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Text -- 2 Chronicles 29:8-36 (NET)
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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 .
29:21 They brought seven bulls , seven rams , seven lambs , and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom , the sanctuary , and Judah . The king told the priests , the descendants of Aaron , to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord .
29:22 They slaughtered the bulls , and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar . Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar ; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar .
29:23 Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly , and they placed their hands on them.
29:24 Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel , because the king had decreed that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel .
29:25 King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments , just as David , Gad the king’s prophet , and Nathan the prophet had ordered . (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets .)
29:26 The Levites had David’s musical instruments and the priests had trumpets .
29:27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar . As they began to offer the sacrifice , they also began to sing to the Lord , accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel .
29:28 The entire assembly worshiped , as the singers sang and the trumpeters played . They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed .
29:29 When the sacrifices were completed , the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped .
29:30 King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord , using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet . So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped .
29:31 Hezekiah said , “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord . Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord’s temple .” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings , and whoever desired to do so brought burnt sacrifices .
29:32 The assembly brought a total of 70 bulls , 100 rams , and 200 lambs as burnt sacrifices to the Lord ,
29:33 and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated .
29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals , so their brothers , the Levites , helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests .)
29:35 There was a large number of burnt sacrifices , as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices . So the service of the Lord’s temple was reinstituted .
29:36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them , for it had been done quickly .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Hezekiah |
Liberality |
Israel |
HEZEKIAH (2) |
NAMES, PROPER |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
Revivals |
Influence |
Dedication, Feast of the |
Covenant |
Levites |
Asaph |
Priest |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
Altar |
Temple |
Music |
David |
Uzziel |
Burnt offering |
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NET Notes -> 2Ch 29:8; 2Ch 29:9; 2Ch 29:9; 2Ch 29:10; 2Ch 29:10; 2Ch 29:11; 2Ch 29:12; 2Ch 29:15; 2Ch 29:16; 2Ch 29:17; 2Ch 29:21; 2Ch 29:21; 2Ch 29:24; 2Ch 29:25; 2Ch 29:25; 2Ch 29:26; 2Ch 29:30; 2Ch 29:30; 2Ch 29:31; 2Ch 29:31; 2Ch 29:31; 2Ch 29:32; 2Ch 29:33; 2Ch 29:34; 2Ch 29:34; 2Ch 29:35; 2Ch 29:36; 2Ch 29:36; 2Ch 29:36
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NET Notes: 2Ch 29:10 Heb “so that the rage of his anger might turn from us.” The jussive with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the prec...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 29:21 Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 29:32 Heb “and the number of burnt sacrifices which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, two hundred lambs; for a burnt sacrifice...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 29:33 The Hebrew term צֹאן (ts’on) denotes smaller livestock in general; depending on context it can refer to sheep only or go...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 29:34 Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”
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