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Sunday, November 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 29:36

And Hezekiah and the people were very happy that God had made it happen so quickly for his people.

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 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.
Good News Translation
King Hezekiah and the people were happy, because God had helped them to do all this so quickly.
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 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the leaders of the city and went up to the Temple of the Lord . 21 They brought seven bulls, seven male sheep, seven lambs, and seven male goats. These animals were an offering to remove the sin of the people and the kingdom of Judah and to make the Temple ready for service to God. King Hezekiah commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these animals on the Lord 's altar. 22 So the priests killed the bulls and sprinkled their blood on the altar. They killed the sheep and sprinkled their blood on the altar. Then they killed the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar. 23 Then the priests brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the people there. After the king and the people put their hands on the goats, 24 the priests killed them. With the goats' blood they made an offering on the altar to remove the sins of the Israelites so they would belong to God. The king had said that the burnt offering and sin offering should be made for all Israel. 25 King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, as David, Gad, and Nathan had commanded. (Gad was the king's seer, and Nathan was a prophet.) 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, the singing to the Lord also began. The trumpets were blown, and the musical instruments of David king of Israel were played. 28 All the people worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters blew their trumpets until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the sacrifices were completed, King Hezekiah and everyone with him bowed down and worshiped.

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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