The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:18 Explained

2 Chronicles 29:18

KJV: Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

YLT: And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, 'We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,

Darby: And they went in to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the table of the bread to be set in rows, and all its vessels;

ASV: Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace , and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then they went  in  to Hezekiah  the king,  and said,  We have cleansed  all the house  of the LORD,  and the altar  of burnt offering,  with all the vessels  thereof, and the shewbread  table,  with all the vessels  thereof. 

What does 2 Chronicles 29:18 Mean?

Study Notes

shewbread
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Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 . In John 6:33-58 our Lord has more in mind the manna, that food which "came down"; but all typical meanings of "bread" are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ; the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the "corn of wheat" John 12:24 ground in the mill of suffering John 12:27 and brought into the fire of judgment John 12:31-33 . We, as priests, by faith feed upon Him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is meditation upon Christ, as in Hebrews 12:2 ; Hebrews 12:3 .

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 29:18 mean?

And they went in to Hezekiah King and said we have cleansed - all the house of Yahweh the altar of burnt offerings and with its articles and the table of the showbread its articles
וַיָּב֤וֹאוּ פְנִ֙ימָה֙ אֶל־ חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ טִהַ֖רְנוּ אֶת־ כָּל־ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה מִזְבַּ֤ח הָעוֹלָה֙ וְאֶת־ כֵּלָ֔יו וְאֶת־ שֻׁלְחַ֥ן הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֖כֶת כֵּלָֽיו

וַיָּב֤וֹאוּ  And  they  went 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ  Hezekiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִזְקִיָּה 
Sense: 2th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ  and  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
טִהַ֖רְנוּ  we  have  cleansed 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בֵּ֣ית  the  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִזְבַּ֤ח  the  altar 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
הָעוֹלָה֙  of  burnt  offerings 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
וְאֶת־  and  with 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
כֵּלָ֔יו  its  articles 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.
שֻׁלְחַ֥ן  the  table 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֻׁלְחָן  
Sense: table.
הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֖כֶת  of  the  showbread 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מַעֲרֶכֶת  
Sense: row, line.
כֵּלָֽיו  its  articles 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כְּלִי  
Sense: article, vessel, implement, utensil.

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