The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:13 Explained

2 Chronicles 29:13

KJV: And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

YLT: and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

Darby: and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

ASV: and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And of the sons  of Elizaphan;  Shimri,  and Jeiel:  and of the sons  of Asaph;  Zechariah,  and Mattaniah: 

What does 2 Chronicles 29:13 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 29:12-24 - Removing Uncleanness
The names of the assisting Levites are specially mentioned, because their obedient cooperation counted for so much in the national reconstruction. For eight days the priests and they wrought in the great work of cleansing the Temple of the filthiness which had accumulated through neglect. The drift of the sand-storm, the havoc of weeds, the multitudes of living things that come from the air and the earth to brood and breed in neglected buildings, had wrought sad disfigurement and dilapidation in the holy and beautiful house which David and Solomon had built for God.
Deterioration of heart and life, of Church and State, is the sure result of neglect. The garden of the sluggard could hardly be more useless or perilous to the ordered cultivation around, than is the heart of man, when it neglects the culture of its spiritual affinities. We were made for God and cannot be perfectly healthy or happy apart from Him. These sins must be expiated by blood. A deep lesson is contained in 2 Chronicles 29:20-24. See Hebrews 9:22. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 29

1  Hezekiah's good reign
3  He restores religion
5  He exhorts the Levites
12  They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God
20  Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,
24  wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 29:13 mean?

and of the sons of Elizaphan Shimri Jeiel and Jeiel of the sons of Asaph Zechariah and Mattaniah -
וּמִן־ בְּנֵי֙ אֱלִ֣יצָפָ֔ן שִׁמְרִ֖י [ויעואל] (וִיעִיאֵ֑ל) בְּנֵ֣י אָסָ֔ף זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ וּמַתַּנְיָֽהוּ ס

בְּנֵי֙  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אֱלִ֣יצָפָ֔ן  of  Elizaphan 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱלִיצָפָן 
Sense: a Kohathite chief in the wilderness.
שִׁמְרִ֖י  Shimri 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שִׁמְרִי  
Sense: a Simeonite, son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah.
[ויעואל]  Jeiel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
(וִיעִיאֵ֑ל)  and  Jeiel 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְעִיאֵל  
Sense: one of the sons of Adonikam who returned from exile with Ezra.
בְּנֵ֣י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אָסָ֔ף  of  Asaph 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָסָף  
Sense: the father of Hezekiah’s secretary.
זְכַרְיָ֖הוּ  Zechariah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: זְכַרְיָה 
Sense: th in order of the minor prophets; a priest, son of Berechiah and grandson of Iddo, who, along with Haggai, directed the rebuilding of the temple in the days of Zerubbabel.
וּמַתַּנְיָֽהוּ  and  Mattaniah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַתַּנְיָה 
Sense: the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’.
ס    - 
Parse: Punctuation