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2 Chronicles 29:30

King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to give praise to the Lord . They sang songs that David and Asaph the seer had written. They praised God and became happy. They all bowed and worshiped God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Asaph;   Joy;   Levites;   Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Praise;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Hezekiah;   Levites;   Seer;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Levite;   Singing;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - David;   Psalms, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Heman;   Hezekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Levites;   Psalms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Chronicles, Books of;   Music, Instruments, Dancing;   Praise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   Hezekiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Asaph ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   Hezekiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'saph;   Hezeki'ah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Asaph;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hezekiah (2);   Psalms, Book of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Asaph;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ethan;   Heman;   Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the Lord in the words of David and of the seer Asaph. So they sang praises with rejoicing and knelt low and worshiped.
Hebrew Names Version
Moreover Hizkiyahu the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaf the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
King James Version
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
English Standard Version
And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
New Century Version
King Hezekiah and his officers ordered the Levites to praise the Lord , using the words David and Asaph the seer had used. So they praised God with joy and bowed down and worshiped.
New English Translation
King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord , using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet. So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.
Amplified Bible
Also King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to exclaim praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they exclaimed praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.
New American Standard Bible
Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.
World English Bible
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Hezekiah the King and the princes commaunded the Leuites to prayse the Lorde with the wordes of Dauid, and of Asaph the Seer. so they praysed with ioy, and they bowed themselues, and worshipped.
Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and bowed down and worshiped.
Berean Standard Bible
Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped.
Contemporary English Version
Then Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing the songs of praise that David and Asaph the prophet had written. And so they bowed down and joyfully sang praises to the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Hizkiyahu the king and the leaders ordered the L'vi'im to sing praises to Adonai , using the words of David and of Asaf the seer. They sang praises until they were filled with joy, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.
Darby Translation
And king Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and bowed their heads and worshipped.
George Lamsa Translation
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the prophet. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshipped.
Good News Translation
The king and the leaders of the nation told the Levites to sing to the Lord the songs of praise that were written by David and by Asaph the prophet. So everyone sang with great joy as they knelt and worshiped God.
Lexham English Bible
Then King Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to praise Yahweh with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they offered praise with joy, and they bowed down and worshiped.
Literal Translation
And Hezekiah the king and the leaders commanded the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer; and they praised with joy, and they bowed and worshiped.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ezechias the kynge wt the rulers commaunded the Leuites to prayse the LORDE with the songes of Dauid and Assaph the Seer. And they gaue prayse tyll they were ioyfull, and they bowed them selues, and worshipped.
American Standard Version
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Bible in Basic English
Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia the king and the lordes, spake to the Leuites to prayse the Lord with the wordes of Dauid & of Asaph the sear: And they sang prayses with gladnesse, and the other bowed them selues, and worshipped.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer Hezekiah the king and the Princes, commanded the Leuites to sing praise vnto the Lord, with the words of Dauid, and of Asaph the Seer: and they sang praises with gladnes, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped.
English Revised Version
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ezechie and the princes comaundiden to the dekenes, that thei schulden preise the Lord with the wordis of Dauith, and of Asaph, the profete; whiche preisiden hym with greet gladnesse, and kneliden, and worschipiden.
Update Bible Version
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD, with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
New King James Version
Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
New Living Translation
King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the psalms written by David and by Asaph the seer. So they offered joyous praise and bowed down in worship.
New Life Bible
King Hezekiah and the rulers told the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the man of God. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.
New Revised Standard
King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Hezekiah the king and the rulers gave word to the Levites, to offer praise unto Yahweh, in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, - so they offered praise right joyfully, and bent their heads and bowed themselves in prostration.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and Asaph the seer: and they praised him with great joy, and bowing the knee adored.
Revised Standard Version
And Hezeki'ah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.
Young's Literal Translation
And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

Contextual Overview

20 King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the Temple of the Lord early the next morning. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven young male goats. These animals were for a sin offering for the kingdom of Judah, for the Holy Place to make it clean, and for the people of Judah. King Hezekiah commanded the priests who were descendants of Aaron to offer these animals on the Lord 's altar. 22 So the priests killed the bulls and kept the blood. Then they sprinkled the bulls' blood on the altar. Then they killed the rams and sprinkled the rams' blood on the altar. Then they killed the lambs and sprinkled the lambs' blood on the altar. 23Then the priests brought the male goats in front of the king, and the people gathered together. The goats were the sin offering. The priests put their hands on the goats and killed the goats. They made a sin offering with the goats' blood on the altar. They did this so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. The king said that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all the Israelites. 25 King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Lord 's Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres as David, Gad, the king's seer, and the prophet Nathan had commanded. This command came from the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David's instruments of music, and the priests stood ready with their trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, singing to the Lord also began. The trumpets were blown, and the instruments of David king of Israel were played. 28 All the assembly bowed down, the musicians sang, and the trumpet players blew their trumpets until the burnt offering was finished. 29 After the sacrifices were finished, King Hezekiah and all the people with him bowed down and worshiped. 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to give praise to the Lord . They sang songs that David and Asaph the seer had written. They praised God and became happy. They all bowed and worshiped God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

with the words: 2 Samuel 23:1, 2 Samuel 23:2, 1 Chronicles 16:7-36

they sang: Psalms 32:11, Psalms 33:1, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 95:6, Psalms 100:1, Psalms 100:2, Psalms 149:2, Philippians 4:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 24:26 - General Exodus 12:27 - bowed Joshua 3:8 - command 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded Nehemiah 8:6 - bowed Nehemiah 12:27 - out Nehemiah 12:46 - and Asaph Nehemiah 13:22 - I commanded Psalms 34:3 - let us Isaiah 38:9 - he had

Cross-References

Genesis 29:17
Leah's eyes were gentle, but Rachel was beautiful.
Genesis 29:18
Jacob loved Rachel, so he said to Laban, "I will work seven years for you if you will allow me to marry your daughter Rachel."
Genesis 29:20
So Jacob stayed and worked for Laban for seven years. But it seemed like a very short time because he loved Rachel very much.
Genesis 29:25
In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with, and he said to Laban, "You have tricked me. I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel. Why did you trick me?"
Genesis 29:26
Laban said, "In our country we don't allow the younger daughter to marry before the older daughter.
Genesis 29:27
Continue for the full week of the marriage ceremony, and I will also give you Rachel to marry. But you must serve me another seven years."
Genesis 29:31
The Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah, so he made it possible for Leah to have children. But Rachel did not have any children.
Genesis 31:15
He treated us like strangers. He sold us to you, and then he spent all the money that should have been ours.
Genesis 31:41
I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
Genesis 44:20
And we answered you, ‘We have a father—he is an old man. And we have a younger brother. Our father loves him because he was born while our father was old. This youngest son's brother is dead, so he is the only son who is left from that mother. Our father loves him very much.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord, with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,.... Making use of psalms composed by the one and the other; Jarchi takes it to be the one hundred and fifth psalm, which begins, "O give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name"; as in

1 Chronicles 16:7

and they sang praises with gladness; the king and all the people:

and they bowed their heads and worshipped; made another adoration of the Divine Being, as deeply impressed with a sense of his greatness and goodness.


 
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