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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 32:29

Besides all this, God gave him sheep and cattle and so much other wealth that he built many cities.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Hezekiah;   King;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Riches;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Isaiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Herd;   Holman Bible Dictionary - King, Kingship;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Hezekiah (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sheep;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He made cities for himself, and he acquired vast numbers of flocks and herds, for God gave him abundant possessions.
Hebrew Names Version
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
King James Version
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
English Standard Version
He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions.
New Century Version
He also built many towns. He had many flocks and herds, because God had given Hezekiah much wealth.
New English Translation
He built royal cities and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions.
Amplified Bible
Moreover, he made cities for himself and acquired an abundance of flocks and herds, for God gave him very many possessions.
New American Standard Bible
He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, because God had given him very great wealth.
World English Bible
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made him cities, and had possession of sheepe and oxen in abundance: for God had giuen him substance exceeding much.
Legacy Standard Bible
He also made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him exceedingly abundant wealth.
Berean Standard Bible
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
Contemporary English Version
God made Hezekiah extremely rich, so he bought even more sheep, goats, and cattle. And he built towns where he could keep all these animals.
Complete Jewish Bible
He provided cities for himself and purchased flocks and herds in abundance, for God had made him extremely wealthy.
Darby Translation
And he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God gave him very much substance.
Easy-to-Read Version
Hezekiah also built many towns, and he got many flocks of sheep and cattle. God gave him much wealth.
George Lamsa Translation
And folds for herds and for flocks, and for oxen and other beasts; for the LORD had given him very much substance.
Lexham English Bible
And he made cities for himself, and livestock of sheep and abundant cattle, for God had given to him very abundant possessions.
Literal Translation
and he made cities for himself, and had stocks of flocks and very many herds, for God had given him very much property.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and buylded him cities, and had many catell of shepe and oxen: for God gaue him very moch good.
American Standard Version
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
Bible in Basic English
And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made him cities, & had of sheepe and oxen great aboundaunce: For God had geuen him substaunce exceeding much.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
King James Version (1611)
Moreouer, hee prouided him cities, and possessions of flockes & heards in abundance: for God had giuen him substance very much.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store.
English Revised Version
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him very much substance.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and fooldis to scheep, and sixe citees. For he hadde vnnoumbrable flockis of scheep and of grete beestis; for the Lord hadde youe to hym ful myche catel.
Update Bible Version
Moreover he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.
Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance in great abundance.
New King James Version
Moreover he provided cities for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much property.
New Living Translation
He built many towns and acquired vast flocks and herds, for God had given him great wealth.
New Life Bible
He made cities for himself, and gathered very many flocks and cattle. For God had given him very many riches.
New Revised Standard
He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very great possessions.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, cities, made he for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds, in abundance, - for God had given him exceeding great wealth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
Revised Standard Version
He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very great possessions.
Young's Literal Translation
and cities he hath made for himself, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance, for God hath given to him very much substance.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth.

Contextual Overview

24 About this time King Hezekiah became sick and almost died. He prayed, and the Lord gave him a sign that he would recover. 25 But Hezekiah was too proud to show gratitude for what the Lord had done for him, and Judah and Jerusalem suffered for it. 26 Finally, however, Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem humbled themselves, and so the Lord did not punish the people until after Hezekiah's death. 27 King Hezekiah became very wealthy, and everyone held him in honor. He had storerooms built for his gold, silver, precious stones, spices, shields, and other valuable objects. 28 In addition, he had storehouses built for his grain, wine, and olive oil; barns for his cattle; and pens for his sheep. 29 Besides all this, God gave him sheep and cattle and so much other wealth that he built many cities. 30 It was King Hezekiah who blocked the outlet for Gihon Spring and channeled the water to flow through a tunnel to a point inside the walls of Jerusalem. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did, 31 and even when the Babylonian ambassadors came to inquire about the unusual event that had happened in the land, God let Hezekiah go his own way only in order to test his character. 32 Everything else that King Hezekiah did and his devotion to the Lord are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz and in The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel. 33 Hezekiah died and was buried in the upper section of the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem paid him great honor at his death. His son Manasseh succeeded him as king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

possessions: 2 Chronicles 26:10, Genesis 13:2-6, 1 Chronicles 27:29-31, Job 1:3, Job 1:9, Job 42:12

God: 2 Chronicles 25:9, Deuteronomy 8:18, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Chronicles 29:12, Proverbs 10:22, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:18

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 8:12 - and will set

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:4
He instructed them to say: "I, Jacob, your obedient servant, report to my master Esau that I have been staying with Laban and that I have delayed my return until now.
Genesis 32:13
After spending the night there, Jacob chose from his livestock as a present for his brother Esau: 200 female goats and 20 males, 200 female sheep and 20 males, 30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows and 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 males.
Genesis 32:16
He divided them into herds and put one of his servants in charge of each herd. He said to them, "Go ahead of me, and leave a space between each herd and the one behind it."
Genesis 32:18
you must answer, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He sends them as a present to his master Esau. Jacob himself is right behind us.'"
Genesis 32:26
The man said, "Let me go; daylight is coming." "I won't, unless you bless me," Jacob answered.
Genesis 32:27
"What is your name?" the man asked. "Jacob," he answered.
Genesis 32:28
The man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have struggled with God and with men, and you have won; so your name will be Israel."
Genesis 32:29
Jacob said, "Now tell me your name." But he answered, "Why do you want to know my name?" Then he blessed Jacob.
Deuteronomy 29:29
"There are some things that the Lord our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it forever.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, he provided him cities,.... Where he had the above storehouses and stalls, and convenient dwellings for those that looked after them, and were over his cattle, small and great, as follows; the Vulgate Latin version reads six cities in some copies b:

and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; in which the riches of men, and even of kings, lay in those times:

for God had given him substance very much; for all was owing to his disposing providence, let it come which way it might.

b So the Edition of Sixtus V. Lovain, and MSS. in James's Contrariety of the Popish Bibles, p. 295.


 
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