II Chronicles 29

1And so Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old. And he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

5And he said to them: “Listen to me, O Levites, and be sanctified. Cleanse the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away every uncleanness from the sanctuary.

2 Chronicles 35:6, 2 Chronicles 35:6, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 3:16

6Our fathers sinned and did evil in the sight of the Lord our God, abandoning him. They turned their faces away from the tabernacle of the Lord, and they presented their backs.

Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 8:16, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 2:27, 2 Chronicles 28:2

7They closed up the doors which were in the portico, and they extinguished the lamps. And they did not burn incense, and they did not offer holocausts, in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 28:24, Leviticus 24:2, Leviticus 24:8, Leviticus 24:2

8And so the fury of the Lord was stirred up against Judah and Jerusalem, and he handed them over to turmoil, and to destruction, and to hissing, just as you discern with your own eyes.

Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:18, 2 Chronicles 24:18

9Lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword. Our sons, and our daughters and wives have been led away as captives because of this wickedness.

2 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 28:5, 2 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 28:5

10Now therefore, it is pleasing to me that we should enter into a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel. And he will turn away the fury of his indignation from us.

Jeremiah 50:5, Jeremiah 50:5, 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 23:16, Ezra 10:3

11My sons, do not choose to be negligent. The Lord has chosen you so that you would stand before him, and minister to him, and worship him, and burn incense to him.”

Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 10:8, Numbers 8:6, Numbers 8:14, Galatians 6:7

12Therefore, the Levites rose up, Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, from the sons of Kohath; then, from the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and from the sons of Gershon, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah;

1 Chronicles 6:44, Numbers 4:2, Numbers 4:20, 1 Chronicles 23:7, 1 Chronicles 23:23

13and truly, from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; also, from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 15:8, 1 Chronicles 15:8, Leviticus 10:4

14indeed also, from the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; then too, from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 25:3, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:6

15And they gathered together their brothers. And they were sanctified. And they entered in accord with the command of the king and the order of the Lord, so that they might expiate the house of God.

1 Chronicles 23:28, 2 Chronicles 30:12, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 2 Chronicles 30:12, 2 Chronicles 29:5

16And the priests, entering the temple of the Lord so that they might sanctify it, took every uncleanness, which they had found inside, out to the vestibule of the house of the Lord; and the Levites took it away and transported it outside, to the torrent Kidron.

2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 3:8, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 26:34

17Now they began to cleanse on the first day of the first month. And on the eighth day of the same month, they entered the portico of the temple of the Lord. And then they expiated the temple over eight days. And on the sixteenth day of the same month, they finished what they had begun.

2 Chronicles 29:3, 2 Chronicles 29:7, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Kings 6:3, 1 Chronicles 28:11

18Also, they entered to king Hezekiah, and they said to him: “We have sanctified the entire house of the Lord, and the altar of holocaust, and its vessels, indeed also the table of the presence, with all its vessels,

2 Chronicles 4:7, 2 Chronicles 4:8, 2 Chronicles 4:1, 2 Chronicles 13:11, 2 Chronicles 4:7

19and all the equipment of the temple, which king Ahaz, during his reign, had polluted after his transgression. And behold, these have all been set forth before the altar of the Lord.”

2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 28:24

20And rising up at first light, king Hezekiah joined as one all the leaders of the city, and they ascended to the house of the Lord.

Genesis 22:3, Exodus 24:4, Joshua 6:12, Jeremiah 25:4, Genesis 22:3

21And together they offered seven bulls and seven rams, seven lambs and seven he-goats, for sin, for the kingdom, for the Sanctuary, for Judah. And he spoke to the priests, the sons of Aaron, so that they would offer these upon the altar of the Lord.

Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:14, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:14, Job 42:8

22And so they slaughtered the bulls. And the priests took up the blood, and they poured it upon the altar. Then they also slaughtered the rams, and they poured their blood upon the altar. And they immolated the lambs, and they poured the blood upon the altar.

Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 8:19, Leviticus 8:24, Leviticus 8:19

23They brought the he-goats for sin before the king and the entire multitude. And they laid their hands upon them.

Leviticus 4:15, Leviticus 4:15, Leviticus 4:24, Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 4:24

24And the priests immolated them, and they sprinkled their blood before the altar, for the expiation of all Israel. For certainly the king had instructed that the holocaust and the sin offering should be made on behalf of all Israel.

Hebrews 2:17, Ezekiel 45:17, Leviticus 14:20, Colossians 1:20, Colossians 1:21

25Also, he situated the Levites in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, according to the disposition of king David, and of the seer Gad, and of the prophet Nathan. For indeed, this was the precept of the Lord, by the hand of his prophets.

2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 8:14, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 16:42

26And the Levites stood, holding the musical instruments of David, and the priests held the trumpets.

1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 1 Chronicles 15:24, Amos 6:5

27And Hezekiah ordered that they should offer holocausts upon the altar. And when the holocausts were being offered, they began to sing praises to the Lord, and to sound the trumpets, and to play various musical instruments, which David, the king of Israel, had prepared.

2 Chronicles 23:18, 2 Chronicles 23:18, 2 Chronicles 20:21, Psalms 137:3, Psalms 137:4

28Then the entire crowd was adoring, and the singers and those who were holding the trumpeters were exercising their office, until the holocaust was completed.

Revelation 5:8, Revelation 5:14, Psalms 89:15, Psalms 68:24, Psalms 68:26

29And when the oblation was finished, the king, and all who were with him, bowed down and adored.

2 Chronicles 20:18, 2 Chronicles 20:18, 1 Chronicles 29:20, Romans 14:11, Psalms 72:11

30And Hezekiah and the rulers instructed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph, the seer. And they praised him with great joy, and kneeling down, they adored.

Psalms 32:11, Psalms 33:1, 1 Chronicles 16:7, 1 Chronicles 16:36, Philippians 4:4

31And now Hezekiah also added: “You have filled your hands for the Lord. Draw near, and offer victims and praises in the house of the Lord.” Therefore, the entire multitude offered victims and praises and holocausts, with devout intention.

2 Chronicles 13:9, 2 Chronicles 13:9, Exodus 35:22, Exodus 35:22, Leviticus 1:1

32Now the number of the holocausts that the multitude offered was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs.

1 Kings 8:63, Ezra 6:17, 1 Chronicles 29:21, 1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 8:63

33And they sanctified to the Lord six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

34Truly, the priests were few; neither were they sufficient to remove the pelts from the holocausts. Therefore, the Levites, their brothers, also assisted them, until the work was completed, and the priests, who were of higher rank, were sanctified. For indeed, the Levites are sanctified with an easier ritual than the priests.

2 Chronicles 35:11, 2 Chronicles 35:11, 2 Chronicles 30:3, 2 Chronicles 30:3, 2 Chronicles 30:16

35Thus, there were very numerous holocausts, with the fat of the peace offerings and the libations of the holocausts. And the service of the house of the Lord was completed.

Exodus 29:13, Numbers 15:5, Numbers 15:10, Exodus 29:13, Numbers 15:5

36And Hezekiah and all the people were joyful because the ministry of the Lord was accomplished. For certainly, it had pleased them to do this suddenly.

Ezra 6:22, Acts 2:41, 1 Chronicles 29:9, Proverbs 16:1, Psalms 10:17

II Chronicles Chapter 29