Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the LORD’s camp.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Praise: lit. “confess.” Bible.—There is a confession of God’s perfections, as well as of sin. Worthington.—Gates, within their respective courts. Calmet.—The Turks style the palace of their emperor, “the sublime porte.” Bible.—Camp, or temple. Septuagint “in the gates, in the courts of the house of the Lord.” Menochius.—Grabe has not in the gates. Bible.—We know that they did not sing there, but in the courts, ( Calmet.) or halls. Bible.