In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
Parallel translations
- WEB In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of Yahweh’s house, and repaired them.
- KJV He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
- BSB In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD.
- NKJV In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
- NLT In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the Lord and repaired them.
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Quick answer
In the very first month of his reign Hezekiah opens and repairs the temple doors that Ahaz had shut. His immediate priority is the restoration of true worship.
Overview
Hezekiah acts without delay, reopening and repairing the house of God in the first month of his first year. Restoring access to the temple reverses Ahaz's closing of it and re-establishes Judah's means of approaching the LORD. This eager reopening of the way to God foreshadows Christ, who is the door through whom His people freely enter into the Father's presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Chr 28:24Ahaz gathered together the vessels of God’s house, and cut the vessels of God’s house in pieces, and shut up the doors of Yahweh’s house; and he made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
- 2 Chr 29:7Also 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 to the God of Israel.
- Matt 6:33But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
- 2 Chr 34:3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, the Asherah poles, the engraved images, and the molten images.
- Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- Ps 101:3I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
- 2 Kgs 16:14–18The bronze altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from the front of the house, from between his altar and Yahweh’s house, and put it on the north side of his altar.
- Gal 1:16to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
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Temple, priesthood, and the repeated need for a faithful king who seeks the LORD all point past every imperfect reign to the King and Temple who finally and fully dwell with God's people.
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