II Chronicles Chapter 29

II Chronicles Chapter 29
1 Hezekiah began to reign, when he was
five and twenty year old, and reigned
nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and
his mother's
name was Abijah the daughter of
Zechariah.
2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the
Lord, according to all that David his
father had done.
3 He opened the doors of the house of
the Lord in the first year, and in the first
month of his reign, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the
Levites, and gathered them into the east
street,
5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye
Levites: sanctify now yourselves, and
sanctify the house of the Lord God of
your fathers, and carry forth the
filthiness out of the sanctuary.
6 For our fathers have trespassed, and
done evil in the eyes of the Lord our
God, and have forsaken him, and turned
away their faces from the tabernacle of
the Lord, and turned their backs.
7 They have also shut the doors of the
porch, and quenched the lamps, and have
neither burned incense, nor offered burnt
offerings in the sanctuary unto the God of
Israel.
8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord hath
been on Judah and Jerusalem: and he
hath made them a scattering, a
desolation, and an hissing, as ye see
with your eyes.
9 For lo, our fathers are fallen by the
sword, and our sons, and our daughters,
and our wives are in captivity for the
same cause.
10 Now I purpose to make a covenant
with the Lord God of Israel, that he may
turn away his fierce wrath from us.
11 Now my sons, be not deceived: for
the Lord hath chosen you to stand before
him, to serve him, and to be his
ministers, and to burn incense. 12 Then
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 Jehalelel: and of
the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah,
and Eden the son of Joah:
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri,
and Jeiel [Jeuel]: and of the sons of
Asaph, Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
14 And of the sons of Heman, Jeuel, and
Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun,
Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 And they gathered their brethren, and
sanctified themselves and came
according to the commandment of the
king, and by the words of the Lord, for
to cleanse the house of the Lord.
16 And the priests went into the inner
parts of the house of the Lord, to cleanse
it, and brought out all the uncleanness
that they found in the temple of the Lord,
into the court of the house of the Lord:
and the Levites took it, to carry it out
unto the brook Kidron.
17 They began the first day of the first
month to sanctify it, and the eighth day of
the month came they to the porch of the
Lord: so they sanctified the house of the
Lord in eight days, and in the sixteenth
day of the first month they made an end.
18 Then they went into Hezekiah the
king, and said, We have cleansed all the
house of the Lord and the altar of burnt
offering, with all the vessels thereof, and
the showbread table, with all the vessels
thereof:
19 And all the vessels which king Ahaz
had cast aside when he
reigned, and transgressed, have we
prepared and sanctified: and behold,
they are before the altar of the Lord.
20 And Hezekiah the king rose early,
and gathered the princes of the city, and
went up to the house of the Lord.
21 And 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 the Lord.
22 So they slew the bullocks, and the
priests received the blood, and sprinkled
it upon the altar: they slew also the rams
and sprinkled the blood upon the altar,
and they slew the lambs, and they
sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23 Then they brought the he goats for the
sin offering before the king and the
congregation, and they laid their hands
upon them.
24 And the priests slew them, and with
the blood of them they cleansed the altar
to reconcile all Israel: for the king had
commanded for all Israel the burnt
offering and the sin offering.
25 He appointed also the Levites in the
house of the Lord with cymbals, with
viols, and with harps, according to the
commandment of David, and Gad the
king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for
the commandment was by the hand of the
Lord, and by the hand of his prophets.
26 And the Levites stood with the
instruments of David, and the priests
with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer
the burnt offering upon the altar: and
when the burnt offering began, the song
of the Lord began with the trumpets, and
the instruments of David king of Israel.
28 And all the congregation worshiped,
singing a song, and they blew the
trumpets: all this continued until the
burnt offering was finished. 29 And
when they had made an end of offering,
the king and all that were present with
him, bowed themselves, and worshiped.
30 Then Hezekiah the king and the
princes commanded the Levites to praise
the Lord with the words of David, and of
Asaph the seer. so they praised with joy,
and they bowed themselves, and
worshiped.
31 And Hezekiah spake, and said, Now
ye have consecrated yourselves to the
Lord: come near and bring the sacrifices
and offerings of praise into the house of
the Lord. And the congregation brought
sacrifices; and offerings of praises, and
every man that was willing in heart,
offered burnt offerings. 32 And the
number of the burnt offerings, which the
congregation brought, was seventy
bullocks, an hundred rams, and two
hundred lambs: all these were for a
burnt offering to the Lord:
33 And for sanctification six hundred
bullocks, and three thousand sheep. 34
But the priests were too few, and were
not able to flay all the burnt offerings:
therefore their brethren the Levites did
help them, till they had ended the work,
and until other priests were sanctified:
for the Levites were more upright in
heart to sanctify themselves, than the
priests. 35 And also the burnt offerings
were many with the fat of the peace
offerings and the drink offerings for the
burnt offering. So the service of the
house of the Lord was set in order.
36 Then Hezekiah rejoiced and all the
people, that God had made the people so
ready: for the thing was done suddenly.