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1 # Hezekiah <03169> began to reign <04427> (8804) when he was five <02568> and twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121>, and he reigned <04427> (8804) nine <08672> and twenty <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389> . And his mother's <0517> name <08034> was Abijah <029>, the daughter <01323> of Zechariah <02148>.
2 And he did <06213> (8799) that which was right <03477> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>, according to all that David <01732> his father <01> had done <06213> (8804).
3 He in the first <07223> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800), in the first <07223> month <02320> , opened <06605> (8804) the doors <01817> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and repaired <02388> (8762) them.
4 And he brought in <0935> (8686) the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>, and gathered them together <0622> (8799) into the east <04217> street <07339>,
5 And said <0559> (8799) unto them, Hear <08085> (8798) me, ye Levites <03881>, sanctify <06942> (8690) now yourselves, and sanctify <06942> (8761) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of your fathers <01> , and carry forth <03318> (8685) the filthiness <05079> out of the holy <06944> place.
6 For our fathers <01> have trespassed <04603> (8804), and done <06213> (8804) that which was evil <07451> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>, and have forsaken <05800> (8799) him, and have turned away <05437> (8686) their faces <06440> from the habitation <04908> of the LORD <03068>, and turned <05414> (8799) their backs <06203>.
7 Also they have shut up <05462> (8804) the doors <01817> of the porch <0197>, and put out <03518> (8762) the lamps <05216>, and have not burned <06999> (8689) incense <07004> nor offered <05927> (8689) burnt offerings <05930> in the holy <06944> place unto the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
8 Wherefore the wrath <07110> of the LORD <03068> was upon Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389>, and he hath delivered <05414> (8799) them to trouble <02189> (8675) <02113>, to astonishment <08047>, and to hissing <08322>, as ye see <07200> (8802) with your eyes <05869>.
9 For, lo, our fathers <01> have fallen <05307> (8804) by the sword <02719>, and our sons <01121> and our daughters <01323> and our wives <0802> are in captivity <07628> for this.
10 Now it is in mine heart <03824> to make <03772> (8800) a covenant <01285> with the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, that his fierce <02740> wrath <0639> may turn away <07725> (8799) from us.
11 My sons <01121>, be not now negligent <07952> (8735): for the LORD <03068> hath chosen <0977> (8804) you to stand <05975> (8800) before <06440> him, to serve <08334> (8763) him, and that ye should minister <08334> (8764) unto him, and burn incense <06999> (8688).
12 # Then the Levites <03881> arose <06965> (8799), Mahath <04287> the son <01121> of Amasai <06022> , and Joel <03100> the son <01121> of Azariah <05838>, of the sons <01121> of the Kohathites <06956>: and of the sons <01121> of Merari <04847>, Kish <07027> the son <01121> of Abdi <05660>, and Azariah <05838> the son <01121> of Jehalelel <03094> : and of the Gershonites <01649>; Joah <03098> the son <01121> of Zimmah <02155>, and Eden <05731> the son <01121> of Joah <03098>:
13 And of the sons <01121> of Elizaphan <0469>; Shimri <08113>, and Jeiel <03273>: and of the sons <01121> of Asaph <0623>; Zechariah <02148>, and Mattaniah <04983>:
14 And of the sons <01121> of Heman <01968>; Jehiel <03171>, and Shimei <08096>: and of the sons <01121> of Jeduthun <03038>; Shemaiah <08098>, and Uzziel <05816>.
15 And they gathered <0622> (8799) their brethren <0251>, and sanctified <06942> (8691) themselves, and came <0935> (8799), according to the commandment <04687> of the king <04428>, by the words <01697> of the LORD <03068>, to cleanse <02891> (8763) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
16 And the priests <03548> went <0935> (8799) into the inner part <06441> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, to cleanse <02891> (8763) it, and brought out <03318> (8686) all the uncleanness <02932> that they found <04672> (8804) in the temple <01964> of the LORD <03068> into the court <02691> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. And the Levites <03881> took <06901> (8762) it, to carry it out <03318> (8687) abroad <02351> into the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>.
17 Now they began <02490> (8686) on the first <0259> day of the first <07223> month <02320> to sanctify <06942> (8763), and on the eighth <08083> day <03117> of the month <02320> came <0935> (8804) they to the porch <0197> of the LORD <03068>: so they sanctified <06942> (8762) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> in eight <08083> days <03117>; and in the sixteenth <08337> <06240> day of the first <07223> month <02320> they made an end <03615> (8765) .
18 Then they went <0935> (8799) in <06441> to Hezekiah <02396> the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), We have cleansed <02891> (8765) all the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, and the altar <04196> of burnt offering <05930>, with all the vessels <03627> thereof, and the shewbread <04635> table <07979>, with all the vessels <03627> thereof.
19 Moreover all the vessels <03627>, which king <04428> Ahaz <0271> in his reign <04438> did cast away <02186> (8689) in his transgression <04604>, have we prepared <03559> (8689) and sanctified <06942> (8689), and, behold, they are before <06440> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>.
20 # Then Hezekiah <03169> the king <04428> rose early <07925> (8686), and gathered <0622> (8799) the rulers <08269> of the city <05892>, and went up <05927> (8799) to the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.
21 And they brought <0935> (8686) seven <07651> bullocks <06499>, and seven <07651> rams <0352>, and seven <07651> lambs <03532>, and seven <07651> he <06842> goats <05795>, for a sin offering <02403> for the kingdom <04467> , and for the sanctuary <04720>, and for Judah <03063>. And he commanded <0559> (8799) the priests <03548> the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175> to offer <05927> (8687) them on the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>.
22 So they killed <07819> (8799) the bullocks <01241>, and the priests <03548> received <06901> (8762) the blood <01818>, and sprinkled <02236> (8799) it on the altar <04196>: likewise, when they had killed <07819> (8799) the rams <0352>, they sprinkled <02236> (8799) the blood <01818> upon the altar <04196>: they killed <07819> (8799) also the lambs <03532>, and they sprinkled <02236> (8799) the blood <01818> upon the altar <04196>.
23 And they brought forth <05066> (8686) the he goats <08163> for the sin offering <02403> before <06440> the king <04428> and the congregation <06951>; and they laid <05564> (8799) their hands <03027> upon them:
24 And the priests <03548> killed <07819> (8799) them, and they made reconciliation <02398> (8762) with their blood <01818> upon the altar <04196>, to make an atonement <03722> (8763) for all Israel <03478>: for the king <04428> commanded <0559> (8804) that the burnt offering <05930> and the sin offering <02403> should be made for all Israel <03478>.
25 And he set <05975> (8686) the Levites <03881> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> with cymbals <04700> , with psalteries <05035>, and with harps <03658>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732>, and of Gad <01410> the king's <04428> seer <02374>, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>: for so was the commandment <04687> of <03027> the LORD <03068> by <03027> his prophets <05030>.
26 And the Levites <03881> stood <05975> (8799) with the instruments <03627> of David <01732>, and the priests <03548> with the trumpets <02689>.
27 And Hezekiah <02396> commanded <0559> (8799) to offer <05927> (8687) the burnt offering <05930> upon the altar <04196>. And when <06256> the burnt offering <05930> began <02490> (8689), the song <07892> of the LORD <03068> began <02490> (8689) also with the trumpets <02689>, and with the instruments <03627> ordained by <03027> David <01732> king <04428> of Israel <03478>.
28 And all the congregation <06951> worshipped <07812> (8693), and the singers <07892> sang <07891> (8789) , and the trumpeters <02689> sounded <02690> (8688) (8675) <02690> (8764): and all this continued until the burnt offering <05930> was finished <03615> (8800).
29 And when they had made an end <03615> (8763) of offering <05927> (8687), the king <04428> and all that were present <04672> (8737) with him bowed <03766> (8804) themselves, and worshipped <07812> (8691).
30 Moreover Hezekiah <03169> the king <04428> and the princes <08269> commanded <0559> (8799) the Levites <03881> to sing praise <01984> (8763) unto the LORD <03068> with the words <01697> of David <01732>, and of Asaph <0623> the seer <02374>. And they sang praises <01984> (8762) with gladness <08057>, and they bowed their heads <06915> (8799) and worshipped <07812> (8691).
31 Then Hezekiah <03169> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Now ye have consecrated <04390> (8765) <03027> yourselves unto the LORD <03068>, come near <05066> (8798) and bring <0935> (8685) sacrifices <02077> and thank offerings <08426> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>. And the congregation <06951> brought in <0935> (8686) sacrifices <02077> and thank offerings <08426>; and as many as were of a free <05081> heart <03820> burnt offerings <05930> .
32 And the number <04557> of the burnt offerings <05930>, which the congregation <06951> brought <0935> (8689), was threescore and ten <07657> bullocks <01241>, an hundred <03967> rams <0352>, and two hundred <03967> lambs <03532> : all these were for a burnt offering <05930> to the LORD <03068>.
33 And the consecrated things <06944> were six <08337> hundred <03967> oxen <01241> and three <07969> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>.
34 But the priests <03548> were too few <04592>, so that they could <03201> (8804) not flay <06584> (8687) all the burnt offerings <05930>: wherefore their brethren <0251> the Levites <03881> did help <02388> (8762) them, till the work <04399> was ended <03615> (8800), and until the other priests <03548> had sanctified <06942> (8691) themselves: for the Levites <03881> were more upright <03477> in heart <03824> to sanctify <06942> (8692) themselves than the priests <03548> .
35 And also the burnt offerings <05930> were in abundance <07230>, with the fat <02459> of the peace offerings <08002> , and the drink offerings <05262> for every burnt offering <05930>. So the service <05656> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> was set in order <03559> (8735).
36 And Hezekiah <03169> rejoiced <08055> (8799), and all the people <05971>, that God <0430> had prepared <03559> (8689) the people <05971>: for the thing <01697> was done suddenly <06597>.