2 Chronicles 29:16The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
The setting
Jerusalem, Israel, 715 BC. King Hezekiah's first month in power. Priests enter the defiled temple, carrying out idols and pagan altars his father Ahaz had installed...
The emotion here: documenting with amazement at the corruption discovered
The original word
tumah (טֻמְאָה) — ritual uncleanness, defilement that makes worship impossible
Why it matters
Ahaz had actually shut down the temple for 16 years and worshiped Assyrian gods inside it
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 29:16
They worked from inside out — the most sacred spaces were cleaned first, then moved outward
Common misconceptionPeople think this is just about literal cleaning, but Ahaz had turned God's temple into a pagan worship center with foreign altars and idols.
The thread continues
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Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 29:16 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 29:16 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is worship, with a comfort power of 40% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include purification, restoration, holiness. Notable phrases: house of Yahweh; all the uncleanness.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same worship
“Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:”
— Deuteronomy 6:4
“and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.”
— Deuteronomy 6:5
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
“Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.”
— John 14:6
“Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."”
— John 8:58
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