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Text -- 2 Chronicles 29:1-20 (NET)
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Hezekiah Consecrates the Temple
29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign , and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem . His mother was Abijah , the daughter of Zechariah .
29:2 He did what the Lord approved , just as his ancestor David had done .
29:3 In the first month of the first year of his reign , he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.
29:4 He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side.
29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites ! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors ! Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean !
29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful ; they did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned away from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him.
29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps ; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel .
29:8 The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn , as you can see with your own eyes .
29:9 Look , our fathers died violently and our sons , daughters , and wives were carried off because of this .
29:10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel , so that he may relent from his raging anger .
29:11 My sons , do not be negligent now , for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.”
29:12 The following Levites prepared to carry out the king’s orders: From the Kohathites : Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah ; from the Merarites : Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel ; from the Gershonites : Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah ;
29:13 from the descendants of Elizaphan : Shimri and Jeiel ; from the descendants of Asaph : Zechariah and Mattaniah ;
29:14 from the descendants of Heman : Jehiel and Shimei ; from the descendants of Jeduthun : Shemaiah and Uzziel .
29:15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple , just as the king had ordered , in accordance with the word of the Lord .
29:16 The priests then entered the Lord’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside . The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley .
29:17 On the first day of the first month they began consecrating ; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord’s temple. For eight more days they consecrated the Lord’s temple . On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished .
29:18 They went to King Hezekiah and said : “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord , including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment , and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment .
29:19 We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully . They are in front of the altar of the Lord .”
29:20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord’s temple .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Hezekiah |
Revivals |
Israel |
Liberality |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
Covenant |
Influence |
Dedication, Feast of the |
NAMES, PROPER |
Priest |
Levites |
Asaph |
Temple |
Uzziel |
Zechariah |
Zimmah |
Mahath |
Eden |
Abdi |
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