}
Patronymic from H3878; a Leviite or descendant of Levi.
arose, 6965
{6965} Prime
קוּם
quwm
{koom}
A primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literally, figuratively, intensively and causatively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Maçaŧ מַחַת 4287
{4287} Prime
מַחַת
Machath
{makh'-ath}
Probably from H4229; erasure; Machath, the name of two Israelites.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of `Ámäŝay עֲמָשַׂי, 6022
{6022} Prime
עֲמָשַׂי
`Amasay
{am-aw-sah'-ee}
From H6006; burdensome; Amasai, the name of three Israelites.
and Yô´ël יוֹאֵל 3100
{3100} Prime
יוֹאֵל
Yow'el
{yo-ale'}
From H3068 and H0410; Jehovah (is his) God; Joel, the name of twelve Israelites.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of `Ázaryà עֲזַריָה, 5838
{5838} Prime
עֲזַרְיָה
`Azaryah
{az-ar-yaw'}
From H5826 and H3050; Jah has helped; Azarjah, the name of nineteen Israelites.
of x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
the sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of the Kæhäŧîm קְהָתִים: 6956
{6956} Prime
קְהָתִי
Qohathiy
{ko-haw-thee'}
Patronymic from H6955; a Kohathite (collectively) or descendant of Kehath.
and of x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
the sons 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Mærärî מְרָרִי, 4847
{4847} Prime
מְרָרִי
M@rariy
{mer-aw-ree'}
From H4843; bitter; Merari, an Israelite.
Kîš קִישׁ 7027
{7027} Prime
קִישׁ
Qiysh
{keesh}
From H6983; a bow; Kish, the name of five Israelites.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of `Avdî עַבדִּי, 5660
{5660} Prime
עַבְדִּי
`Abdiy
{ab-dee'}
From H5647; serviceable; Abdi, the name of two Israelites.
and `Ázaryà עֲזַריָה 5838
{5838} Prime
עֲזַרְיָה
`Azaryah
{az-ar-yaw'}
From H5826 and H3050; Jah has helped; Azarjah, the name of nineteen Israelites.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Yæhallel´ël יְהַלֶּלאֵל: 3094
{3094} Prime
יְהַלֶּלְאֵל
Y@hallel'el
{yeh-hal-lel-ale'}
From H1984 and H0410; praising God; Jehallelel, the name of two Israelites.
and of x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
the Gëršunnîm גֵּרשֻׁנִּים; 1649
{1649} Prime
גֵּרְשֻׁנִּי
Ger@shunniy
{gay-resh-oon-nee'}
Patronymic from H1648; a Gereshonite or descendant of Gereshon.
Yô´äç יוֹאָח 3098
{3098} Prime
יוֹאָח
Yow'ach
{yo-awkh'}
From H3068 and H0251; Jehovah-brothered; Joach, the name of four Israelites.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Zimmà זִמָּה, 2155
{2155} Prime
זִמָּה
Zimmah
{zim-maw'}
The same as H2154; Zimmah, the name of two Israelites.
and `Ëđen עֵדֶן 5731
{5731} Prime
עֵדֶן
`Eden
{ay'-den}
The same as H5730 (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam's home.
the son 1121
{1121} Prime
בֵּן
ben
{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
of Yô´äç יוֹאָח: 3098
{3098} Prime
יוֹאָח
Yow'ach
{yo-awkh'}
From H3068 and H0251; Jehovah-brothered; Joach, the name of four Israelites.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:12-19

_ _ 2 Chronicles 29:12-36. The House of God cleansed.

_ _ Then the Levites arose — Fourteen chiefs undertook the duty of collecting and preparing their brethren for the important work of cleansing the Lord’s house. Beginning with the outer courts — that of the priests and that of the people — the cleansing of these occupied eight days, after which they set themselves to purify the interior; but as the Levites were not allowed to enter within the walls of the temple, the priest brought all the sweepings out to the porch, where they were received by the Levites and thrown into the brook Kedron. This took eight days more. At the end of this period they repaired to the palace and announced that not only had the whole of the sacred edifice, within and without, undergone a thorough purification, but all the vessels which the late king had taken away and applied to a common use in his palace, had been restored, “and sanctified.”

Matthew Henry's Commentary

2 Chronicles 29:12-19

_ _ We have here busy work, good work, and needful work, the cleansing of the house of the Lord.

_ _ I. The persons employed in this work were the priests and Levites, who should have kept the temple clean, but, not having done that, were concerned to make it clean. Several of the Levites are here named, two of each of the three principal houses, Kohath, Gershon, and Merari (2 Chronicles 29:12), and two of each of the three families of singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, 2 Chronicles 29:13, 2 Chronicles 29:14. We cannot think these are named merely because they were chief in place (for then surely the high priest, or some of the heads of the courses of the priests, would have been mentioned), but because they were more zealous and active than the rest. When God has work to do he will raise up leading men to preside in it. And it is not always that the first in place and rank are most fit for service or most forward to it. These Levites not only bestirred themselves, but gathered their brethren, and quickened them to do according to the commandment of the king by the word of the Lord. Observe, They did according to the king's command, but with an eye to God's word. The king commanded them what was already their duty by the word of God, and, in doing it, they regarded God's word as a rule to them and the king's commandment as a spur to them.

_ _ II. The work was cleansing the house of God, 1. From the common dirt it had contracted while it was shut up — dust, and cobwebs, and the rust of the vessels. 2. From the idols and idolatrous altars that were set up in it, which, though kept ever so neat, were a greater pollution to it than if it had been made the common sewer of the city. The priests were none of them mentioned as leading men in this work, yet none but they durst go into the inner part of the house, no, not to cleanse it, which they did, and perhaps the high priest into the holy of holies, to cleanse that. And, though the Levites had the honour to be the leaders in the work, they did not disdain to be servitors to the priests according to their office; for what filth the priests brought into the court the Levites carried to the brook Kidron. Let not men's usefulness, be it ever so eminent, make them forget their place.

_ _ III. The expedition with which they did this work was very remarkable. They began on the first day of the first month, a happy beginning of the new-year, and one that promised a good year. Thus should every year begin with the reformation of what is amiss, and the purging away, by true repentance, of all the defilements contracted the foregoing year. In eight days they cleared and cleansed the temple, and in eight days more the courts of the temple, 2 Chronicles 29:17. Let those that do good work learn to rid work and get it done. Let what is amiss be amended quickly.

_ _ IV. The report they made of it to Hezekiah was very agreeable, 2 Chronicles 29:18, 2 Chronicles 29:19. They gave him an account of what they had done, because it was he that set them on work, boasted not of their own care and pains, nor did they come to him to be paid, but to let him know that all things that had been profaned were now sanctified according to law, and were ready to be used again whenever he pleased. They knew the good king had set his heart upon God's altar, and longed to be attending that, and therefore they insisted most upon the readiness they had put that into — that the vessels for the altar were scoured and brightened. Those vessels which Ahaz, in his transgression, had cast away as vessels in which there was no pleasure, they gathered together, sanctified them, and laid them in their place before the altar. Though the vessels of the sanctuary may be profaned for a while, God will find a time and a way to sanctify them. Neither his ordinances nor his people shall be suffered to fail for ever.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
of the sons:

1 Chronicles 6:19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
1 Chronicles 6:44 And their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
1 Chronicles 15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
1 Chronicles 23:21-23 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. ... The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

Kohathites:

Exodus 6:16-25 And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years. ... And Eleazar Aaron's son took him [one] of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these [are] the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Numbers 4:2-20 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, ... But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
1 Chronicles 6:16-18 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ... And the sons of Kohath [were], Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
1 Chronicles 23:12-20 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ... Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.

of the sons:

1 Chronicles 6:16-18 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ... And the sons of Kohath [were], Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
1 Chronicles 23:12-20 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ... Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.

of the Gershonites:

1 Chronicles 6:17 And these [be] the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
1 Chronicles 6:20-21 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ... Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
1 Chronicles 15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
1 Chronicles 23:7-11 Of the Gershonites [were], Laadan, and Shimei. ... And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to [their] father's house.
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