xvi. 16 where the subservience of the high-priest Urijah to king Ahaz

is mentioned (so Kittel). Less probable is the view of Benzinger that this verse has been added by the Chronicler to the midrashic source upon which he is here depending, and that it represents merely the Chronicler’s personal predilection for the Levites as distinct from the priests.

³⁵And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

=35.= _with the fat_] Compare vii. 7; Leviticus iii. 3, 17.

_the peace offerings_] i.e. the thank offerings (verse 31).

_drink offerings_] compare Numbers xv. 5, 7, 10. The offering was to be of wine, and the quantity used was to correspond with the size of the animal sacrificed.

_was set in order_] i.e. was re-established.

³⁶And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

=36.= _that which God had prepared for the people_] It was God, not Hezekiah, who had done it all.

_suddenly_] In the very first year of Hezekiah’s reign (verse 3).