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2Chronicles 29
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Hezekiah Succeeds Ahaz in Judah

29Hezekiah became king [when he was] twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.H3169H4427H2568H6242H8141H1121H4427H8672H6242H8141H3389H517H8034H29H1323H2148 2And he did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H1H6213 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 4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them into the square on the east.H935H3548H3881H622H4217H7339

Reforms Begun

5Then he said to them, "Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.H559H8085H3881H6942H6942H1004H3068H430H1H3318H5079H6944 6"For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and have turned [their] backs.H1H4603H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H5800H5437H6440H4908H3068H5414H6203 7"They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.H5462H1817H197H3518H5216H6999H7004H5927H5930H6944H430H3478 8"Therefore the wrath of the LORD was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.H7110H3068H3063H3389H5414H2189H2113H8047H8322H7200H5869 9"For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.H1H5307H2719H1121H1323H802H7628 10"Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.H3824H3772H1285H3068H430H3478H2740H639H7725 11"My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense."H1121H7952H3068H977H5975H6440H8334H8334H6999 12Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;H3881H6965H4287H1121H6022H3100H1121H5838H1121H6956H1121H4847H7027H1121H5660H5838H1121H3094H1649H3098H1121H2155H5731H1121H3098 13and from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;H1121H469H8113H3273H1121H623H2148H4983 14and from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.H1121H1968H3171H8096H1121H3038H8098H5816 15And they assembled their brothers, consecrated themselves, and went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD.H622H251H6942H935H4687H4428H1697H3068H2891H1004H3068 16So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse [it,] and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received [it] to carry out to the Kidron valley.H3548H935H6441H1004H3068H2891H3318H2932H4672H1964H3068H2691H1004H3068H3881H6901H3318H2351H5158H6939 17Now they began the consecration on the first [day] of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the LORD. Then they consecrated the house of the LORD in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month.H2490H259H7223H2320H6942H8083H3117H2320H935H197H3068H6942H1004H3068H8083H3117H8337H6240H7223H2320H3615 18Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed the whole house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils.H935H6441H2396H4428H559H2891H1004H3068H4196H5930H3627H4635H7979H3627 19"Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz had discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD."H3627H4428H271H4438H2186H4604H3559H6942H6440H4196H3068

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

20Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the house of the LORD.H3169H4428H7925H622H8269H5892H5927H1004H3068 21And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. And he ordered the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer [them] on the altar of the LORD.H935H7651H6499H7651H352H7651H3532H7651H6842H5795H2403H4467H4720H3063H559H3548H1121H175H5927H4196H3068 22So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; they slaughtered the lambs also and sprinkled the blood on the altar.H7819H1241H3548H6901H1818H2236H4196H7819H352H2236H1818H4196H7819H3532H2236H1818H4196 23Then they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.H5066H8163H2403H6440H4428H6951H5564H3027 24And the priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood to atone for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.H3548H7819H2398H1818H4196H3722H3478H4428H559H5930H2403H3478 25He then stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the LORD through His prophets.H5975H3881H1004H3068H4700H5035H3658H4687H1732H1410H4428H2374H5416H5030H4687H3027H3068H3027H5030 26And the Levites stood with the [musical] instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.H3881H5975H3627H1732H3548H2689 27Then Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD also began with the trumpets, [accompanied] by the instruments of David, king of Israel.H2396H559H5927H5930H4196H6256H5930H2490H7892H3068H2490H2689H3627H3027H1732H4428H3478 28While the whole assembly worshiped, the singers also sang and the trumpets sounded; all this [continued] until the burnt offering was finished.H6951H7812H7892H7891H2689H2690H2690H5930H3615 29Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.H3615H5927H4428H4672H3766H7812 30Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.H3169H4428H8269H559H3881H1984H3068H1697H1732H623H2374H1984H8057H6915H7812 31Then Hezekiah answered and said, "Now [that] you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD." And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing [brought] burnt offerings.H3169H6030H559H4390H3027H3068H5066H935H2077H8426H1004H3068H6951H935H2077H8426H5081H3820H5930 32And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.H4557H5930H6951H935H7657H1241H3967H352H3967H3532H5930H3068 33And the consecrated things were 600 bulls and 30000 sheep.H6944H8337H3967H1241H7969H505H6629 34But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed, and until the [other] priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests.H3548H4592H3201H6584H5930H251H3881H2388H4399H3615H3548H6942H3881H3477H3824H6942H3548 35And there [were] also many burnt offerings with the fat of the peace offerings and with the libations for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was established [again.]H5930H7230H2459H8002H5262H5930H5656H1004H3068H3559 36Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly.H3169H8055H5971H430H3559H5971H1697H6597


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