2Chronicles 29:2 - Prayer Tents

Reign of Hezekiah

29Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.H3169H4427H2568H6242H8141H1121H4427H8672H6242H8141H3389H517H8034H29H1323H2148 2He did what was right in the sight of the LORD, just as his ancestor David had done.H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H1H6213

The Temple Cleansed

3In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.H7223H8141H4427H7223H2320H6605H1817H1004H3068H2388 4He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east.H935H3548H3881H622H4217H7339 5He said to them, "Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.H559H8085H3881H6942H6942H1004H3068H430H1H3318H5079H6944 6For our ancestors have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God; they have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the dwelling of the LORD, and turned their backs.H1H4603H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H5800H5437H6440H4908H3068H5414H6203 7They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps, and have not offered incense or made burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.H5462H1817H197H3518H5216H6999H7004H5927H5930H6944H430H3478 8Therefore the wrath of the LORD came upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.H7110H3068H3063H3389H5414H2189H2113H8047H8322H7200H5869 9Our fathers have fallen by the sword and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.H1H5307H2719H1121H1323H802H7628 10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger may turn away from us.H3824H3772H1285H3068H430H3478H2740H639H7725 11My sons, do not now be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence to minister to him, and to be his ministers and make offerings to him."H1121H7952H3068H977H5975H6440H8334H8334H6999 12Then the Levites arose, Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;H3881H6965H4287H1121H6022H3100H1121H5838H1121H6956H1121H4847H7027H1121H5660H5838H1121H3094H1649H3098H1121H2155H5731H1121H3098 13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;H1121H469H8113H3273H1121H623H2148H4983 14and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.H1121H1968H3171H8096H1121H3038H8098H5816 15They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.H622H251H6942H935H4687H4428H1697H3068H2891H1004H3068 16The priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD; and the Levites took them and carried them out to the Wadi Kidron.H3548H935H6441H1004H3068H2891H3318H2932H4672H1964H3068H2691H1004H3068H3881H6901H3318H2351H5158H6939 17They began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD; then for eight days they sanctified the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.H2490H259H7223H2320H6942H8083H3117H2320H935H197H3068H6942H1004H3068H8083H3117H8337H6240H7223H2320H3615 18Then they went inside to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the rows of bread and all its utensils.H935H6441H2396H4428H559H2891H1004H3068H4196H5930H3627H4635H7979H3627 19All the utensils that King Ahaz repudiated during his reign when he was faithless, we have made ready and sanctified; see, they are in front of the altar of the LORD."H3627H4428H271H4438H2186H4604H3559H6942H6440H4196H3068

Temple Worship Restored

20Then King Hezekiah rose early, assembled the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.H3169H4428H7925H622H8269H5892H5927H1004H3068 21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the descendants of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.H935H7651H6499H7651H352H7651H3532H7651H6842H5795H2403H4467H4720H3063H559H3548H1121H175H5927H4196H3068 22So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood and dashed it against the altar; they slaughtered the rams and their blood was dashed against the altar; they also slaughtered the lambs and their blood was dashed against the altar.H7819H1241H3548H6901H1818H2236H4196H7819H352H2236H1818H4196H7819H3532H2236H1818H4196 23Then the male goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly; they laid their hands on them,H5066H8163H2403H6440H4428H6951H5564H3027 24and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood at the altar, to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.H3548H7819H2398H1818H4196H3722H3478H4428H559H5930H2403H3478 25He stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the commandment of David and of Gad the king's seer and of the prophet Nathan, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets.H5975H3881H1004H3068H4700H5035H3658H4687H1732H1410H4428H2374H5416H5030H4687H3027H3068H3027H5030 26The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.H3881H5975H3627H1732H3548H2689 27Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of King David of Israel.H2396H559H5927H5930H4196H6256H5930H2490H7892H3068H2490H2689H3627H3027H1732H4428H3478 28The whole assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.H6951H7812H7892H7891H2689H2690H2690H5930H3615 29When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.H3615H5927H4428H4672H3766H7812 30King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of the seer Asaph. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.H3169H4428H8269H559H3881H1984H3068H1697H1732H623H2374H1984H8057H6915H7812 31Then Hezekiah said, "You have now consecrated yourselves to the LORD; come near, bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD." The assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings; and all who were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.H3169H6030H559H4390H3027H3068H5066H935H2077H8426H1004H3068H6951H935H2077H8426H5081H3820H5930 32The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.H4557H5930H6951H935H7657H1241H3967H352H3967H3532H5930H3068 33The consecrated offerings were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.H6944H8337H3967H1241H7969H505H6629 34But the priests were too few and could not skin all the burnt offerings, so, until other priests had sanctified themselves, their kindred, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished—for the Levites were more conscientious than the priests in sanctifying themselves.H3548H4592H3201H6584H5930H251H3881H2388H4399H3615H3548H6942H3881H3477H3824H6942H3548 35Besides the great number of burnt offerings there was the fat of the offerings of well-being, and there were the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was restored.H5930H7230H2459H8002H5262H5930H5656H1004H3068H3559 36And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had done for the people; for the thing had come about suddenly.H3169H8055H5971H430H3559H5971H1697H6597