The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:29 Explained

2 Chronicles 29:29

KJV: And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

YLT: And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.

Darby: And when they had ended offering the burnt-offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.

ASV: And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when they had made an end  of offering,  the king  and all that were present  with him bowed  themselves, and worshipped. 

What does 2 Chronicles 29:29 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 29:25-36 - Sacrifice And Song
Among the usual sacrifices following the cleansing, the burned-offering occupied a conspicuous place, as expressive of sincere and entire devotion to God. Notice that as the burned-offering began the song began also. Self-sacrifice and the surrender of heart and life to God always lead to joy. First cleansing, then forgiveness and the blotting out of sin, and finally reconsecration to God-such are the inevitable steps that conduct the soul from the depths of depression into the joy of God's salvation. It is the self-absorbed and self-contained life which is miserable. Notice how contagious the joy of God is. From Hezekiah it spread to his people and led to the uplift of the entire nation. It is interesting to learn that this happy outbreak of religious fervor sprang from a divine preparation, which had for long been working below the surface of the national life. [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 29:29 mean?

And when they had finished offering bowed the king and all who were present with him and worshiped
וּכְכַלּ֖וֹת לְהַעֲל֑וֹת כָּרְע֗וּ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְכָֽל־ הַנִּמְצְאִ֥ים אִתּ֖וֹ וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ

וּכְכַלּ֖וֹת  And  when  they  had  finished 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: כָּלָה  
Sense: to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent.
לְהַעֲל֑וֹת  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
כָּרְע֗וּ  bowed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּרַע  
Sense: to bend, kneel, bow, bow down, sink down to one’s knees, kneel down to rest (of animals), kneel in reverence.
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
וְכָֽל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַנִּמְצְאִ֥ים  who  were  present 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: מָצָא  
Sense: to find, attain to.
אִתּ֖וֹ  with  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ  and  worshiped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁחָה  
Sense: to bow down.