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2 Chronicles 29 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Hezekiah Reigns in Judah
Temple Worship Restored
(2 Kin. 18:1–3 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:2 - And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done.
Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:3 - In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:4 - Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:5 - and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:6 - “For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the LORD our God; they have forsaken Him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - “They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:8 - “Therefore the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has given them up to trouble, to desolation, and to jeering, as you see with your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:9 - “For indeed, because of this our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - “Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - “My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:12 - Then these Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:13 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:14 - of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:15 - And they gathered their brethren, sanctified themselves, and went according to the commandment of the king, at the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:16 - Then the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the LORD to the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it out and carried it to the Brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:17 - Now they began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD. So they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:18 - Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offerings with all its articles, and the table of the showbread with all its articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:19 - “Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the LORD.”
Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 - Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:21 - And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:22 - So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Likewise they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:23 - Then they brought out the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:24 - And the priests killed them; and they presented their blood on the altar as a sin offering to make an atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering be made for all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 - And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:26 - The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:28 - So all the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:29 - And when they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:31 - Then Hezekiah answered and said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - And 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 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - The consecrated things were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them until the work was ended and until the other priests had sanctified themselves, for the Levites were more diligent in sanctifying themselves than the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:35 - 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 the LORD was set in order.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36 - Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly.
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NKJV Footnotes
Spelled Abi in 2 Kings 18:2
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