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2 Chronicles 29:17

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Chronicles 29:17

Verse 17 of 36

Scripture focus

Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

2 Chronicles 29:17 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:17

Theological / Devotional

Eight days. It seems that the first eight days were spent in cleaning the outside and the second eight days in cleansing the Temple itself. Thus by the 16th of Nisan the work of purification had been completed. It is clear that in this short period of only 16 days no major repairs of the Temple could have been effected. Such were evidently not needed at this time, for the Temple itself had probably not been allowed to fall into disrepair but had only become defiled by neglect.

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