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Berean Standard Bible
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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.
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.
And he did what
was right in the eyes
of the LORD, just
as
his father David
had done.
And he did that
which
was right in the sight
of the LORD, according
to
all
that
David
his father had done.
In the first month
of
the
first
year of his reign, Hezekiah
opened and
repaired
the doors of the house of the LORD.
He
in the first year of his reign, in
the
first
month,
opened the doors of the house of the LORD ,
and
repaired
them
.
Then
he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in
the
square
on
the east side.
And
he brought in the priests and the
Levites ,
and gathered them together
into
the east street,
“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
.
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.
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
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For behold
, this
is
why
our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
For, lo,
our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our
daughters and our
wives are in captivity for
this
.
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.
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.
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. ”
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.
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;
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 :
Shimri and Jeuel
from
the Elizaphanites
; Zechariah and Mattaniah from
the
Asaphites;
And
of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan;
Shimri ,
and Jeiel:
and
of
the sons
of
Asaph
; Zechariah ,
and Mattaniah :
Jehiel and Shimei from
the Hemanites
; and
Shemaiah and Uzziel from
the
Jeduthunites
.
And
of
the
sons
of
Heman;
Jehiel ,
and Shimei :
and
of
the sons
of
Jeduthun
; Shemaiah ,
and Uzziel.
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
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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. ”
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.
Early
the next
morning
King Hezekiah
gathered the city officials
and went up to the house of the LORD.
Then
Hezekiah
the king rose
early,
and
gathered the rulers
of
the
city ,
and went up to the house of the LORD.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Then
they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly,
who
laid their hands on
them .
And
they brought forth
the he
goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation;
and
they
laid their hands upon
them :
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 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.
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
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.
The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
And
the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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 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.
The whole
assembly
was
worshiping
, the singers were
singing
, and the trumpeters were
playing.
All this continued until the burnt offering was completed
.
And
all
the congregation
worshipped
, and
the singers sang
, and the trumpeters sounded:
and
all this continued until the burnt offering was finished
.
When the
offerings
were
completed
, the king and all those
present with him bowed down
and worshiped
.
And
when they
had
made
an
end
of
offering
, the king and all that
were
present with him bowed themselves,
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
.
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
.
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.
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.
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 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.
And the consecrated offerings
were six hundred bulls
and three thousand sheep.
And the consecrated things
were six hundred oxen
and three thousand sheep.
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
.
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.
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
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
.
Then
Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced
at
what
God had prepared for
the people ,
because
everything
had
been
accomplished
so
quickly
.
And
Hezekiah rejoiced,
and all the people ,
that
God had prepared the people :
for
the
thing
was
done
suddenly
.
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