¹ Hezekiah 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.

² And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

³ He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

⁴ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together 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 holy place.

⁶ For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.

⁷ Also 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.

⁸ Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

⁹ For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

¹⁰ Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

¹¹ My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and 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: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

¹⁴ And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, 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, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

¹⁶ And the priests went into the inner part 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 abroad into the brook Kidron.

¹⁷ Now 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 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 in to 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 shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

¹⁹ Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers 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 killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

²³ And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

²⁴ And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

²⁵ And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD 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 so was the commandment of the LORD by 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 also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.

²⁸ And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and 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 worshipped.

³⁰ Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

³¹ Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.

³² And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

³³ And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³⁴ But 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 other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁵ And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.

³⁶ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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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's ^H517 name ^H8034 was Abijah, ^H29 the daughter ^H1323 of Zechariah. ^H2148

² And he did ^H6213 that which was right ^H3477 in the sight ^H5869 of the LORD, ^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 the LORD, ^H3068 and repaired ^H2388 them.

⁴ And he brought in ^H935 the priests ^H3548 and the Levites, ^H3881 and gathered them together ^H622 into the east ^H4217 street, ^H7339

⁵ And said ^H559 unto them, Hear ^H8085 me, ye Levites, ^H3881 sanctify ^H6942 now yourselves, and sanctify ^H6942 the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of your fathers, ^H1 and carry forth ^H3318 the filthiness ^H5079 out of the holy ^H6944 place.

⁶ For our fathers ^H1 have trespassed, ^H4603 and done ^H6213 that which was evil ^H7451 in the eyes ^H5869 of the LORD ^H3068 our God, ^H430 and have forsaken ^H5800 him, and have turned away ^H5437 their faces ^H6440 from the habitation ^H4908 of the LORD, ^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 the LORD ^H3068 was upon Judah ^H3063 and Jerusalem, ^H3389 and he hath delivered ^H5414 them to trouble, ^{H2189 H2113} to astonishment, ^H8047 and to hissing, ^H8322 as ye see ^H7200 with your eyes. ^H5869

⁹ For, lo, our fathers ^H1 have fallen ^H5307 by the sword, ^H2719 and our sons ^H1121 and our daughters ^H1323 and our wives ^H802 are in captivity ^H7628 for this.

¹⁰ Now it is in mine heart ^H3824 to make ^H3772 a covenant ^H1285 with the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel, ^H3478 that his fierce ^H2740 wrath ^H639 may turn away ^H7725 from us.

¹¹ My sons, ^H1121 be not now negligent: ^H7952 for the LORD ^H3068 hath chosen ^H977 you to stand ^H5975 before ^H6440 him, to serve ^H8334 him, and that ye should minister ^H8334 unto him, 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 Jehalelel: ^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 Jeiel: ^H3273 and of the sons ^H1121 of Asaph; ^H623 Zechariah, ^H2148 and Mattaniah: ^H4983

¹⁴ And of the sons ^H1121 of Heman; ^H1968 Jehiel, ^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, and came, ^H935 according to the commandment ^H4687 of the king, ^H4428 by the words ^H1697 of the LORD, ^H3068 to cleanse ^H2891 the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068

¹⁶ And the priests ^H3548 went ^H935 into the inner part ^H6441 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 to cleanse ^H2891 it, and brought out ^H3318 all the uncleanness ^H2932 that they found ^H4672 in the temple ^H1964 of the LORD ^H3068 into the court ^H2691 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And the Levites ^H3881 took ^H6901 it, to carry it out ^H3318 abroad ^H2351 into 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 the LORD: ^H3068 so they sanctified ^H6942 the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068 in eight ^H8083 days; ^H3117 and in the sixteenth ^{H8337 H6240} 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 and said, ^H559 We have cleansed ^H2891 all the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 and the altar ^H4196 of burnt offering, ^H5930 with all the vessels ^H3627 thereof, and the shewbread ^H4635 table, ^H7979 with all the vessels ^H3627 thereof.

¹⁹ Moreover all the vessels, ^H3627 which king ^H4428 Ahaz ^H271 in his reign ^H4438 did cast away ^H2186 in his transgression, ^H4604 have we prepared ^H3559 and sanctified, ^H6942 and, behold, they are before ^H6440 the altar ^H4196 of the LORD. ^H3068

²⁰ Then Hezekiah ^H3169 the king ^H4428 rose early, ^H7925 and gathered ^H622 the rulers ^H8269 of the city, ^H5892 and went up ^H5927 to the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^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 the LORD. ^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 likewise, when they had killed ^H7819 the rams, ^H352 they sprinkled ^H2236 the blood ^H1818 upon the altar: ^H4196 they killed ^H7819 also the lambs, ^H3532 and they sprinkled ^H2236 the blood ^H1818 upon the altar. ^H4196

²³ And they brought forth ^H5066 the he goats ^H8163 for the sin offering ^H2403 before ^H6440 the king ^H4428 and the congregation; ^H6951 and they laid ^H5564 their hands ^H3027 upon them:

²⁴ And the priests ^H3548 killed ^H7819 them, and they made reconciliation ^H2398 with their blood ^H1818 upon the altar, ^H4196 to make an atonement ^H3722 for all Israel: ^H3478 for the king ^H4428 commanded ^H559 that the burnt offering ^H5930 and the sin offering ^H2403 should be made for all Israel. ^H3478

²⁵ And he set ^H5975 the Levites ^H3881 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^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's ^H4428 seer, ^H2374 and Nathan ^H5416 the prophet: ^H5030 for so was the commandment ^H4687 of ^H3027 the LORD ^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 the LORD ^H3068 began ^H2490 also with the trumpets, ^H2689 and with the instruments ^H3627 ordained by ^H3027 David ^H1732 king ^H4428 of Israel. ^H3478

²⁸ And all the congregation ^H6951 worshipped, ^H7812 and the singers ^H7892 sang, ^H7891 and the trumpeters ^H2689 sounded: ^{H2690 H2690} and 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 praise ^H1984 unto the LORD ^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 H3027} yourselves unto the LORD, ^H3068 come near ^H5066 and bring ^H935 sacrifices ^H2077 and thank offerings ^H8426 into the house ^H1004 of the LORD. ^H3068 And the congregation ^H6951 brought in ^H935 sacrifices ^H2077 and thank offerings; ^H8426 and as many as were of a free ^H5081 heart ^H3820 burnt offerings. ^H5930

³² And the number ^H4557 of the burnt offerings, ^H5930 which the congregation ^H6951 brought, ^H935 was threescore and ten ^H7657 bullocks, ^H1241 an hundred ^H3967 rams, ^H352 and two hundred ^H3967 lambs: ^H3532 all these were for a burnt offering ^H5930 to the LORD. ^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, till the work ^H4399 was ended, ^H3615 and until the other priests ^H3548 had sanctified ^H6942 themselves: for the Levites ^H3881 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 the drink offerings ^H5262 for every burnt offering. ^H5930 So the service ^H5656 of the house ^H1004 of the LORD ^H3068 was set in order. ^H3559

³⁶ And Hezekiah ^H3169 rejoiced, ^H8055 and all the people, ^H5971 that God ^H430 had prepared ^H3559 the people: ^H5971 for the thing ^H1697 was done suddenly. ^H6597

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¹ Hezekiah 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.

² And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

³ He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.

⁴ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

⁵ and 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.

⁶ For 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.

⁷ Also 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.

⁸ Wherefore 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.

⁹ For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

¹⁰ Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

¹¹ My 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.

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 Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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

¹⁴ and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁵ And 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.

¹⁶ And 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.

¹⁷ Now 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.

¹⁸ Then 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.

¹⁹ Moreover 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.

²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

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 Jehovah.

²² So 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.

²³ And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands upon them:

²⁴ and 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.

²⁵ And 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.

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 Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁸ And all the assembly worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; 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 worshipped.

³⁰ Moreover 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.

³¹ Then 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.

³² And 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.

³³ And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³⁴ But 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.

³⁵ And 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.

³⁶ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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¹ Hezekiah hath reigned -- a son of twenty and five years, and twenty and nine years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother `is' Abijah daughter of Zechariah;

² and he doth that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father did.

³ He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, hath opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and strengtheneth them,

⁴ and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.

⁵ And he saith to them, `Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,

⁶ for our fathers have trespassed, and done that which is evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and forsake him, and turn round their faces from the tabernacle of Jehovah, and give the neck.

⁷ `Also -- they have shut the doors of the porch, and quench the lamps, and perfume they have not made, and burnt-offering have not caused to ascend in the sanctuary to the God of Israel,

⁸ and the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He giveth them for a trembling, for an astonishment, and for a hissing, as ye are seeing with your eyes.

⁹ And lo, fallen have our fathers by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives `are' in captivity for this.

¹⁰ `Now -- with my heart -- to make a covenant before Jehovah, God of Israel, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from us.

¹¹ My sons, be not now at rest, for on you hath Jehovah fixed to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be to Him ministering and making perfume.'

¹² And the Levites rise -- Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathite; and of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonite: Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

¹³ and of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri, and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹⁴ and of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel --

¹⁵ and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,

¹⁶ and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse `it', and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive `it', to take `it' out to the brook Kidron without.

¹⁷ And they begin on the first of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they have come to the porch of Jehovah, and they sanctify the house of Jehovah in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they have finished.

¹⁸ And they come in within unto Hezekiah the king, and say, `We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the arrangement, and all its vessels,

¹⁹ and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign -- in his trespass -- we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they `are' before the altar of Jehovah.'

²⁰ And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;

²¹ and they bring in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he-goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah; and he saith to sons of Aaron, the priests, to cause `them' to ascend on the altar of Jehovah.

²² And they slaughter the oxen, and the priests receive the blood, and sprinkle on the altar; and they slaughter the rams, and sprinkle the blood on the altar; and they slaughter the lambs, and sprinkle the blood on the altar;

²³ and they bring nigh the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the assembly, and they lay their hands upon them;

²⁴ and the priests slaughter them, and make a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel, for `For all Israel,' said the king, ``is' the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.'

²⁵ And he appointeth the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, by the command of David, and of Gad, seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, for by the hand of Jehovah `is' the command, by the hand of His prophets;

²⁶ and the Levites stand with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁷ And Hezekiah saith to cause the burnt-offering to ascend on the altar; and at the time the burnt-offering began -- began the song of Jehovah, and the trumpets, even by the hands of the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁸ And all the assembly are doing obeisance, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; the whole `is' till the completion of the burnt-offering.

²⁹ And at the completion of the offering up bowed have the king and all those found with him, and do obeisance.

³⁰ And Hezekiah the king saith, and the princes, to the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, and they praise -- unto joy, and they bow, and do obeisance.

³¹ And Hezekiah answereth and saith, `Now ye have filled your hand to Jehovah, come nigh, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings to the house of Jehovah;' and the assembly bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings, and every willing-hearted one -- burnt-offerings.

³² And the number of the burnt-offerings that the assembly have brought in, is seventy oxen, a hundred rams, lambs two hundred; for a burnt-offering to Jehovah `are' all these.

³³ And the sanctified things `are' oxen six hundred, and sheep three thousand.

³⁴ Only, the priests have become few, and have not been able to strip the whole of the burnt-offerings, and their brethren the Levites strengthen them till the completion of the work, and till the priests sanctify themselves, for the Levites `are' more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

³⁵ And also, burnt-offerings `are' in abundance, with fat of the peace-offerings, and with oblations for the burnt-offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah is established,

³⁶ and rejoice doth Hezekiah and all the people, because of God's giving preparation to the people, for the thing hath been suddenly.

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¹ Hezekiah began to reign being twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.

² And he did what was right in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

³ He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them.

⁴ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them into the open place eastward;

⁵ and he said to them, Hear me, ye Levites: hallow yourselves now, and hallow the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary.

⁶ For our fathers have transgressed, and done evil in the sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him and turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and have turned their backs.

⁷ Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered up burnt-offerings in the sanctuary to the God of Israel.

⁸ Therefore the wrath of Jehovah has been upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to vexation, to desolation, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

⁹ And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

¹⁰ Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

¹¹ My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before him, to do service unto him, and to be his ministers and incense-burners.

¹² Then the Levites rose up, 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 Jehalleleel; 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; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹⁴ and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁵ And they gathered their brethren, and hallowed themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.

¹⁶ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and carried forth 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 forth into the brook Kidron.

¹⁷ And they began on the first of the first month to hallow, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Jehovah; and they hallowed the house of Jehovah eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

¹⁸ And they went in to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the table of the [bread] to be set in rows, and all its vessels;

¹⁹ and all the vessels that king Ahaz in his reign cast away in his transgression have we prepared and hallowed, and behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.

²⁰ And Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

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] upon the altar of Jehovah.

²² And they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar; and they slaughtered the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

²³ And they brought near the he-goats of the sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them.

²⁴ And the priests slaughtered them, and they made purification for sin with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all Israel, said the king, is the burnt-offering and the sin-offering.

²⁵ And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah through his prophets.

²⁶ And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁷ And Hezekiah commanded to offer up the burnt-offering on the altar. And at the moment the burnt-offering began, the song of Jehovah began, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁸ And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded, all [the time] until the burnt-offering was finished.

²⁹ And when they had ended offering the burnt-offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.

³⁰ And king Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and bowed their heads and worshipped.

³¹ And Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to Jehovah, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart, burnt-offerings.

³² And the number of the burnt-offerings, which the congregation brought, was seventy bullocks, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

³³ And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³⁴ Only the priests were too few, and they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had hallowed themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to hallow themselves than the priests.

³⁵ And also the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings for the burnt-offering. And the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order.

³⁶ And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people; for the thing was done suddenly.

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¹ Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

² He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

³ He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.

⁴ He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,

⁵ and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

⁶ For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and turned their backs.

⁷ Also 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 to the God of Israel.

⁸ Therefore the wrath of Yahweh was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back and forth, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.

⁹ For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

¹⁰ Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

¹¹ My sons, don't be negligent now; for Yahweh has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him, and that you should be his ministers, and 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 Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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

¹⁴ and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁵ They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Yahweh, to cleanse the house of Yahweh.

¹⁶ The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

¹⁷ Now 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 Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

¹⁸ Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within [the palace], and said, We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels of it, and the table of show bread, with all the vessels of it.

¹⁹ Moreover 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 Yahweh.

²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.

²¹ They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.

²² So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

²³ They brought near the male goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them:

²⁴ and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood on 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.

²⁵ He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh 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 Yahweh by his prophets.

²⁶ The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

²⁷ Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of Yahweh began also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel.

²⁸ All the assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this [continued] until the burnt offering was finished.

²⁹ When they had made an end of offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

³⁰ Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to Yahweh with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

³¹ Then Hezekiah answered, Now you have consecrated yourselves to Yahweh; come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of Yahweh. The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart [brought] burnt offerings.

³² The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

³³ The consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³⁴ But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until 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.

³⁵ 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 Yahweh was set in order.

³⁶ Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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¹ Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he was king in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

² He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as his father David had done.

³ In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

⁴ And he sent for the priests and the Levites, and got them together in the wide place on the east side,

⁵ And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

⁶ For our fathers have done evil, sinning in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have given him up, turning away their faces from the house of the Lord, and turning their backs on him.

⁷ The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.

⁸ And so the wrath of the Lord has come on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has given them up to be a cause of fear and wonder and shame, as your eyes have seen.

⁹ For see, our fathers have been put to death with the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives have been taken away prisoners because of this.

¹⁰ Now it is my purpose to make an agreement with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from us.

¹¹ My sons, take care now: for you have been marked out by the Lord to come before him and to be his servants, burning offerings to him.

¹² Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among 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;

¹³ And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

¹⁴ And of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹⁵ And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.

¹⁶ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.

¹⁷ On the first day of the first month the work of making the house holy was started, and on the eighth day they came to the covered way of the Lord; in eight days they made the Lord's house holy, and on the sixteenth day of the first month the work was done.

¹⁸ Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have made all the house of the Lord clean, as well as the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the table for the holy bread, with all its vessels.

¹⁹ And all the vessels which were turned out by King Ahaz in his sin while he was king, we have put in order and made holy, and now they are in their places before the altar of the Lord.

²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

²¹ And they took with them seven oxen and seven male sheep and seven lambs and seven he-goats as a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the holy house and for Judah. And he gave orders to the sons of Aaron, the priests, that these were to be offered on the altar of the Lord.

²² So they put the oxen to death and their blood was given to the priests to be drained out against the altar; then they put the male sheep to death, draining out their blood against the altar, and they put the lambs to death, draining out their blood against the altar.

²³ Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:

²⁴ And the priests put them to death, and made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar, to take away the sin of all Israel: for the king gave orders that the burned offering and the sin-offering were for all Israel.

²⁵ Then he put the Levites in their places in the house of the Lord, with brass and corded instruments of music as ordered by David and Gad, the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for the order was the Lord's, given by his prophets.

²⁶ So the Levites took their places with David's instruments, and the priests with their horns.

²⁷ And Hezekiah gave the word for the burned offering to be offered on the altar. And when the burned offering was started, then the song of the Lord was started, with the blowing of horns and with all the instruments of David, king of Israel.

²⁸ And all the people gave worship, to the sound of songs and the blowing of horns; and this went on till the burned offering was ended.

²⁹ And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

³⁰ Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

³¹ Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.

³² The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.

³³ And the holy things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

³⁴ There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.

³⁵ And there was a great amount of burned offerings, with the fat of the peace-offerings and the drink offerings for every burned offering. So the work of the Lord's house was put in order.

³⁶ And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.