2 Chronicles 30:27

Verse

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 (1901)

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.

Bible in Basic English

Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And 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.

Free Bible Version

The priests and the Levites stood up to bless the people, and God heard them—their prayer ascended to where he lived in heaven.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Priests and the Leuites arose, and blessed the people, and their voyce was heard, and their prayer came vp vnto heauen, to his holy habitation.

King James (Authorized) 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, even unto heaven.

Translation for Translators

The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood up to bless the people, and God heard them in heaven, the holy place where he lives.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Then the priests, the Levites, rose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer went up to heaven, the holy place where God lives.

Noah Webster Bible

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.

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.

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.

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Summary

This verse describes a powerful moment of unity and joy among the people of Judah and Israel as they gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. The people's sincere worship and dedication to God resulted in God hearing their prayers and accepting their sacrifices. The abundance of joy and gratitude expressed by the people reflected a revival of faith and obedience to God's commands. This event serves as a reminder of the blessings that come from wholehearted devotion to God and the importance of communal worship in strengthening the faith of believers.

Commentary

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

And their voice was heard - God accepted the fruits of that pious disposition which himself had infused. And their prayer came up - As the smoke of their sacrifices ascended to the clouds, so did their prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings, ascend to the heavens. The Targum says: "Their prayer came up to the dwelling-place of his holy shechinah, which is in heaven." Israel now appeared to be in a fair way of regaining what they had lost; but alas, how soon were all these bright prospects beclouded for ever! It is not for the want of holy resolutions and heavenly influences that men are not saved but through their own unsteadiness; they do not persevere, they forget the necessity of continuing in prayer, and thus the Holy Spirit is grieved, departs from them, and leaves them to their own darkness and hardness of heart. When we consider the heavenly influences which many receive who draw back to perdition, and the good fruits which for a time they bore, it is blasphemy to say they had no genuine or saving grace; they had it, they showed it, they trifled with it, sinned against it, continued in their rebellions, and therefore are lost.