Teks -- 2 Chronicles 31:2 (NET)

The People Contribute to the Temple

31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks– to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: 2Ch 31:2 - The tents

Within the gates of the house of the Lord: which is here called tents, because the host of the Lord, the priests and Levites, encamped there. And perhaps to intimate, that it was shortly to be removed.

JFB: 2Ch 31:2-5 - Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, &c.

The king now turned his attention to provide for the orderly performance of the temple-worship--arranging the priests and Levites in their courses, assigning to every one his proper place and functions--and issuing edicts for the regular payment of those dues from which the revenues of the sanctuary were derived. To set a proper example to his subjects, his own proportion was announced in the first instance, for to the king it belonged, out of his privy purse, to defray the expenses of the altar, both stated and occasional (Num 28:3-4, Num 28:9, Num 28:11, Num 28:19); and in making this contribution from his own means, Hezekiah followed the course which David and Solomon had taken before him (see 2Ch 8:14; 1Ki 9:25). Afterwards he reappointed the people's dues to the temple; and from its being necessary to issue a royal mandate in reference to this matter, it appears that the sacred tribute had been either totally neglected, or (as the idolatrous princes were known to appropriate it to their own purposes) the people had in many cases refused or evaded the duty. But with the improved state of public feeling, Hezekiah's commandment was readily obeyed, and contributions of first-fruits and tithes were poured in with great liberality from all parts of Judah, as well as from Israel. The first-fruits, even of some articles of produce that were unfit for sacrifice (Lev 2:11), such as honey (Margin, "dates"), were appropriated to the priests (Num 18:12-13; Deu 18:4). The tithes (Lev 27:31) were intended for the support of the whole Levitical tribe (Num 18:8, Num 18:20, Num 18:24).

Clarke: 2Ch 31:2 - In the gates of the tents of the Lord

In the gates of the tents of the Lord - That is, in the temple; for this was the house, tabernacle, tent, and camp, of the Most High.

TSK: 2Ch 31:2 - the courses // to give thanks // in the gates of the tents of the Lord

the courses : 2Ch 5:11, 2Ch 8:14, 2Ch 23:8; 1Ch 16:37, 1Ch 16:40, 23:1-26:32; Ezr 6:18; Luk 1:5

to give thanks : 2Ch 29:24-26; 1Ch 16:4-6, 1Ch 16:41, 1Ch 23:30, 1Ch 25:1-3; Neh 11:17; Psa 134:1-3; Psa 135:1-3; Jer 33:11

in the gates of the tents of the Lord : Beshaarey machanoth Yehowah , ""within the gates of the camps of Jehovah;""which comprehended the whole of the buildings that surrounded the temple, in which the priests and Levites were stationed, and which resembled military encampments.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: 2Ch 31:2 - tents

i.e. Within the gates of the house of the Lord; which is here called

tents partly because all houses are oft so called, as Jud 19:9 20:8 Psa 69:25 ; and partly because the host of the Lord, to wit, the priests and Levites, frequently so called, encamped there, and kept their stations and orders there by course.

Haydock: 2Ch 31:2 - Praise // Gates // Camp

Praise: literally, "confess." H. ---

There is a confession of God's perfections, as well as of sin. W. ---

Gates, within their respective courts. C. ---

The Turks style the palace of their emperor, "the sublime porte." H. ---

Camp, or temple. Sept. "in the gates, in the courts of the house of the Lord." M. ---

Grabe has not in the gates. H. ---

We know that they did not sing there, but in the courts, (C.) or halls. H.

Gill: 2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, and the Levites after their courses // every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings, and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord

And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, and the Levites after their courses,.... As they were fixed by David, and were in the times of Jehoshaphat, and had been since interrupted, and which Hezekiah now restored, and placed them in their regular order:

every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings, and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord; or camp of the Lord, where they were posted, and lay as an host encamped, to keep the watch of the house of the Lord; the priests, they were appointed to offer the sacrifices of every sort; the Levites to minister to them in what they needed and required of them, and others of them to be singers in time of service, and others to be porters at the gate.