ASV_Strong : 2 Chronicles 29
1. Hezekiah[H3169] began to reign[H4427] when he was five[H2568] and twenty[H6242] years[H8141] old[H1121]; and he reigned[H4427] nine[H8672] and twenty[H6242] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and his mother[H517]'s name[H8034] was Abijah[H29], the daughter[H1323] of Zechariah[H2148].
2. And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the eyes[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068], according to all that David[H1732] his father[H1] had done[H6213].
3. He in the first[H7223] year[H8141] of his reign[H4427], in the first[H7223] month[H2320], opened[H6605] the doors[H1817] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and repaired them[H2388].
4. And he brought in[H935] the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881], and gathered them together[H622] into the broad[H7339] place on the east[H4217],
5. and said[H559] unto them[H8085], Hear me[H3881], ye Levites; now sanctify[H6942] yourselves[H6942], and sanctify the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of your fathers[H1], and carry forth[H3318] the filthiness[H5079] out of the holy place[H6944].
6. For our fathers[H1] have trespassed[H4603], and done[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430], and have forsaken[H5800] him[H5437], and have turned away their faces[H6440] from the habitation[H4908] of Jehovah[H3068], and turned[H5414] their backs[H6203].
7. Also they have shut up[H5462] the doors[H1817] of the porch[H197], and put out[H3518] the lamps[H5216], and have not burned[H6999] incense[H7004] nor offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] in the holy[H6944] place unto the God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
8. Wherefore the wrath[H7110] of Jehovah[H3068] was upon Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and he hath delivered[H5414] them to be tossed[H2189] to and fro[H8047], to be an astonishment, and a hissing[H8322], as ye see[H7200] with your eyes[H5869].
9. For[H1], lo, our fathers have fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719], and our sons[H1121] and our daughters[H1323] and our wives[H802] are in captivity for this[H7628].
10. Now it is in my heart[H3824] to make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], that his fierce[H2740] anger[H639] may turn away from us[H7725].
11. My sons[H1121], be not now negligent[H7952]; for Jehovah[H3068] hath chosen[H977] you to stand[H5975] before[H6440] him[H8334], to minister unto him[H8334], and that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense[H6999].
12. Then the Levites[H3881] arose[H6965], Mahath[H4287], the son[H1121] of Amasai[H6022], and Joel[H3100] the son[H1121] of Azariah[H5838], of the sons[H1121] of the Kohathites[H6956]; and of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], Kish[H7027] the son[H1121] of Abdi[H5660], and Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Jehallelel[H3094]; and of the Gershonites[H1649], Joah[H3098] the son[H1121] of Zimmah[H2155], and Eden[H5731] the son[H1121] of Joah[H3098];
13. and of the sons[H1121] of Elizaphan[H469], Shimri[H8113] and Jeuel[H3273]; and of the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623], Zechariah[H2148] and Mattaniah[H4983];
14. and of the sons[H1121] of Heman[H1968], Jehuel[H3171] and Shimei[H8096]; and of the sons[H1121] of Jeduthun[H3038], Shemaiah[H8098] and Uzziel[H5816].
15. And they gathered[H622] their brethren[H251], and sanctified[H6942] themselves[H935], and went in[H4687], according to the commandment of the king[H4428] by the words[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], to cleanse[H2891] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
16. And the priests[H3548] went[H935] in unto the inner part[H6441] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], to cleanse[H2891] it[H3318], and brought out all the uncleanness[H2932] that they found[H4672] in the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068] into the court[H2691] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]. And the Levites[H3881] took[H6901] it[H3318], to carry it out abroad[H2351] to the brook[H5158] Kidron[H6939].
17. Now they began[H2490] on the first[H259] day of the first[H7223] month[H2320] to sanctify[H6942], and on the eighth[H8083] day[H3117] of the month[H2320] came[H935] they to the porch[H197] of Jehovah[H3068]; and they sanctified[H6942] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] in eight[H8083] days[H3117]: and on the sixteenth[H8337] day of the first[H7223] month[H2320] they made an end[H3615].
18. Then they went[H935] in[H6441] to Hezekiah[H2396] the king[H4428] within the palace[H559], and said, We have cleansed[H2891] all the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068], and the altar[H4196] of burnt-offering[H5930], with all the vessels[H3627] thereof[H7979], and the table of showbread[H4635], with all the vessels thereof[H3627].
19. Moreover all the vessels[H3627], which king[H4428] Ahaz[H271] in his reign[H4438] did cast away[H2186] when he trespassed[H4604], have we prepared[H3559] and sanctified[H6942]; and[H6440], behold, they are before the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068].
20. Then Hezekiah[H3169] the king[H4428] arose early[H7925], and gathered[H622] the princes[H8269] of the city[H5892], and went up[H5927] to the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
21. And they brought[H935] seven[H7651] bullocks[H6499], and seven[H7651] rams[H352], and seven[H7651] lambs[H3532], and seven[H7651] he[H6842] - goats[H5795], for a sin-offering[H2403] for the kingdom[H4467] and for the sanctuary[H4720] and for Judah[H3063]. And he commanded[H559] the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175] to offer[H5927] them on the altar[H4196] of Jehovah[H3068].
22. So they killed[H7819] the bullocks[H1241], and the priests[H3548] received[H6901] the blood[H1818], and sprinkled[H2236] it on the altar[H4196]: and they killed[H7819] the rams[H352], and sprinkled[H2236] the blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196]: they killed[H7819] also the lambs[H3532], and sprinkled[H2236] the blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196].
23. And they brought near[H5066] the he[H8163] - goats for the sin-offering[H2403] before[H6440] the king[H4428] and the assembly[H6951]; and they laid[H5564] their hands upon them[H3027]:
24. and the priests[H3548] killed[H7819] them[H2398], and they made a sin-offering with their blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196], to make atonement[H3722] for all Israel[H3478]; for the king[H4428] commanded[H559] that the burnt-offering[H5930] and the sin-offering[H5930] should be made for all Israel[H3478].
25. And he set[H5975] the Levites[H3881] in the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] with cymbals[H4700], with psalteries[H5035], and with harps[H3658], according to the commandment[H4687] of David[H1732], and of Gad[H1410] the king[H4428]'s seer[H2374], and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030]; for the commandment[H4687] was of[H3027] Jehovah[H3068] by[H3027] his prophets[H5030].
26. And the Levites[H3881] stood[H5975] with the instruments[H3627] of David[H1732], and the priests[H3548] with the trumpets[H2689].
27. And Hezekiah[H2396] commanded[H559] to offer[H5927] the burnt-offering[H5930] upon the altar[H4196]. And when[H6256] the burnt-offering[H5930] began[H2490], the song[H7892] of Jehovah[H3068] began[H2490] also[H2689], and the trumpets, together with the instruments[H3627] of[H3027] David[H1732] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
28. And all the assembly[H6951] worshipped[H7812], and the singers[H7892] sang[H7891], and the trumpeters[H2689] sounded[H2690]; all this continued until the burnt-offering[H5930] was finished[H3615].
29. And when they had made an end[H3615] of offering[H5927], the king[H4428] and all that were present[H4672] with him bowed[H3766] themselves and worshipped[H7812].
30. Moreover Hezekiah[H3169] the king[H4428] and the princes[H8269] commanded[H559] the Levites[H3881] to sing praises[H1984] unto Jehovah[H3068] with the words[H1697] of David[H1732], and of Asaph[H623] the seer[H2374]. And they sang praises[H1984] with gladness[H8057], and they bowed their heads[H6915] and worshipped[H7812].
31. Then Hezekiah[H3169] answered[H6030] and said[H559], Now ye have consecrated[H4390] yourselves unto Jehovah[H3068]; come near[H5066] and bring[H935] sacrifices[H2077] and thank-offerings[H8426] into the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068]. And the assembly[H6951] brought in[H935] sacrifices[H2077] and thank-offerings[H8426]; and as many as were of a willing[H5081] heart[H3820] brought burnt-offerings[H5930].
32. And the number[H4557] of the burnt-offerings[H5930] which the assembly[H6951] brought[H935] was threescore and ten[H7657] bullocks[H1241], a hundred[H3967] rams[H352], and two hundred[H3967] lambs[H3532]: all these were for a burnt-offering[H5930] to Jehovah[H3068].
33. And the consecrated things[H6944] were six[H8337] hundred[H3967] oxen[H1241] and three[H7969] thousand[H505] sheep[H6629].
34. But the priests[H3548] were too few[H4592], so that they could[H3201] not flay[H6584] all the burnt-offerings[H5930]: wherefore their brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881] did help[H2388] them[H4399], till the work was ended[H3615], and until the priests[H3548] had sanctified[H6942] themselves[H3881]; for the Levites were more upright[H3477] in heart[H3824] to sanctify[H6942] themselves than the priests[H3548].
35. And also the burnt-offerings[H5930] were in abundance[H7230], with the fat[H2459] of the peace-offerings[H8002], and with the drink-offerings[H5262] for every burnt-offering[H5930]. So the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] was set in order[H3559].
36. And Hezekiah[H3169] rejoiced[H8055], and all the people[H5971], because of that which God[H430] had prepared[H3559] for the people[H5971]: for the thing[H1697] was done suddenly[H6597].
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