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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 29:36

King Hezekiah and the people were happy, because God had helped them to do all this so quickly.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joy;   Levites;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice and Offering;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Pentateuch;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over how God had prepared the people, for it had come about suddenly.
Hebrew Names Version
Hizkiyahu rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
King James Version
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
English Standard Version
And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.
New Century Version
And Hezekiah and the people were very happy that God had made it happen so quickly for his people.
New English Translation
Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.
Amplified Bible
Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.
New American Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly.
World English Bible
Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Hezekiah reioyced and all the people, that God had made the people so ready: for the thing was done suddenly.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah and all the people were glad over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had prepared for the people, because everything had been accomplished so quickly.
Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah and the people of Judah celebrated, because God had helped them make this happen so quickly.
Complete Jewish Bible
Hizkiyahu and all the people rejoiced over what God had prepared for the people, since it had all happened so suddenly.
Darby Translation
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people; for the thing was done suddenly.
Easy-to-Read Version
Hezekiah and the people were very happy about the things God prepared for his people. And they were happy he did it so quickly!
George Lamsa Translation
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people of Israel, because the service of the temple was accomplished; for the thing was done promptly.
Lexham English Bible
And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had established with the people, for the matter happened suddenly.
Literal Translation
And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because God had given preparation to the people; for the thing had happened suddenly.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ezechias reioysed with all the people, that they were prepared with God: for it was done righte haistely.
American Standard Version
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Bible in Basic English
And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia reioyced, and all the people, that God had made the folke so readie, & that the thing was so soone done.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.
King James Version (1611)
And Hezekiah reioyced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Ezekias and all the people rejoiced, because God has prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
English Revised Version
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ezechie was glad, and al the puple, for the seruyce of the Lord was fillid; for it pleside, that this was doon sodeynly.
Update Bible Version
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.
New King James Version
Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly.
New Living Translation
And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people, for everything had been accomplished so quickly.
New Life Bible
Then Hezekiah and all the people were filled with joy because of what God had done for the people, for it was done all at once.
New Revised Standard
And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people; for the thing had come about suddenly.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because God had established it for the people, - for, suddenly, had the thing come about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ezechias, and all the people rejoiced because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished. For the resolution of doing this thing was taken suddenly.
Revised Standard Version
And Hezeki'ah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people; for the thing came about suddenly.
Young's Literal Translation
and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.
THE MESSAGE
Hezekiah and the congregation celebrated: God had established a firm foundation for the lives of the people—and so quickly!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly.

Contextual Overview

20 Without delay King Hezekiah assembled the leading men of the city, and together they went to the Temple. 21 As an offering to take away the sins of the royal family and of the people of Judah and to purify the Temple, they took seven bulls, seven sheep, seven lambs, and seven goats. The king told the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to offer the animals as sacrifices on the altar. 22 The priests killed the bulls first, then the sheep, and then the lambs, and sprinkled the blood of each sacrifice on the altar. 23 Finally they took the goats to the king and to the other worshipers, who laid their hands on them. 24 Then the priests killed the goats and poured their blood on the altar as a sacrifice to take away the sin of all the people, for the king had commanded that burnt offerings and sin offerings be made for all Israel. 25 The king followed the instructions that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan; he stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals, 26 instruments like those that King David had used. The priests also stood there with trumpets. 27 Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be presented; and as the offering began, the people sang praise to the Lord , and the musicians began to play the trumpets and all the other instruments. 28 Everyone who was there joined in worship, and the singing and the rest of the music continued until all the sacrifices had been burned. 29 Then King Hezekiah and all the people knelt down and worshiped God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hezekiah rejoiced: Both Hezekiah and the people rejoiced, that God had prepared the hearts of the people to bring about so great and glorious a reformation in so short a time. This good king's example and influence were here, as in many other cases, under God, the grand spring of all those mighty movements. 1 Chronicles 29:9, 1 Chronicles 29:17, Ezra 6:22, 1 Thessalonians 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 3:9

God: 2 Chronicles 30:12, 1 Chronicles 29:18, Psalms 10:17, Proverbs 16:1

the thing: Acts 2:41

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:12 - And ye 1 Kings 8:66 - joyful 2 Chronicles 7:10 - glad 2 Chronicles 15:15 - rejoiced Nehemiah 4:6 - had a mind Nehemiah 12:43 - offered Luke 1:17 - to make Luke 19:37 - the whole

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people,.... To see things go on so well, which foreboded good unto them: and particularly

that God had prepared the people; disposed and directed their hearts in such a manner as to yield such a cheerful obedience to the will of God, and show such a hearty regard to his worship and service, and the restoration of it:

for the thing was done suddenly; whereby it the more appeared that they were under a divine influence, which so quickly and powerfully wrought upon them to engage in this work, and needed not arguments and persuasions to bring them to it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 29:36. And Hezekiah rejoiced — Both he and the people rejoiced that God had prepared their hearts to bring about so great a reformation in so short a time; for, it is added, the thing was done suddenly. The king's example and influence were here, under God, the grand spring of all those mighty and effectual movements. What amazing power and influence has God lodged with kings! They can sway a whole empire nearly as they please; and when they declare themselves in behalf of religion, they have the people uniformly on their side. Kings, on this very ground, are no indifferent beings; they must be either a great curse or a great blessing to the people whom they govern.


 
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