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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 35:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 35:7 |
Strong Concordance |
And Josiah [02977] gave [07311] to the people [01121] [05971], of the flock [06629], lambs [03532] and kids [01121] [05795], all for the passover offerings [06453], for all that were present [04672], to the number [04557] of thirty [07970] thousand [0505], and three [07969] thousand [0505] bullocks [01241]: these were of the king's [04428] substance [07399]. |
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King James |
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Josiah gave to the people . . . lambs and kids--These were in all probability destined for the poor; a lamb or a kid might be used at convenience (Exo 12:5).
and . . . bullocks--which were offered after the lambs on each of the successive days of the feast. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See the marginal references and note.
Ch2 35:8
His princes - i. e. his ecclesiastical princes, the chief men of the priests and Levites. For the poor families of their own order the leading priests furnished both Passover-cattle and cattle for thank-offerings. The chief Levites acted similarly toward the poor Levitical families. |
5 Your lamb [07716] shall be without blemish [08549], a male [02145] of the first [01121] year [08141]: ye shall take [03947] it out from the sheep [03532], or from the goats [05795]:
8 And his princes [08269] gave [07311] willingly [05071] unto the people [05971], to the priests [03548], and to the Levites [03881]: Hilkiah [02518] and Zechariah [02148] and Jehiel [03171], rulers [05057] of the house [01004] of God [0430], gave [05414] unto the priests [03548] for the passover offerings [06453] two thousand [0505] and six [08337] hundred [03967] small cattle, and three [07969] hundred [03967] oxen [01241].