The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 35:16 Explained

2 Chronicles 35:16

KJV: So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

YLT: And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.

Darby: And all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to hold the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Jehovah according to the commandment of king Josiah.

ASV: So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So all the service  of the LORD  was prepared  the same day,  to keep  the passover,  and to offer  burnt offerings  upon the altar  of the LORD,  according to the commandment  of king  Josiah. 

What does 2 Chronicles 35:16 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 35:16-27 - A Fatal Conflict
The huge masses of people were admitted according to their families into the sacred courts, and the gates were closed as soon as these were filled. Thus all the fathers' houses came, one after another, in solemn procession to the altar, offering such part of the sacred victims as was required and receiving part for their own use. While this was in progress the Levite choir chanted Psalms 113:1-9; Psalms 114:1-8; Psalms 115:1-18; Psalms 116:1-19; Psalms 117:1-2; Psalms 118:1-29.
What a misfortune that so auspicious a reign should end so disastrously! Josiah opposed Pharaoh, because Palestine was under the tutelage of Babylon, and had become the cockpit of the two warring nations, which were then contending for the mastery of the world. It would seem from 2 Chronicles 35:21, as if the Egyptian kings acknowledged the supremacy of one over-ruling Deity and considered that they were inspired by him. Blame appears to be attached to Josiah for not recognizing the voice of God. The lamentation over his death became proverbial for its excessive grief, Zechariah 12:11. Josiah's reign was the last gleam of light in his doomed country, but it was good for him to be removed before the storm burst. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 35

1  Josiah keeps a most solemn Passover
20  He provoking Pharaoh Neco, is slain at Megiddo
25  Lamentations for Josiah

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 35:16 mean?

So was prepared all the service of Yahweh day that to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh according to the command of King Josiah
וַ֠תִּכּוֹן כָּל־ עֲבוֹדַ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הַפֶּ֔סַח וְהַעֲל֣וֹת עֹל֔וֹת עַ֖ל מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֑ה כְּמִצְוַ֖ת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ

וַ֠תִּכּוֹן  So  was  prepared 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
עֲבוֹדַ֨ת  the  service 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עֲבֹדָה  
Sense: labour, service.
יְהוָ֜ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בַּיּ֤וֹם  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַהוּא֙  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת  to  keep 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
הַפֶּ֔סַח  the  Passover 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּסַח  
Sense: passover.
וְהַעֲל֣וֹת  and  to  offer 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
עֹל֔וֹת  burnt  offerings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
מִזְבַּ֣ח  the  altar 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
כְּמִצְוַ֖ת  according  to  the  command 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִצְוָה  
Sense: commandment.
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ  of  King 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ  Josiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄאשִׁיָּה 
Sense: son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 3 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led.

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