Text: 2 Chronicles 29:18
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 24:5
Subject: bread arrangement
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Contrast
Significance: Leviticus 24:5 mandates the regular preparation of showbread (לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים) for the tabernacle table. 2 Chronicles 29:18 records Hezekiah's reform officials reporting that they have "cleansed the whole house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread (שֻׁלְחַן הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת) with all its utensils." The Chronicler lists the showbread table among the sacred furnishings that had been neglected and defiled under Ahaz, implying that the regular bread arrangement prescribed in Leviticus 24 had been discontinued. Hezekiah's restoration of the table and its vessels represents a return to the Levitical sanctuary routine that prior kings had abandoned.