The Second Book of Chronicles
29: 1Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and
twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 29:2And
he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.
29:3He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah,
and repaired them. 29:4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together
into the broad place on the east, 29:5and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify
yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the holy place. 29:6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in
the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the
habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs. 29:7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch,
and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place
unto the God of Israel. 29:8Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he
hath delivered them to be tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with
your eyes. 29:9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our
wives are in captivity for this. 29:10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God
of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 29:11My sons, be not now negligent; for
Jehovah hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye should be his
ministers, and burn incense. 29:12Then the Levites arose, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the
son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and
Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son
of Joah; 29:13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah
and Mattaniah; 29:14and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun,
Shemaiah and Uzziel. 29:15And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went
in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of
Jehovah. 29:16And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and
brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the
house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron. 29:17Now
they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came
they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the
sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 29:18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king
within the palace, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of
burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels
thereof. 29:19Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he
trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.
29:20Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the
house of Jehovah. 29:21And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and
seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he
commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah. 29:22So they killed
the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the
rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood
upon the altar. 29:23And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the
assembly; and they laid their hands upon them: 29:24and the priests killed them, and they made a
sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king
commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin-offering should be made for all Israel. 29:25And he
set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to
the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the
commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets. 29:26And the Levites stood with the instruments of
David, and the priests with the trumpets. 29:27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering
upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began also, and the
trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel. 29:28And all the assembly
worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the
burnt-offering was finished. 29:29And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that
were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped. 29:30Moreover Hezekiah the king and
the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of
Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
29:31Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah; come
near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Jehovah. And the assembly brought
in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings.
29:32And the number of the burnt-offerings which the assembly brought was threescore and ten
bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
29:33And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. 29:34But the
priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren
the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves;
for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 29:35And also the
burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and with the
drink-offerings for every burnt-offering. So the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.
29:36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the
people: for the thing was done suddenly.