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2Chronicles 29
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Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz

29Hezekiah began his reign at the age of 25. He reigned for 29 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah, Zechariah's daughter.H3169H4427H2568H6242H8141H1121H4427H8672H6242H8141H3389H517H8034H29H1323H2148
2He practiced what the Lord considered to be right, following all of the examples set by his ancestor David.H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H1H6213

Hezekiah’s Temple Restoration Project

3In the first month of the first year of his reign he repaired and reopened the doors of the Lord's temple.H7223H8141H4427H7223H2320H6605H1817H1004H3068H2388
4Then he brought in the priests and Levites, gathered them into the square in the eastern part of the temple,H935H3548H3881H622H4217H7339
5and told them, "Pay attention to me, you Levites! Consecrate yourselves and the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors by taking out from the holy place whatever is unclean.H559H8085H3881H6942H6942H1004H3068H430H1H3318H5079H6944
6Our ancestors have been unfaithful. They practiced what the Lord considers to be evil, abandoned him, turned their faces away from the place where the Lord resides, and turned their backs to him.H1H4603H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H5800H5437H6440H4908H3068H5414H6203
7They shut the doors to the vestibule of the temple, extinguished its lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel in the holy place.H5462H1817H197H3518H5216H6999H7004H5927H5930H6944H430H3478
8That's why the Lord was angry with Judah and Jerusalem and made them an object of terror, horror, and derision, as you've seen with your own eyes.H7110H3068H3063H3389H5414H2189H2113H8047H8322H7200H5869
9Now look! Our ancestors have been killed with swords and our sons, daughters, and wives are being held captivity because of all of this.H1H5307H2719H1121H1323H802H7628
10I'm intending to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel so his burning anger may turn away from us.H3824H3772H1285H3068H430H3478H2740H639H7725
11Please don't be careless, you descendants of Aaron, because the Lord has chosen you to minister in his presence, to serve him, to be his ministers, and to burn incense."9H1121H7952H3068H977H5975H6440H8334H8334H6999
12Here are the names of the Levites who made themselves available to God: Amasai's son Mahath and Azariah's son Joel from the descendants of the Kohathites; Abdi's son Kish and Jehallelel's son Azariah from the descendants of Merari; Zimmah's son Joah and Joah's son Eden from the Gershonites;H3881H6965H4287H1121H6022H3100H1121H5838H1121H6956H1121H4847H7027H1121H5660H5838H1121H3094H1649H3098H1121H2155H5731H1121H3098
13Elizaphan's sons Shimri and Jeiel; Asaph's sons Zechariah and Mattaniah;H1121H469H8113H3273H1121H623H2148H4983
14Heman's sons Jehiel and Shimei; and Jeduthun's sons Shemaiah and Uzziel.H1121H1968H3171H8096H1121H3038H8098H5816
15They also brought together their brothers, consecrated themselves, and proceeded to cleanse the Lord's temple, just as the king had ordered in accordance with what the Lord had told him.H622H251H6942H935H4687H4428H1697H3068H2891H1004H3068
16The priests entered the inner courts of the Lord's temple to cleanse it, and they brought out everything unclean that they found there to the outer court of the Lord's temple. Then the Levites carried everything from there out to the Kidron Valley.H3548H935H6441H1004H3068H2891H3318H2932H4672H1964H3068H2691H1004H3068H3881H6901H3318H2351H5158H6939
17They began their consecration duties on the first day of the first month and finished at the Lord's outer vestibule on the eighth day of the month. Another eight days was used to consecrate the Lord's temple, so they completed the work on the sixteenth day of the first month.H2490H259H7223H2320H6942H8083H3117H2320H935H197H3068H6942H1004H3068H8083H3117H8337H6240H7223H2320H3615
18After this, they went to King Hezekiah and told him, "We have cleansed all of the Lord's temple, including the altar for burnt offerings, all of its utensils, the table of showbread, and all of its utensils.H935H6441H2396H4428H559H2891H1004H3068H4196H5930H3627H4635H7979H3627
19In addition, we have prepared and rededicated all of the utensils that King Ahaz threw away during his unfaithful reign, and now they're back in service at the Lord's altar."H3627H4428H271H4438H2186H4604H3559H6942H6440H4196H3068

Temple Worship is Restored

20Early the next morning, King Hezekiah got up and assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord's temple,H3169H4428H7925H622H8269H5892H5927H1004H3068
21where they brought seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering on behalf of the kingdom, the holy place, and Judah. He ordered that the priests, as descendants of Aaron, place the offerings on the Lord's altar.H935H7651H6499H7651H352H7651H3532H7651H6842H5795H2403H4467H4720H3063H559H3548H1121H175H5927H4196H3068
22So they slaughtered the bulls and the priests sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar, and they also slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.H7819H1241H3548H6901H1818H2236H4196H7819H352H2236H1818H4196H7819H3532H2236H1818H4196
23They brought the male goats for the sin offering to the king within the assembled gathering, laid their hands on them,H5066H8163H2403H6440H4428H6951H5564H3027
24and then the priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood as a sin offering to atone for all Israel, because the king ordered that the burnt offering and the sin offering be made for all Israel.21H3548H7819H2398H1818H4196H3722H3478H4428H559H5930H2403H3478
25Hezekiah stationed Levites in the Lord's temple to play cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the seer, and Nathan the prophet had directed, because the command to do so was from the Lord through those prophets.H5975H3881H1004H3068H4700H5035H3658H4687H1732H1410H4428H2374H5416H5030H4687H3027H3068H3027H5030
26The Levites played instruments that had been crafted by David and the priests sounded trumpets.H3881H5975H3627H1732H3548H2689
27Hezekiah gave a command to offer burnt offerings on the altar, and when the burnt offerings began, a song to the Lord also began with trumpets sounding and with the instruments that King David of Israel had crafted.H2396H559H5927H5930H4196H6256H5930H2490H7892H3068H2490H2689H3627H3027H1732H4428H3478
28Everybody in the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpets sounded. They continued doing this until the burnt offering sacrifice was completed.H6951H7812H7892H7891H2689H2690H2690H5930H3615
29When the sacrifices had been offered, the king and everyone else who was present with him bowed down and worshiped. King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord based on psalms that had been written by David and Asaph the seer. So they all joyfully sang praises, bowed low, and worshiped.H3615H5927H4428H4672H3766H7812
31After this, Hezekiah announced, "Now that you've consecrated yourselves to the Lord, come near and bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the Lord's temple. So the assembly brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and everyone who was willing to do so brought burnt offerings.H3169H6030H559H4390H3027H3068H5066H935H2077H8426H1004H3068H6951H935H2077H8426H5081H3820H5930
32The number of burnt offerings brought by the assembly was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All of these were burnt offerings to the Lord.H4557H5930H6951H935H7657H1241H3967H352H3967H3532H5930H3068
33The consecrated offerings numbered 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep.H6944H8337H3967H1241H7969H505H6629
34Because there weren't enough priests, they were unable to prepare all the burnt offerings until other priests came forward after having consecrated themselves, so their Levite relatives assisted them until the services were complete. (The Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than had been the priests.)H3548H4592H3201H6584H5930H251H3881H2388H4399H3615H3548H6942H3881H3477H3824H6942H3548
35Furthermore, there were also many burnt offerings, fat from peace offerings, and drink offerings. And that's how the service of the Lord's temple was restored. 36Hezekiah and all of the people were ecstatic with joy because of what God had done for the people, since everything had come about so suddenly.H5930H7230H2459H8002H5262H5930H5656H1004H3068H3559


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