2 Chronicles 15:8

15:8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. 1  He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord’s temple. 2 

2 Chronicles 29:18

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.

2 Chronicles 29:21

29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. 3  The king 4  told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord.

1 tn Heb “strengthened himself.”

2 tn Heb “the porch of the Lord.”

3 sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.

4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.