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2Ch 29:36 — And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was [done] suddenly.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Hezekiah rejoiced		Both Hezekiah and the people rejoiced, that God had prepared the hearts of the people to bring about so great and glorious a reformation in so short a time. This good king's example and influence were here, as in many other cases, under God, the grand spring of all those mighty movements. 1Ch 29:9,17; Ezr 6:22; 1Th 3:8,9
God		2Ch 30:12; 1Ch 29:18; Psa 10:17; Pro 16:1
the thing		Act 2:41

Correlating Passages

Hezekiah rejoiced

	1Ch 29:9	Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
	1Ch 29:17	I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
	Ezr 6:22	And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
	1Th 3:8	For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
	1Th 3:9	For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

God

	2Ch 30:12	Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
	1Ch 29:18	O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
	Psa 10:17	LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
	Pro 16:1	The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

the thing

Act 2:41

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand souls.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 29:36," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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