Thematic Bible
2 Chronicles 29:1 (show verse)
And, Hezekiah, began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and, twenty-nine years, reigned he in Jerusalem, - and, the name of his mother, was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.
2 Chronicles 29:2 (show verse)
And he did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, - according to all that, David his father, had done.
2 Chronicles 29:3 (show verse)
He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 29:4 (show verse)
And he brought in the priests, and the Levites, - and gathered them together in the broadway on the east;
2 Chronicles 29:5 (show verse)
and said unto them, Hear me, O Levites! Now, hallow yourselves, and hallow the house of Yahweh, God of your fathers, and take forth the impure thing out of the holy place.
2 Chronicles 29:6 (show verse)
For our fathers have acted unfaithfully and done the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him,-and have turned round their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and have offered their backs.
2 Chronicles 29:7 (show verse)
Moreover they have shut up the doors of the porch, and have quenched the lamps, and, incense, have they not burned,-and, ascending-sacrifice, have they not caused to go up in the holy place, unto the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:8 (show verse)
Thus hath it come to pass, that, the wrath of Yahweh, hath been upon Judah and Jerusalem, - and he hath delivered them up as a terror and as an astonishment and as hissing, even as, ye, can see with your own eyes.
2 Chronicles 29:9 (show verse)
And lo! our fathers have fallen by the sword, and, our sons and our daughters and our wives, are in captivity for this.
2 Chronicles 29:10 (show verse)
Now, is it near my heart, to solemnise a covenant unto Yahweh, God of Israel, - that he may turn from him the glow of his anger.
2 Chronicles 29:11 (show verse)
My sons! now, do not be faulty, - for, of you, hath Yahweh made choice, to stand before him, and to wait upon him, and to be his attendants and burners of incense.
2 Chronicles 29:12 (show verse)
Then arose the Levites - Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites, and, of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel, - and, of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;
2 Chronicles 29:13 (show verse)
and, of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel, - and, of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah, and Mattaniah;
2 Chronicles 29:14 (show verse)
and, of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei, - and, of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah, and Uzziel;
2 Chronicles 29:15 (show verse)
and they gathered together their brethren, who hallowed themselves, and came in according to the command of the king, in the things of Yahweh, - to purify the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 29:16 (show verse)
So the priests entered into the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to make purification, and they brought out every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh, into the court of the house of Yahweh, - where the Levites received it, to carry it forth to the Kidron ravine outside.
2 Chronicles 29:17 (show verse)
And they began, on the first of the first month, to hallow, - and, on the eighth day of the month, they came to the porch of Yahweh, so they hallowed the house of Yahweh in eight days, - and, on the sixteenth day of the first month, they finished.
2 Chronicles 29:18 (show verse)
Then came they in unto Hezekiah the king, and said, We have purified all the house of Yahweh, - the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and all the utensils thereof, and the table for setting in array, and all the utensils thereof.
2 Chronicles 29:19 (show verse)
And, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign rejected when he acted unfaithfully, have we made ready and hallowed, - and, there they are, before the altar of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 29:20 (show verse)
So Hezekiah the king rose up early, and gathered together the rulers of the city, - and went up to the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 29:21 (show verse)
And they brought in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven young sheep, and seven he-goats for bearing sin, for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah, - and he bade the sons of Aaron, the priests, cause them to ascend upon the altar of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 29:22 (show verse)
So they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and dashed it against the altar, - and they slaughtered the rams, and dashed the blood against the altar, and slaughtered the young sheep, and dashed the blood against the altar.
2 Chronicles 29:23 (show verse)
And they brought near the he-goats for bearing sin, before the king, and the convocation, - and they leaned their hands upon them;
2 Chronicles 29:24 (show verse)
and the priests slaughtered them, and sin-cleansed, with their blood, the altar, to put a propitiatory-covering over all Israel,-because, for all Israel, did the king appoint the ascending-sacrifice and the offering for bearing sin.
2 Chronicles 29:25 (show verse)
And he caused the Levites to stand in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals and with harps and with lyres, by the commandment of David, and of Gad the seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet, - for, by the hand of Yahweh, came the commandment by the hand of his prophets.
2 Chronicles 29:26 (show verse)
So the Levites took their stand, with the instruments of David, and the priests, with the trumpets.
2 Chronicles 29:27 (show verse)
And Hezekiah gave word, to cause the ascending-sacrifice to go up on the altar, - and, when the ascending-sacrifice began, the singing unto Yahweh began, and the trumpets, even under the direction of the instruments of David, king of Israel.
2 Chronicles 29:28 (show verse)
And, all the convocation, were bowing themselves in prostration, and, the song, was resounding and the trumpets were blowing,-the whole, until the completing of the ascending-sacrifice.
2 Chronicles 29:29 (show verse)
And, when the offering was complete, the king knelt down and all who were present with him, and bowed themselves in prostration.
2 Chronicles 29:30 (show verse)
And Hezekiah the king and the rulers gave word to the Levites, to offer praise unto Yahweh, in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer, - so they offered praise right joyfully, and bent their heads and bowed themselves in prostration.
2 Chronicles 29:31 (show verse)
Then responded Hezekiah and said - Now, have ye consecrated yourselves unto Yahweh. Draw near, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings unto the house of Yahweh,-So the convocation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings, and, everyone of a willing heart, brought ascending-sacrifices.
2 Chronicles 29:32 (show verse)
And it came to pass that, the number of ascending-sacrifices which the convocation brought, was - seventy bullocks, and a hundred rams, and two hundred young sheep, - as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, all these.
2 Chronicles 29:33 (show verse)
But, the hallowed beasts, were six hundred bullocks, and three thousand sheep.
2 Chronicles 29:34 (show verse)
Only, the priests, were too few, and were unable to flay all the ascending-sacrifices, - so their brethren the Levites strengthened them, until the work was complete and until the priests had hallowed themselves, for, the Levites, were more upright in heart to hallow themselves, than the priests.
2 Chronicles 29:35 (show verse)
Moreover also, the ascending-sacrifices, were in abundance, with the fat portions of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings to every ascending-sacrifice,-thus was established the service of the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 29:36 (show verse)
And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because God had established it for the people, - for, suddenly, had the thing come about.