What Does 2 Chronicles 15:18 Mean in the King James?

And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.

2 Chronicles 15:18 · KJV

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THE KEY

The house of God holds two generations of dedication at once: what Asa inherited and what he set apart himself.

THE MEANING

Here, dedication has weight and shape: silver, gold, and vessels are brought into the house of God. What the father set apart stands beside what Asa sets apart, holding inherited and personal devotion together.

THE ROOT

קָדְשֵׁי

qodshei

GROWS FROM

קדש

q-d-sh

To be set apart, made sacred, or consecrated.

“things his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated” in this verse is qodshei. The Hebrew calls these the “set-apart things” of his father and of Asa himself. The silver, gold, and vessels carry that status into the house of God, so dedication has both a material form and a place of belonging.

ALSO GROWS

qodesh: A set-apart thing; sacredness.

קֹדֶשׁ

This noun names the category the gifts belong to: they are set apart for God.

qadosh: Set apart; sacred.

קָדוֹשׁ

This related form shows that the root describes a state of belonging as well as the act of dedicating.

THE PATTERN

Devotion takes tangible form when valued goods are given to God.

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:27 · KJVGoods taken in battle become dedicated resources for the house of the LORD.

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 3:9 · KJVHonor becomes visible in the substance and firstfruits given to the LORD.

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7 · KJVGiving gives tangible form to what a person has chosen in the heart.

THE THREAD

Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

1 Chronicles 29:3 · KJV

Here “holy house” uses ⁨קֹדֶשׁ⁩ (qodesh), from the same root that names Asa’s gifts as set-apart things. The shared root joins what is dedicated with the house that is itself set apart.

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