Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place. New Living Translation Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard their prayer from his holy dwelling in heaven. English Standard Version Then the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard, and their prayer came to his holy habitation in heaven. Berean Standard Bible Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven. King James Bible Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. New King James Version Then the priests, the Levites, arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. New American Standard Bible Then the Levitical priests stood and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. NASB 1995 Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. NASB 1977 Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. Legacy Standard Bible Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy habitation, to heaven. Amplified Bible Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. Christian Standard Bible Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling place in heaven. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven. American Standard Version Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven. Contemporary English Version The priests and Levites asked God to bless the people, and from his home in heaven, he did. English Revised Version Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven. GOD'S WORD® Translation Then the Levitical priests blessed the people. Their voices were heard, and their prayers went to God's holy place in heaven. Good News Translation The priests and the Levites asked the LORD's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them. International Standard Version After this, the priests arose, blessed the people, and their voices were heard in prayer all the way to heaven, where God resides in holiness. Majority Standard Bible Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven. NET Bible The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The LORD responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven. New Heart English Bible Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven. Webster's Bible Translation Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer ascended to his holy dwelling-place, even to heaven. World English Bible Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer comes into His holy habitation in the heavens. Young's Literal Translation and the priests, the Levites, rise and bless the people, and their voice is heard, and their prayer cometh in to His holy habitation, to the heavens. Smith's Literal Translation And the priests the Levites will rise up and bless the people: and he will hear to their voice, and their prayer will come to the dwelling of his holy place to the heavens. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the priests and the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard: and their prayer came to the holy dwelling place of heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the priests and Levites rose up and blessed the people. And their voice was heeded. And their prayer reached the holy habitation of heaven. New American Bible Then the levitical priests rose and blessed the people; their voice was heard and their prayer reached heaven, God’s holy dwelling. New Revised Standard Version Then the priests and the Levites stood up and blessed the people, and their voice was heard; their prayer came to his holy dwelling in heaven. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people of Israel; and the LORD heard their voice, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even to heaven. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the Priests and the Levites stood, and they blessed the people of Israel. And LORD JEHOVAH listened to their voice, and their prayer entered unto the seat of his holiness in Heaven. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard [of the LORD], and their prayer came up to His holy habitation, even unto heaven. Brenton Septuagint Translation Then the priests the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling-place, even into heaven. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover…26So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel. 27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven. Cross References Numbers 6:23-27 “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: / ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; / may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; ... Psalm 134:2 Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! Psalm 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering. 1 Kings 8:55-61 And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: / “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. / May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us or forsake us. ... Nehemiah 9:5 Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. Psalm 28:2 Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. Psalm 63:4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands. Psalm 134:1-3 A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD! / Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD! / May the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion. Psalm 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering. Luke 24:50-51 When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. / While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven. Acts 1:24 And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen Acts 13:3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. Romans 15:30-33 Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. / Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there, / so that by God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed. ... 1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? Ephesians 1:16-18 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, / that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him. / I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, Treasury of Scripture Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even to heaven. the priests Numbers 6:23-26 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, … Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. their prayer 1 Kings 8:30,39 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive… Acts 10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Deuteronomy 26:15 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Jump to Previous Ascended Bless Blessed Blessing Dwelling Dwelling-Place Habitation Heard Heaven Heavens Holy Levites Prayer Priests Reached Rise Stood VoiceJump to Next Ascended Bless Blessed Blessing Dwelling Dwelling-Place Habitation Heard Heaven Heavens Holy Levites Prayer Priests Reached Rise Stood Voice2 Chronicles 30 1. Hezekiah proclaims a solemn passover on the second month for Judah and Israel.13. The assembly, having destroyed the altars of idolatry, keep the feast fourteen days 27. The priests and Levites bless the people Then the priests and the Levites This phrase highlights the roles of the priests and Levites, who were integral to the worship and religious life of Israel. The priests, descendants of Aaron, were responsible for performing sacrifices and rituals, while the Levites assisted them and took care of the temple. Their standing to bless the people signifies a moment of spiritual leadership and intercession. Historically, this reflects the organized structure of worship in ancient Israel, emphasizing the importance of ordained leaders in guiding the community in faith. stood to bless the people and God heard their voice and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven And their voice was heard.--The priestly blessing was a prayer that Jehovah would bless. (See Numbers 6:22-27.) That the prayer was heard on the present occasion, the writer infers from the progress of reform among the people, and the wonderful deliverance from Assyria, as related in the ensuing chapters. Their prayer came up.--Entered into His holy dwelling (comp. Isaiah 18:6) into the heavens. Notice the characteristic omission of the sacred Name. Verse 27. - The priests the Levites; i.e. the priest-Levites, and not other Levites (Deuteronomy 17:18; Joshua 3:3). The Septuagint, therefore, is wrong in inserting "and." A parallel expression in the New Testament is "Men brethren" (Acts 1:16; Acts 2:29, etc.). The priests were those authorized to bless (Numbers 6:23-26; 1 Chronicles 23:13).
Hebrew Then the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest and the Levites הַלְוִיִּם֙ (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi stood וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ (way·yā·qu·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand to bless וַיְבָרֲכ֣וּ (way·ḇā·ră·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse the people, הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and God heard וַיִּשָּׁמַ֖ע (way·yiš·šā·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently their voice, בְּקוֹלָ֑ם (bə·qō·w·lām) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6963: A voice, sound and their prayer תְפִלָּתָ֛ם (ṯə·p̄il·lā·ṯām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn came וַתָּב֧וֹא (wat·tā·ḇō·w) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go into His holy dwelling לִמְע֥וֹן (lim·‘ō·wn) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4583: An abode, of God, men, animals, a retreat place קָדְשׁ֖וֹ (qā·ḏə·šōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity in heaven. לַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ (laš·šā·mā·yim) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky Links 2 Chronicles 30:27 NIV2 Chronicles 30:27 NLT 2 Chronicles 30:27 ESV 2 Chronicles 30:27 NASB 2 Chronicles 30:27 KJV 2 Chronicles 30:27 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 30:27 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 30:27 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 30:27 French Bible 2 Chronicles 30:27 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests the Levites arose (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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