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2 Chronicles 29:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 29:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:16

Theological / Devotional

The inner part. The priests went into the most holy place as well as into the first apartment of the Temple to carry on the work of cleansing. Into these apartments the Levites might not enter.

Brook Kidron. This seems to have been used as a place for casting refuse (see 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 23:12; 2 Chron. 15:16 ; 30:14).

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