2 Chronicles 29
29:1Hezekiah was a son being twenty and five years old in his taking reign, and twenty nine years he reigned in Jerusalem. And the name to his mother was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
29:2And he did the upright thing before the lord according to all as much as David his father did.
29:3And it came to pass as he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the lord, and he repaired them.
29:4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and he stood them in the side, the one towards the east.
29:5And he said to them, Hear me, O Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the lord the God of your fathers, and cast out the uncleanness from the holies!
29:6For our fathers revolted, and they did the evil thing before the lord our God; and they abandoned him, and turned their face from the tent of the lord; and they gave him the back of the neck.
29:7And they locked the doors of the temple, and they extinguished the lamps, and they did not burn incense, and the whole burnt-offerings they did not offer in the holy place to the God of Israel.
29:8And the lord was provoked to anger over Judah and Jerusalem. And he appointed them for an astonishment, and for extinction, and for a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
29:9And behold, our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives went into captivity in a land not of their own.
29:10Because of this it became upon my heart to ordain a covenant to the lord God of Israel, and he shall turn from us the anger of his rage.
29:11And now, you should not stop to act, for by you the lord has taken you up to stand before him to officiate to him, and to be his ministers, and ones burning incense.
29:12And the Levites rose up, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of Kohath; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel; and from the sons of Gershon -- Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
29:13and of the sons of Elizaphan -- Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph -- Zechariah and Mattaniah;
29:14and of the sons of Heman -- Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun -- Shemaiah and Uzziel.
29:15And they gathered their brethren, and purified themselves according to the commandment of the king, by order of the lord, to cleanse the house of the lord.
29:16And the priests entered inside, into the house of the lord to purify it, and they cast out all the uncleanness they found in the house of the lord in the courtyard of the house of the lord. And the Levites received to bring it forth unto the rushing stream Kidron outside.
29:17And they began on day one of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the lord; and they sanctified the house of the lord in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they completed.
29:18And they entered inside to Hezekiah the king. And they said, We purified all the things in the house of the lord, and the altar of the whole burnt-offering, and its utensils, and the table of the place setting, and all its utensils.
29:19And all the utensils which king Ahaz defiled during his kingdom, in his defection, we prepared and sanctified. And behold, it is before the altar of the lord.
29:20And Hezekiah the king rose early, and he brought together the rulers of the city. And he ascended into the house of the lord.
29:21And he led up seven calves, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven winter yearlings of goats for a sin offering, for the kingdom, and for the holy things, and for Judah. And he told the sons of Aaron the priests, to offer unto the altar of the lord.
29:22And they sacrificed the calves, and the priests took the blood, and poured upon the altar. And they sacrificed the rams, and poured upon the altar the blood. And they sacrificed the lambs, and they poured the blood upon the altar.
29:23And they brought the winter yearlings of the ones for a sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they placed their hands upon them.
29:24And the priests sacrificed them, and atoned of their blood against the altar, and they atoned for all Israel; for the king said, for all Israel is the whole burnt-offering, and the ones for a sin offering.
29:25And he stationed the Levites in the house of the lord with cymbals, and with stringed instruments, and with lutes, according to the commandment of David the king, and Gad the seer to the king, and Nathan the prophet. For by the commandment of the lord the order was in the hand of his prophets.
29:26And the Levites stood with instruments of David, and the priests with trumpets.
29:27And Hezekiah spoke to offer the whole burnt-offering upon the altar. And in the beginning of offering the whole burnt-offering, they began to sing to the lord, and the trumpets with the instruments of David the king of Israel.
29:28And all the assembly did obeisance, and the psalm singers were singing, and the trumpets trumpeting, until of which time the whole burnt-offering was completed.
29:29And as they completed offering, the king bent, and all the ones being found with him, and they did obeisance.
29:30And Hezekiah the king and the rulers spoke to the Levites for them to praise the lord by the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet. And they sang praise with gladness, and they fell and did obeisance.
29:31And Hezekiah answered and said, Now you filled your hands to the lord, come forward and bring sacrifices of praise into the house of the lord! And the assembly brought sacrifices and praise into the house of the lord, and all eager in heart brought whole burnt-offerings.
29:32And the number of the whole burnt-offerings which the assembly offered was -- seventy calves, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs; all these for a whole burnt-offering to the lord.
29:33And the ones having been sanctified -- six hundred calves, three thousand sheep.
29:34But the priests were few, and not able to flay the whole burnt-offering; and assisting them were the Levites, until of which time the work was completed, and until of which time the other priests sanctified themselves; for the Levites more eagerly sanctified themselves than the priests.
29:35And the whole burnt-offering was abundant with the fats of the one consecrated of the deliverance offering, and the libations of the whole burnt-offering. And the work in the house of the lord was set up.
29:36And Hezekiah and all the people were glad, because God prepared the people; for the matter happened suddenly.