29:1 Hezekiah
began
to
reign
when
he
was
twenty-five
years
old,
and
he
reigned
twenty-nine
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother's
name
was
Abijah
the
daughter
of
Zechariah.
29:2 And
he
did
what
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
LORD,
according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
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.
29:4 He
brought
in
the
priests
and
the
Levites
and
assembled
them
in
the
square
on
the
east
29:5 and
said
to
them,
"Hear
me,
Levites!
Now
consecrate
yourselves,
and
consecrate
the
house
of
the
LORD,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
and
carry
out
the
filth
from
the
Holy
Place.
29:6 For
our
fathers
have
been
unfaithful
and
have
done
what
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
LORD
our
God.
They
have
forsaken
him
and
have
turned
away
their
faces
from
the
habitation
of
the
LORD
and
turned
their
backs.
29:7 They
also
shut
the
doors
of
the
vestibule
and
put
out
the
lamps
and
have
not
burned
incense
or
offered
burnt
offerings
in
the
Holy
Place
to
the
God
of
Israel.
29:8 Therefore
the
wrath
of
the
LORD
came
on
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
he
has
made
them
an
object
of
horror,
of
astonishment,
and
of
hissing,
as
you
see
with
your
own
eyes.
29:9 For
behold,
our
fathers
have
fallen
by
the
sword,
and
our
sons
and
our
daughters
and
our
wives
are
in
captivity
for
this.
29:10 Now
it
is
in
my
heart
to
make
a
covenant
with
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
in
order
that
his
fierce
anger
may
turn
away
from
us.
29:11 My
sons,
do
not
now
be
negligent,
for
the
LORD
has
chosen
you
to
stand
in
his
presence,
to
minister
to
him
and
to
be
his
ministers
and
make
offerings
to
him."
29:12 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;
29:13 and
of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shimri
and
Jeuel;
and
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
Zechariah
and
Mattaniah;
29:14 and
of
the
sons
of
Heman,
Jehuel
and
Shimei;
and
of
the
sons
of
Jeduthun,
Shemaiah
and
Uzziel.
29:15 They
gathered
their
brothers
and
consecrated
themselves
and
went
in
as
the
king
had
commanded,
by
the
words
of
the
LORD,
to
cleanse
the
house
of
the
LORD.
29:16 The
priests
went
into
the
inner
part
of
the
house
of
the
LORD
to
cleanse
it,
and
they
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
and
carried
it
out
to
the
brook
Kidron.
29:17 They
began
to
consecrate
on
the
first
day
of
the
first
month,
and
on
the
eighth
day
of
the
month
they
came
to
the
vestibule
of
the
LORD.
Then
for
eight
days
they
consecrated
the
house
of
the
LORD,
and
on
the
sixteenth
day
of
the
first
month
they
finished.
29:18 Then
they
went
in
to
Hezekiah
the
king
and
said,
"We
have
cleansed
all
the
house
of
the
LORD,
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
and
all
its
utensils,
and
the
table
for
the
showbread
and
all
its
utensils.
29:19 All
the
utensils
that
King
Ahaz
discarded
in
his
reign
when
he
was
faithless,
we
have
made
ready
and
consecrated,
and
behold,
they
are
before
the
altar
of
the
LORD."
29:20 Then
Hezekiah
the
king
rose
early
and
gathered
the
officials
of
the
city
and
went
up
to
the
house
of
the
LORD.
29:21 And
they
brought
seven
bulls,
seven
rams,
seven
lambs,
and
seven
male
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.
29:22 So
they
slaughtered
the
bulls,
and
the
priests
received
the
blood
and
threw
it
against
the
altar.
And
they
slaughtered
the
rams,
and
their
blood
was
thrown
against
the
altar.
And
they
slaughtered
the
lambs,
and
their
blood
was
thrown
against
the
altar.
29:23 Then
the
goats
for
the
sin
offering
were
brought
to
the
king
and
the
assembly,
and
they
laid
their
hands
on
them,
29:24 and
the
priests
slaughtered
them
and
made
a
sin
offering
with
their
blood
on
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.
29:25 And
he
stationed
the
Levites
in
the
house
of
the
LORD
with
cymbals,
harps,
and
lyres,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David
and
of
Gad
the
king's
seer
and
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
for
the
commandment
was
from
the
LORD
through
his
prophets.
29:26 The
Levites
stood
with
the
instruments
of
David,
and
the
priests
with
the
trumpets.
29:27 Then
Hezekiah
commanded
that
the
burnt
offering
be
offered
on
the
altar.
And
when
the
burnt
offering
began,
the
song
to
the
LORD
began
also,
and
the
trumpets,
accompanied
by
the
instruments
of
David
king
of
Israel.
29:28 The
whole
assembly
worshiped,
and
the
singers
sang,
and
the
trumpeters
sounded.
All
this
continued
until
the
burnt
offering
was
finished.
29:29 When
the
offering
was
finished,
the
king
and
all
who
were
present
with
him
bowed
themselves
and
worshiped.
29:30 And
Hezekiah
the
king
and
the
officials
commanded
the
Levites
to
sing
praises
to
the
LORD
with
the
words
of
David
and
of
Asaph
the
seer.
And
they
sang
praises
with
gladness,
and
they
bowed
down
and
worshiped.
29:31 Then
Hezekiah
said,
"You
have
now
consecrated
yourselves
to
the
LORD.
Come
near;
bring
sacrifices
and
thank
offerings
to
the
house
of
the
LORD."
And
the
assembly
brought
sacrifices
and
thank
offerings,
and
all
who
were
of
a
willing
heart
brought
burnt
offerings.
29:32 The
number
of
the
burnt
offerings
that
the
assembly
brought
was
70
bulls,
100
rams,
and
200
lambs;
all
these
were
for
a
burnt
offering
to
the
LORD.
29:33 And
the
consecrated
offerings
were
600
bulls
and
3,000
sheep.
29:34 But
the
priests
were
too
few
and
could
not
flay
all
the
burnt
offerings,
so
until
other
priests
had
consecrated
themselves,
their
brothers
the
Levites
helped
them,
until
the
work
was
finished--for
the
Levites
were
more
upright
in
heart
than
the
priests
in
consecrating
themselves.
29:35 Besides
the
great
number
of
burnt
offerings,
there
was
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings,
and
there
were
the
drink
offerings
for
the
burnt
offerings.
Thus
the
service
of
the
house
of
the
LORD
was
restored.
29:36 And
Hezekiah
and
all
the
people
rejoiced
because
God
had
prepared
for
the
people,
for
the
thing
came
about
suddenly.