The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 29:7 Explained

2 Chronicles 29:7

KJV: Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

YLT: Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

Darby: Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered up burnt-offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

ASV: Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Also they have shut up  the doors  of the porch,  and put out  the lamps,  and have not burned  incense  nor offered  burnt offerings  in the holy  [place] unto the God  of Israel. 

What does 2 Chronicles 29:7 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 29:1-11 - A Revival Of Righteousness
It was a blessing for Judah that Ahaz left as successor a son who inherited none of his father's traits. Hezekiah ranks as one of the best kings that occupied the throne of David. This chapter is full of illustrative and interesting incident. In the first month of his reign, the young king began his work of reform by assembling to his help the priests and Levites, and bidding them make all possible speed to cleanse the Temple.
The clarion call of this exhortation rings yet and bids us cleanse the inner shrine of our heart from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. Let us hasten to open the doors, kindle the lamps, and burn incense in the inner prayer-chamber of the heart. And what is true for the individual applies equally to the national conscience. Religion is the safeguard of our prosperity; and they who secure a healthy religious sentiment contribute as much to the well-being of their fatherland as the statesmen and politicians of world-wide fame. [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 29:7 mean?

Also they have shut up the doors of the vestibule and put out - the lamps and incense not have burned or burnt offerings nor offered in the holy [place] to the God of Israel
גַּ֣ם סָֽגְר֞וּ דַּלְת֣וֹת הָאוּלָ֗ם וַיְכַבּוּ֙ אֶת־ הַנֵּר֔וֹת וּקְטֹ֖רֶת לֹ֣א הִקְטִ֑ירוּ וְעֹלָה֙ לֹא־ הֶעֱל֣וּ בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ לֵאלֹהֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

גַּ֣ם  Also 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
סָֽגְר֞וּ  they  have  shut  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: סָגוּר 
Sense: to shut, close.
דַּלְת֣וֹת  the  doors  of 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
הָאוּלָ֗ם  the  vestibule 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.
וַיְכַבּוּ֙  and  put  out 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: כָּבָה  
Sense: to quench, put out, be put out, be quenched, be extinguished.
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.
הַנֵּר֔וֹת  the  lamps 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נִיר 
Sense: lamp.
וּקְטֹ֖רֶת  and  incense 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: קְטֹרֶת  
Sense: incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice.
הִקְטִ֑ירוּ  have  burned 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מֻקְטָר 
Sense: .
וְעֹלָה֙  or  burnt  offerings 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
לֹא־  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
הֶעֱל֣וּ  offered 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
בַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ  in  the  holy  [place] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
לֵאלֹהֵ֖י  to  the  God 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.