1Hezekiah[H3169] began to reign[H4427] when he was five[H2568] and twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121], and he reigned[H4427]nine[H8672] and twenty[H6242]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Abijah[H29], the daughter[H1323] of Zechariah[H2148].
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And he did[H6213] that which was right[H3477] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], according to all that David[H1732] his father[H1] had done[H6213].
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He in the first[H7223]year[H8141] of his reign[H4427], in the first[H7223]month[H2320], opened[H6605] the doors[H1817] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and repaired[H2388] them.
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And he brought in[H935] the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881], and gathered them together[H622] into the east[H4217]street[H7339],
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And said[H559] unto them, Hear[H8085] me, ye Levites[H3881], sanctify[H6942] now yourselves, and sanctify[H6942] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of your fathers[H1], and carry forth[H3318] the filthiness[H5079] out of the holy[H6944] place.
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For our fathers[H1] have trespassed[H4603], and done[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the eyes[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], and have forsaken[H5800] him, and have turned[H5414]away[H5437] their faces[H6440] from the habitation[H4908] of the LORD[H3068], and turned[H5414] their backs[H6203].
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Also they have shut up[H5462] the doors[H1817] of the porch[H197], and put out[H3518] the lamps[H5216], and have not burned[H6999]incense[H7004] nor offered[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] in the holy[H6944] place unto the God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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Wherefore the wrath[H7110] of the LORD[H3068] was upon Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and he hath delivered[H5414] them to trouble[H2189], to astonishment[H8047], and to hissing[H8322], as ye see[H7200] with your eyes[H5869].
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For, lo, our fathers[H1] have fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719], and our sons[H1121] and our daughters[H1323] and our wives[H802] are in captivity[H7628] for this.
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Now it is in mine heart[H3824] to make[H3772] a covenant[H1285] with the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], that his fierce[H2740]wrath[H639] may turn away[H7725] from us.
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My sons[H1121], be not now negligent[H7952]: for the LORD[H3068] hath chosen[H977] you to stand[H5975]before[H6440] him, to serve[H8334] him, and that ye should minister[H8334] unto him, and burn incense[H6999].
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Then the Levites[H3881]arose[H6965], Mahath[H4287] the son[H1121] of Amasai[H6022], and Joel[H3100] the son[H1121] of Azariah[H5838], of the sons[H1121] of the Kohathites[H6956]: and of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], Kish[H7027] the son[H1121] of Abdi[H5660], and Azariah[H5838] the son[H1121] of Jehalelel[H3094]: and of the Gershonites[H1649]; Joah[H3098] the son[H1121] of Zimmah[H2155], and Eden[H5731] the son[H1121] of Joah[H3098]:
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And of the sons[H1121] of Elizaphan[H469]; Shimri[H8113], and Jeiel[H3273]: and of the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623]; Zechariah[H2148], and Mattaniah[H4983]:
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And of the sons[H1121] of Heman[H1968]; Jehiel[H3171], and Shimei[H8096]: and of the sons[H1121] of Jeduthun[H3038]; Shemaiah[H8098], and Uzziel[H5816].
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And they gathered[H622] their brethren[H251], and sanctified[H6942] themselves, and came[H935], according to the commandment[H4687] of the king[H4428], by the words[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], to cleanse[H2891] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And the priests[H3548]went[H935] into the inner part[H6441] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], to cleanse[H2891] it, and brought out[H3318] all the uncleanness[H2932] that they found[H4672] in the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068] into the court[H2691] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]. And the Levites[H3881]took[H6901] it, to carry it out[H3318]abroad[H2351] into the brook[H5158]Kidron[H6939].
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Now they began[H2490] on the first[H259]day[H3117] of the first[H7223]month[H2320] to sanctify[H6942], and on the eighth[H8083]day[H3117] of the month[H2320]came[H935] they to the porch[H197] of the LORD[H3068]: so they sanctified[H6942] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] in eight[H8083]days[H3117]; and in the sixteenth[H8337]day[H3117] of the first[H7223]month[H2320] they made an end[H3615].
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Then they went[H935]in[H6441] to Hezekiah[H2396] the king[H4428], and said[H559], We have cleansed[H2891] all the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the altar[H4196] of burnt offering[H5930], with all the vessels[H3627] thereof, and the shewbread[H4635]table[H7979], with all the vessels[H3627] thereof.
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Moreover all the vessels[H3627], which king[H4428]Ahaz[H271] in his reign[H4438] did cast away[H2186] in his transgression[H4604], have we prepared[H3559] and sanctified[H6942], and, behold, they are before[H6440] the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068].
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Then Hezekiah[H3169] the king[H4428] rose early[H7925], and gathered[H622] the rulers[H8269] of the city[H5892], and went up[H5927] to the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And they brought[H935]seven[H7651]bullocks[H6499], and seven[H7651]rams[H352], and seven[H7651]lambs[H3532], and seven[H7651]he[H6842]goats[H5795], for a sin offering[H2403] for the kingdom[H4467], and for the sanctuary[H4720], and for Judah[H3063]. And he[H6842]commanded[H559] the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175] to offer[H5927] them on the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068].
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So they killed[H7819] the bullocks[H1241], and the priests[H3548]received[H6901] the blood[H1818], and sprinkled[H2236] it on the altar[H4196]: likewise, when they had killed[H7819] the rams[H352], they sprinkled[H2236] the blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196]: they killed[H7819] also the lambs[H3532], and they sprinkled[H2236] the blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196].
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And they brought forth[H5066] the he goats[H8163] for the sin offering[H2403]before[H6440] the king[H4428] and the congregation[H6951]; and they laid[H5564] their hands[H3027] upon them:
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And the priests[H3548]killed[H7819] them, and they made reconciliation[H2398] with their blood[H1818] upon the altar[H4196], to make an atonement[H3722] for all Israel[H3478]: for the king[H4428]commanded[H559] that the burnt offering[H5930] and the sin offering[H2403] should be made for all Israel[H3478].
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And he set[H5975] the Levites[H3881] in the house[H1004]of[H3027] the LORD[H3068] with cymbals[H4700], with psalteries[H5035], and with harps[H3658], according to the commandment[H4687]of[H3027]David[H1732], and of[H3027]Gad[H1410] the king's seer[H2374], and Nathan[H5416] the prophet[H5030]: for so was the commandment[H4687]of[H3027] the LORD[H3068]by[H3027] his prophets[H5030].
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And the Levites[H3881]stood[H5975] with the instruments[H3627] of David[H1732], and the priests[H3548] with the trumpets[H2689].
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And Hezekiah[H2396]commanded[H559] to offer[H5927] the burnt offering[H5930] upon the altar[H4196]. And when[H6256] the burnt offering[H5930]began[H2490], the song[H7892] of the LORD[H3068]began[H2490] also with the trumpets[H2689], and with the instruments[H3627] ordained by[H3027]David[H1732]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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And all the congregation[H6951]worshipped[H7812], and the singers[H7892]sang[H7891], and the trumpeters[H2689]sounded[H2690]: and all this continued until the burnt offering[H5930] was finished[H3615].
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And when they had made an end[H3615] of offering[H5927], the king[H4428] and all that were present[H4672] with him bowed[H3766] themselves, and worshipped[H7812].
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Moreover Hezekiah[H3169] the king[H4428] and the princes[H8269]commanded[H559] the Levites[H3881] to sing praise[H1984] unto the LORD[H3068] with the words[H1697] of David[H1732], and of Asaph[H623] the seer[H2374]. And they sang praises[H1984] with gladness[H8057], and they bowed their heads[H6915] and worshipped[H7812].
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Then Hezekiah[H3169]answered[H6030] and said[H559], Now ye have consecrated[H4390] yourselves unto the LORD[H3068], come near[H5066] and bring[H935]sacrifices[H2077] and thank offerings[H8426] into the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]. And the congregation[H6951] brought in[H935]sacrifices[H2077] and thank offerings[H5930]; and as many as were of a free[H5081]heart[H3820] burnt offerings[H5930].
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And the number[H4557] of the burnt offerings[H5930], which the congregation[H6951]brought[H935], was threescore and ten[H7657]bullocks[H1241], an hundred[H3967]rams[H352], and two hundred[H3967]lambs[H3532]: all these were for a burnt offering[H5930] to the LORD[H3068].
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And the consecrated things[H6944] were six[H8337]hundred[H3967]oxen[H1241] and three[H7969]thousand[H505]sheep[H6629].
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But the priests[H3548] were too few[H4592], so that they could[H3201] not flay[H6584] all the burnt offerings[H5930]: wherefore their brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881] did help[H2388] them, till the work[H4399] was ended[H3615], and until the other priests[H3548] had sanctified[H6942] themselves: for the Levites[H3881] were more upright[H3477] in heart[H3824] to sanctify[H6942] themselves than the priests[H3548].
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And also the burnt offerings[H5930] were in abundance[H7230], with the fat[H2459] of the peace offerings[H8002], and the drink offerings[H5262] for every burnt offering[H5930]. So the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] was set in order[H3559].
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And Hezekiah[H3169]rejoiced[H8055], and all the people[H5971], that God[H430] had prepared[H3559] the people[H5971]: for the thing[H1697] was done suddenly[H6597].