2 Chronicles 29:5

“And said unto them, hear me, ye Levites; sanctify yourselves, etc.] By washing their bodies and their garments, that no pollution might attend them in their service, (see <235211>Isaiah 52:11) and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers; by carrying out of it all manner of uncleanness, as they did, (<142916>2 Chronicles 29:16), and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place; or the abomination; the altar, like that at Damascus, which Ahaz, removing the altar of the Lord, had placed in the court of the priests; or, as Kimchi thinks, an idol, which he had set upon that altar.”

“Sanctify now yourselves - Compare the marginal reference. Hezekiah follows David’s example, knowing, probably, that the priests had in the preceding time of idolatry contracted many defilements. The “filthiness,” or “uncleanness” 2 Chronicles 29:16, might consist, in part, of mere dust and dirt, in part, of idolatrous objects introduced by Ahaz before he finally shut up the temple 2 Kings 16:10-16. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Filthiness - That filthy altar, which Ahaz had put in the place of God's altar, Kg2 16:11, and the idols, or other abominable things which were there. 2 Chronicles 29:6”

“29:5-11 Hezekiah’s speech used vocabulary typical of exile to describe the failure of the nation. As in the days of the separation under Rehoboam (12:1; see 13:10), the people had been unfaithful when they abandoned the Lord.”

“sanctify now: Ch2 35:6; Exo 19:10, Exo 19:15; Ch1 15:12 sanctify the house: Ch2 29:16, Ch2 34:3-8; Eze 36:25; Mat 21:12, Mat 21:13; Co1 3:16, Co1 3:17; Co2 6:16, Co2 7:1; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27 carry forth: Eze 8:3, Eze 8:9-18 2 Chronicles 29:6”