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2Chronicles 29
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King Hezekiah

29Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old and was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.H3169H4427H2568H6242H8141H1121H4427H8672H6242H8141H3389H517H8034H29H1323H2148 2In GOD's opinion he was a good king; he kept to the standards of his ancestor David.H6213H3477H5869H3068H1732H1H6213 3In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah, having first repaired the doors of The Temple of GOD, threw them open to the public.H7223H8141H4427H7223H2320H6605H1817H1004H3068H2388 4He assembled the priests and Levites in the court on the east sideH935H3548H3881H622H4217H7339 5and said, "Levites, listen! Consecrate yourselves and consecrate The Temple of GOD—give this much-defiled place a good housecleaning.H559H8085H3881H6942H6942H1004H3068H430H1H3318H5079H6944 6Our ancestors went wrong and lived badly before GOD—they discarded him, turned away from this house where we meet with GOD, and walked off.H1H4603H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H5800H5437H6440H4908H3068H5414H6203 7They boarded up the doors, turned out the lights, and canceled all the acts of worship of the GOD of Israel in the holy Temple.H5462H1817H197H3518H5216H6999H7004H5927H5930H6944H430H3478 8And because of that, GOD's anger flared up and he turned those people into a public exhibit of disaster, a moral history lesson—look and read!H7110H3068H3063H3389H5414H2189H2113H8047H8322H7200H5869 9This is why our ancestors were killed, and this is why our wives and sons and daughters were taken prisoner and made slaves.H1H5307H2719H1121H1323H802H7628 10"I have decided to make a covenant with the GOD of Israel and turn history around so that GOD will no longer be angry with us.H3824H3772H1285H3068H430H3478H2740H639H7725 11Children, don't drag your feet in this! GOD has chosen you to take your place before him to serve in conducting and leading worship—this is your life work; make sure you do it and do it well."H1121H7952H3068H977H5975H6440H8334H8334H6999 12The Levites stood at attention: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;H3881H6965H4287H1121H6022H3100H1121H5838H1121H6956H1121H4847H7027H1121H5660H5838H1121H3094H1649H3098H1121H2155H5731H1121H3098 13Shimri and Jeiel sons of Elizaphan; Zechariah and Mattaniah sons of Asaph;H1121H469H8113H3273H1121H623H2148H4983 14Jehiel and Shimei of the family of Heman; Shemaiah and Uzziel of the family of Jeduthun.H1121H1968H3171H8096H1121H3038H8098H5816 15They presented themselves and their brothers, consecrated themselves, and set to work cleaning up The Temple of GOD as the king had directed—as GOD directed!H622H251H6942H935H4687H4428H1697H3068H2891H1004H3068 16The priests started from the inside and worked out; they emptied the place of the accumulation of defiling junk—pagan rubbish that had no business in that holy place—and the Levites hauled it off to the Kidron Valley.H3548H935H6441H1004H3068H2891H3318H2932H4672H1964H3068H2691H1004H3068H3881H6901H3318H2351H5158H6939 17They began the Temple cleaning on the first day of the first month and by the eighth day they had worked their way out to the porch—eight days it took them to clean and consecrate The Temple itself, and in eight more days they had finished with the entire Temple complex.H2490H259H7223H2320H6942H8083H3117H2320H935H197H3068H6942H1004H3068H8083H3117H8337H6240H7223H2320H3615 18Then they reported to Hezekiah the king, "We have cleaned up the entire Temple of GOD, including the Altar of Whole-Burnt-Offering and the Table of the Bread of the Presence with their furnishings.H935H6441H2396H4428H559H2891H1004H3068H4196H5930H3627H4635H7979H3627 19We have also cleaned up and consecrated all the vessels which King Ahaz had gotten rid of during his misrule. Take a look; we have repaired them. They're all there in front of the Altar of GOD."H3627H4428H271H4438H2186H4604H3559H6942H6440H4196H3068 20Then Hezekiah the king went to work: He got all the leaders of the city together and marched to The Temple of GOD.H3169H4428H7925H622H8269H5892H5927H1004H3068 21They brought with them seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he-goats to sacrifice as an Absolution-Offering for the royal family, for the Sanctuary, and for Judah as a whole; he directed the Aaronite priests to sacrifice them on the Altar of GOD.H935H7651H6499H7651H352H7651H3532H7651H6842H5795H2403H4467H4720H3063H559H3548H1121H175H5927H4196H3068 22The priests butchered the bulls and then took the blood and sprinkled it on the Altar, and then the same with the rams and lambs.H7819H1241H3548H6901H1818H2236H4196H7819H352H2236H1818H4196H7819H3532H2236H1818H4196 23Finally they brought the goats up; the king and congregation laid their hands upon them.H5066H8163H2403H6440H4428H6951H5564H3027 24The priests butchered them and made an Absolution-Offering with their blood at the Altar to atone for the sin of all Israel—the king had ordered that the Whole-Burnt-Offering and the Absolution-Offering be for all Israel.H3548H7819H2398H1818H4196H3722H3478H4428H559H5930H2403H3478 25The king ordered the Levites to take their places in The Temple of GOD with their musical instruments—cymbals, harps, zithers—following the original instructions of David, Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; this was GOD's command conveyed by his prophets.H5975H3881H1004H3068H4700H5035H3658H4687H1732H1410H4428H2374H5416H5030H4687H3027H3068H3027H5030 26The Levites formed the orchestra of David, while the priests took up the trumpets.H3881H5975H3627H1732H3548H2689 27Then Hezekiah gave the signal to begin: The Whole-Burnt-Offering was offered on the Altar; at the same time the sacred choir began singing, backed up by the trumpets and the David orchestraH2396H559H5927H5930H4196H6256H5930H2490H7892H3068H2490H2689H3627H3027H1732H4428H3478 28while the entire congregation worshiped. The singers sang and the trumpeters played all during the sacrifice of the Whole-Burnt-Offering.H6951H7812H7892H7891H2689H2690H2690H5930H3615 29When the offering of the sacrifice was completed, the king and everyone there knelt to the ground and worshiped.H3615H5927H4428H4672H3766H7812 30Then Hezekiah the king and the leaders told the Levites to finish things off with anthems of praise to GOD using lyrics by David and Asaph the seer. They sang their praises with joy and reverence, kneeling in worship.H3169H4428H8269H559H3881H1984H3068H1697H1732H623H2374H1984H8057H6915H7812 31Hezekiah then made this response: "The dedication is complete—you're consecrated to GOD. Now you're ready: Come forward and bring your sacrifices and Thank-Offerings to The Temple of GOD." And come they did. Everyone in the congregation brought sacrifices and Thank-Offerings and some, overflowing with generosity, even brought Whole-Burnt-Offerings,H3169H6030H559H4390H3027H3068H5066H935H2077H8426H1004H3068H6951H935H2077H8426H5081H3820H5930 32a generosity expressed in seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs—all for Whole-Burnt-Offerings for GOD!H4557H5930H6951H935H7657H1241H3967H352H3967H3532H5930H3068 33The total number of animals consecrated for sacrifice that day amounted to 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep.H6944H8337H3967H1241H7969H505H6629 34They ran out of priests qualified to slaughter all the Whole-Burnt-Offerings so their brother Levites stepped in and helped out while other priests consecrated themselves for the work. It turned out that the Levites had been more responsible in making sure they were properly consecrated than the priests had been.H3548H4592H3201H6584H5930H251H3881H2388H4399H3615H3548H6942H3881H3477H3824H6942H3548 35Besides the overflow of Whole-Burnt-Offerings there were also choice pieces for the Peace-Offerings and lavish libations that went with the Whole-Burnt-Offerings. The worship in The Temple of GOD was on a firm footing again!H5930H7230H2459H8002H5262H5930H5656H1004H3068H3559 36Hezekiah and the congregation celebrated: God had established a firm foundation for the lives of the people—and so quickly!H3169H8055H5971H430H3559H5971H1697H6597


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