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2Chronicles 29
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King Hezekiah of Judah

29Hezekiah became king of Judah at the age of twenty-five, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.H3169H4427H2568H6242H8141H1121H4427H8672H6242H8141H3389H517H8034H29H1323H2148 2Following the example of his ancestor King David, he did what was pleasing to the LORD.H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H1H6213

The Purification of the Temple

3In the first month of the year after Hezekiah became king, he reopened the gates of the Temple and had them repaired.H7223H8141H4427H7223H2320H6605H1817H1004H3068H2388 4He assembled a group of priests and Levites in the east courtyard of the TempleH935H3548H3881H622H4217H7339 5and spoke to them there. He said, "You Levites are to consecrate yourselves and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove from the Temple everything that defiles it.H559H8085H3881H6942H6942H1004H3068H430H1H3318H5079H6944 6Our ancestors were unfaithful to the LORD our God and did what was displeasing to him. They abandoned him and turned their backs on the place where he dwells.H1H4603H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H5800H5437H6440H4908H3068H5414H6203 7They closed the doors of the Temple, let the lamps go out, and failed to burn incense or offer burnt offerings in the Temple of the God of Israel.H5462H1817H197H3518H5216H6999H7004H5927H5930H6944H430H3478 8Because of this the LORD has been angry with Judah and Jerusalem, and what he has done to them has shocked and frightened everyone. You know this very well.H7110H3068H3063H3389H5414H2189H2113H8047H8322H7200H5869 9Our fathers were killed in battle, and our wives and children have been taken away as prisoners.H1H5307H2719H1121H1323H802H7628 10"I have now decided to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that he will no longer be angry with us.H3824H3772H1285H3068H430H3478H2740H639H7725 11My sons, do not lose any time. You are the ones that the LORD has chosen to burn incense to him and to lead the people in worshiping him."H1121H7952H3068H977H5975H6440H8334H8334H6999 12The following Levites were there: From the clan of Kohath, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah From the clan of Merari,H3881H6965H4287H1121H6022H3100H1121H5838H1121H6956H1121H4847H7027H1121H5660H5838H1121H3094H1649H3098H1121H2155H5731H1121H3098 13Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel From the clan of Gershon, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah From the clan of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel From the clan of Asaph,H1121H469H8113H3273H1121H623H2148H4983 14Zechariah and Mattaniah From the clan of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei From the clan of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.H1121H1968H3171H8096H1121H3038H8098H5816 15These men assembled their fellow Levites, and they all made themselves ritually clean. Then, as the king had commanded them to do, they began to make the Temple ritually clean, according to the Law of the LORD.H622H251H6942H935H4687H4428H1697H3068H2891H1004H3068 16The priests went inside the Temple to purify it, and they carried out into the Temple courtyard everything that was ritually unclean. From there the Levites took it all outside the city to Kidron Valley.H3548H935H6441H1004H3068H2891H3318H2932H4672H1964H3068H2691H1004H3068H3881H6901H3318H2351H5158H6939 17The work was begun on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day they had finished it all, including the entrance room to the Temple. Then they worked for the next eight days, until the sixteenth of the month, preparing the Temple for worship.H2490H259H7223H2320H6942H8083H3117H2320H935H197H3068H6942H1004H3068H8083H3117H8337H6240H7223H2320H3615

The Temple Is Rededicated

18The Levites made the following report to King Hezekiah: "We have completed the ritual purification of the whole Temple, including the altar for burnt offerings, the table for the sacred bread, and all their equipment.H935H6441H2396H4428H559H2891H1004H3068H4196H5930H3627H4635H7979H3627 19We have also brought back all the equipment which King Ahaz took away during those years he was unfaithful to God, and we have rededicated it. It is all in front of the LORD's altar."H3627H4428H271H4438H2186H4604H3559H6942H6440H4196H3068 20Without delay King Hezekiah assembled the leading men of the city, and together they went to the Temple.H3169H4428H7925H622H8269H5892H5927H1004H3068 21As an offering to take away the sins of the royal family and of the people of Judah and to purify the Temple, they took seven bulls, seven sheep, seven lambs, and seven goats. The king told the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to offer the animals as sacrifices on the altar.H935H7651H6499H7651H352H7651H3532H7651H6842H5795H2403H4467H4720H3063H559H3548H1121H175H5927H4196H3068 22The priests killed the bulls first, then the sheep, and then the lambs, and sprinkled the blood of each sacrifice on the altar.H7819H1241H3548H6901H1818H2236H4196H7819H352H2236H1818H4196H7819H3532H2236H1818H4196 23Finally they took the goats to the king and to the other worshipers, who laid their hands on them.H5066H8163H2403H6440H4428H6951H5564H3027 24Then the priests killed the goats and poured their blood on the altar as a sacrifice to take away the sin of all the people, for the king had commanded that burnt offerings and sin offerings be made for all Israel.H3548H7819H2398H1818H4196H3722H3478H4428H559H5930H2403H3478 25The king followed the instructions that the LORD had given to King David through Gad, the king's prophet, and through the prophet Nathan; he stationed Levites in the Temple, with harps and cymbals,H5975H3881H1004H3068H4700H5035H3658H4687H1732H1410H4428H2374H5416H5030H4687H3027H3068H3027H5030 26instruments like those that King David had used. The priests also stood there with trumpets.H3881H5975H3627H1732H3548H2689 27Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be presented; and as the offering began, the people sang praise to the LORD, and the musicians began to play the trumpets and all the other instruments.H2396H559H5927H5930H4196H6256H5930H2490H7892H3068H2490H2689H3627H3027H1732H4428H3478 28Everyone who was there joined in worship, and the singing and the rest of the music continued until all the sacrifices had been burned.H6951H7812H7892H7891H2689H2690H2690H5930H3615 29Then King Hezekiah and all the people knelt down and worshiped God.H3615H5927H4428H4672H3766H7812 30The king and the leaders of the nation told the Levites to sing to the LORD the songs of praise that were written by David and by Asaph the prophet. So everyone sang with great joy as they knelt and worshiped God.H3169H4428H8269H559H3881H1984H3068H1697H1732H623H2374H1984H8057H6915H7812 31Hezekiah said to the people, "Now that you are ritually clean, bring sacrifices as offerings of thanksgiving to the LORD." They obeyed, and some of them also voluntarily brought animals to be sacrificed as burnt offerings.H3169H6030H559H4390H3027H3068H5066H935H2077H8426H1004H3068H6951H935H2077H8426H5081H3820H5930 32They brought 70 bulls, 100 sheep, and 200 lambs as burnt offerings for the LORD;H4557H5930H6951H935H7657H1241H3967H352H3967H3532H5930H3068 33they also brought 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep as sacrifices for the people to eat.H6944H8337H3967H1241H7969H505H6629 34Since there were not enough priests to kill all these animals, the Levites helped them until the work was finished. By then more priests had made themselves ritually clean. (The Levites were more faithful in keeping ritually clean than the priests were.)H3548H4592H3201H6584H5930H251H3881H2388H4399H3615H3548H6942H3881H3477H3824H6942H3548 35In addition to offering the sacrifices that were burned whole, the priests were responsible for burning the fat that was offered from the sacrifices which the people ate, and for pouring out the wine that was presented with the burnt offerings. And so worship in the Temple was begun again.H5930H7230H2459H8002H5262H5930H5656H1004H3068H3559 36King Hezekiah and the people were happy, because God had helped them to do all this so quickly.H3169H8055H5971H430H3559H5971H1697H6597


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