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ASV
American Standard Version
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Berean Standard Bible
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.
Hezekiah was twenty -five
years old when
he
became
king,
and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine
years.
His mother’s
name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
And he did that
which
was right in the eyes of Jehovah
, according
to
all
that
David
his father had done.
And he did what
was right in the eyes of the
LORD
, just
as
his father David
had done.
He
in the first year of his reign, in
the
first
month,
opened the doors of the house of Jehovah,
and
repaired
them
.
In the first month
of
the
first
year of his reign, Hezekiah
opened and
repaired
the doors of the house of the
LORD
.
And
he brought in the priests and the
Levites ,
and gathered them together
into
the broad
place
on the east ,
Then
he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in
the square
on the east side.
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.
“Listen
to
me, O
Levites, ”
he
said.
“Consecrate
yourselves
now
and consecrate
the house of the
LORD
, the God of your fathers .
Remove
from
the Holy Place every
impurity
.
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.
For our fathers were
unfaithful
and did
evil in the sight of the
LORD
our God .
They
abandoned
Him, turned their faces away
from the dwelling
place
of the
LORD
, and turned their backs on
Him
.
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.
They also
shut the doors of the portico
and extinguished
the lamps .
They
did
not burn
incense or
present
burnt offerings in the Holy Place of
the God of Israel.
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.
Therefore,
the wrath of the
LORD
has
fallen
upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has
made
them an object
of
terror
, horror,
and mockery
, as you
can
see with your own
eyes.
For ,
lo
, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our
wives are in captivity for
this
.
For behold
, this
is
why
our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
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.
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the
LORD
, the God of Israel, so
that His fierce anger will
turn away from us.
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.
Now,
my sons, do
not be
negligent ,
for the
LORD
has
chosen you to stand before Him, to serve
Him, to
minister
before
Him
, and to
burn incense. ”
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;
Then the Levites set
to
work:
Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from
the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from
the Merarites;
Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from
the
Gershonites
;
and
of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shimri and Jeuel ;
and
of
the sons
of
Asaph,
Zechariah and Mattaniah;
Shimri and Jeuel from
the Elizaphanites;
Zechariah and Mattaniah from
the
Asaphites
;
and
of
the
sons
of
Heman,
Jehuel
and Shimei; and of
the
sons
of
Jeduthun,
Shemaiah and Uzziel.
Jehiel
and Shimei from
the
Hemanites
; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from
the
Jeduthunites
.
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
.
When
they had
assembled
their brothers
and consecrated
themselves, they
went in to
cleanse
the
house
of
the
LORD
, according to the command
of the king by the words of the LORD
.
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.
So
the priests went inside
the house of the
LORD
to cleanse it, and they
brought out to
the
courtyard
all the unclean
things
that they found in the temple of the LORD
. Then
the Levites took these
things
and
carried
them
out to the Kidron Valley
.
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
.
They began the
consecration
on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached
the portico
of the
LORD.
For
eight
more
days
they consecrated
the house of the
LORD
itself,
finishing
on the sixteenth day of the first month.
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
.
Then they went in to King Hezekiah
and reported
, “
We have cleansed the entire
house of the
LORD
, the altar of burnt offering with all its
utensils
, and the table of the
showbread with all its
utensils
.
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
.
Moreover ,
we
have
prepared
and
consecrated
all the articles
that
King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness
cast aside
during
his
reign.
They are now
in
front
of
the altar of the
LORD
. ”
Then
Hezekiah
the king arose
early,
and
gathered the princes
of
the
city ,
and went up to the house of Jehovah
.
Early
the next
morning
King Hezekiah
gathered the city officials
and went up to the house of the
LORD
.
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
.
They brought seven bulls
, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male
goats as
a sin offering for the kingdom ,
for the sanctuary ,
and for Judah. And the
king
commanded the priests ,
the descendants
of Aaron ,
to offer them on the altar of the
LORD
.
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.
So they slaughtered
the bulls
, and the priests took
the blood and sprinkled it on the altar .
They slaughtered
the rams and sprinkled the blood on
the altar .
And
they slaughtered
the lambs and sprinkled the blood on
the altar.
And
they brought near
the he-
goats for the sin -
offering before the king and the assembly ;
and
they
laid their hands upon
them :
Then
they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly ,
who
laid their hands on
them .
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.
And the priests slaughtered
the
goats
and put
their blood on
the altar for
a
sin
offering
, to make atonement for all Israel ,
because
the king had
ordered
the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
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.
Hezekiah
stationed
the Levites in the house of the
LORD
with cymbals, harps, and
lyres
according to the command
of David, of Gad the king’s
seer, and of
Nathan the prophet .
For the command
had
come
from
the
LORD
through
His prophets.
And
the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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.
And Hezekiah ordered
that
the burnt offering be
sacrificed
on
the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the
LORD
and the trumpets began
as
well
, accompanied
by
the instruments of David king of Israel.
And
all
the assembly worshipped
, and
the singers sang
, and the trumpeters sounded;
all this `
continued '
until the burnt -
offering was finished
.
The whole
assembly was
worshiping
, the singers were
singing
, and the trumpeters were
playing.
All this continued until the burnt offering was completed
.
And
when they
had
made
an
end
of
offering
, the king and all that
were
present with him bowed themselves
and worshipped
.
When the
offerings
were
completed
, the king and all those
present with him bowed down
and worshiped
.
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
.
Then
King Hezekiah
and his
officials
ordered
the Levites to sing praises to
the LORD
in
the
words of David and of Asaph the seer. So
they sang praises with gladness and bowed their heads and worshiped
.
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.
Then Hezekiah said, “
Now that
you
have consecrated yourselves to
the
LORD,
come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to
the house of the
LORD
. ”
So
the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings ,
and all
whose
hearts
were willing brought burnt offerings.
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
.
The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy
bulls
, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs ;
all these were for a burnt offering to the
LORD
.
And the consecrated things
were six hundred oxen
and three thousand sheep.
And the consecrated offerings
were six hundred bulls
and three thousand sheep.
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.
However
, since
there
were
not enough
priests
to
skin
all the burnt offerings ,
their Levite
brothers
helped
them until
the work was finished
and until the priests had been
consecrated.
For the Levites had
been
more diligent
in consecrating
themselves than the priests had
been
.
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
.
Furthermore,
the burnt offerings were abundant
, along
with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the
burnt offerings
. So the service of the house of the
LORD
was established
.
And
Hezekiah rejoiced,
and all the people ,
because
of
that
which
God had prepared for the people :
for
the
thing
was
done
suddenly
.
Then
Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced
at
what
God had prepared for the people ,
because
everything
had
been
accomplished
so
quickly
.
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