Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 29:32
The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Hezekiah has commanded the consecrated assembly to bring sacrifices to the purified temple, and the people respond by delivering livestock to the altar. The text records this specific yield of cattle and sheep immediately after the communal consecration.
The words — The verse anchors its report in מִסְפַּר (mispar, "the number of") and הָ/עֹלָה (ha/'olah, "the burnt offering"), framing the event as a formal inventory rather than a spontaneous act.
The thread — This measured inventory runs parallel to the sacrificial totals recorded in 1 Kings 8:63 and 1 Chronicles 29:21, marking Hezekiah’s temple restoration as a renewed covenant event.
Why it lands — The passage lists exact quantities without commentary, requiring the reader to recognize the tangible scale of communal obedience following ritual cleansing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 3:4 Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
- 1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 29:21 The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
- Ezra 6:17 For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.