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2 Chronicles 29:3

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What does 2 Chronicles 29:3 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 29:3 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 29

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.
4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
5and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, etc.] And, as appears from (<142917>2 Chronicles 29:17), on the first day of the month: opened the doors of the house of the Lord; which his father had shut, (<142824>2 Chronicles 28:24) and repaired them; or strengthened them, the hinges, and other parts of them, being loosened and weakened; and ornamented them by overlaying them with gold, the plates of which very probably his father had taken off; for, certain it is, Hezekiah overlaid them, and very probably at this time, (see <121816>2 Kings 18:16).”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“HE RESTORES RELIGION. (Ch2 29:3-11) in the first year of his reign, in the first month--not the first month after his accession to the throne, but in Nisan, the first month of the sacred year, the season appointed for the celebration of the passover. he opened the doors of the house of the Lord--which had been closed up by his father (Ch2 28:24). and repaired them--or embellished them (compare Kg2 18:16).”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“By “the first month” is meant (compare 2 Chronicles 30:2-3) the month of Nisan, the first of the Jewish sacred year, not necessarily the first month of Hezekiah’s reign. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“29:3-4 Hezekiah’s first act as king was to repair the doors of the Temple (29:3). The verb used (yekhazzeqem, “he made them strong”) is a deliberate pun on the name of King Hezekiah (yekhizqiyyahu, “Yah makes strong”). This action provided a setting for the king’s speech to the priests and Levites (29:5-11).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“am 3278, bc 726 He in the first: Ch2 34:3; Psa 101:3; Ecc 9:10; Mat 6:33; Gal 1:16 opened: Ch2 29:7, Ch2 28:24; Kg2 16:14-18 2 Chronicles 29:4”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The purification of the temple by the priests and Levites. - Ch2 29:3. In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he caused the doors of the house of Jahve to be opened and repaired (הזּק as in Ch2 24:12, where it alternates with הדּשׁ). Cf. herewith the remark in Kg2 18:16, that Hezekiah caused the doors of the היכל to be covered with leaf-gold. The date, in the first month, in the first year of his reign, is variously interpreted. As the Levites, according to Ch2 29:17, began the purification on the first day of the first month, in eight days had reached the porch, and on the sixteenth day of the first month had completed the work, while the king had, according to Ch2 29:4, before…”
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