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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 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 ;
And he did
what
was
right in the eyes of the
LORD
, just
as
his father David
had
done
.
and he doth
that
which
is
right in the eyes of Jehovah
, according
to
all
that
David
his father did
.
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,
hath
opened the doors of the house of Jehovah,
and
strengtheneth
them,
Then
he
brought
in the priests and Levites and gathered
them in
the square
on
the east side
.
and
bringeth
in the priests and the
Levites ,
and gathereth
them to
the broad
place
to
the east.
“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
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,
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
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
.
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 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 ,
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.
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.
For
behold
, this
is
why
our fathers have
fallen
by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.
And
lo
, fallen
have
our fathers 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 --
with
my heart --
to make a covenant before
Jehovah
, God of Israel, and
the
fierceness
of
His anger doth
turn back
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
at
rest
, for on
you hath
Jehovah
fixed
to stand before Him, to serve Him, and
to be
to
Him ministering
and making
perfume
. '
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
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;
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 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,
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 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
.
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.
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
.
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.
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,
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
. ”
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
. '
Early
the next
morning
King Hezekiah
gathered
the city officials
and went
up to the house of the
LORD.
And
Hezekiah
the king riseth
early,
and
gathereth
the heads
of
the
city ,
and goeth
up to the house 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
.
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
.
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 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 ;
Then
they brought
the goats for
the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who
laid
their hands on
them .
and
they bring
nigh
the he-
goats of
the sin -
offering before the king and the assembly, and
they
lay
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 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. '
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
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 ;
The Levites stood
with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
and
the Levites stand
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 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.
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 assembly are
doing
obeisance
, and
the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing;
the whole
`is'
till
the
completion
of
the
burnt -
offering.
When
the offerings
were
completed,
the king and all those present
with him bowed
down
and worshiped
.
And
at
the completion
of
the offering
up
bowed
have
the
king and all those found
with him ,
and do
obeisance
.
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
.
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
.
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
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.
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 that
the assembly have
brought in,
is
seventy oxen
, a hundred rams, lambs
two hundred; for a burnt -
offering to Jehovah
`are'
all
these
.
And the consecrated
offerings
were
six hundred bulls
and three thousand sheep
.
And the sanctified
things
`are'
oxen
six hundred ,
and sheep
three thousand.
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
.
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.
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
, 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 ,
Then
Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced
at
what
God
had
prepared
for
the people, because
everything
had
been accomplished
so
quickly
.
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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