Dual Panel1Hezekiah <02396> was twenty-five <02568> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>, and he reigned <04427> twenty-nine <08672> <06242> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Abijah <029>, the daughter <01323> of Zechariah <02148>.
2He did <06213> what <03605> the Lord <03068> approved <05869> <03477>, just as <0834> his ancestor <01> David <01732> had done <06213>.
3In the first <07223> month <02320> of the first <07223> year <08141> of his reign <04427>, he <01931> opened <06605> the doors <01817> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and repaired <02388> them.
4He brought <0935> in the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> and assembled <0622> them in the square <07339> on the east <04217> side.
5He said <0559> to them: “Listen <08085> to me, you Levites <03881>! Now <06258> consecrate <06942> yourselves, so you can consecrate <06942> the temple <01004> of the Lord <03068> God <0430> of your ancestors <01>! Remove <03318> from <04480> the sanctuary <06944> what is ceremonially unclean <05079>!
6For <03588> our fathers <01> were unfaithful <04603>; they did <06213> what is evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> our God <0430> and abandoned <05800> him! They turned away <05437> from the Lord’s <03068> dwelling place <04908> and rejected <06203> <05414> him.
7They closed <05462> the doors <01817> of the temple porch <0197> and put out <03518> the lamps <05216>; they did not <03808> offer <06999> incense <07004> or <03808> burnt sacrifices <05930> in the sanctuary <06944> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
8The Lord <03068> was angry <07110> at Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> and made <05414> them an appalling object <02113> of horror <08047> at which people hiss out <08322> their scorn <08322>, as you <0859> can see <07200> with your own eyes <05869>.
9Look <02009>, our fathers <01> died <05307> violently <02719> and our sons <01121>, daughters <01323>, and wives <0802> were carried off <07628> because <05921> of this <02063>.
10Now <06258> I intend <03824> <05973> to make <03772> a covenant <01285> with the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, so that he may relent <07725> from <04480> his raging <02740> anger <0639>.
11My sons <01121>, do not <0408> be negligent <07952> now <06258>, for <03588> the Lord <03069> has chosen <0970> you to serve <08334> in his presence <06440> and offer <06999> sacrifices.”
12The following Levites <03881> prepared <06965> to carry out the king’s orders: From <04480> the Kohathites <06956> <01121>: Mahath <04287> son <01121> of Amasai <06022> and Joel <03100> son <01121> of Azariah <05838>; from <04480> the Merarites <04847> <01121>: Kish <07027> son <01121> of Abdi <05660> and Azariah <05838> son <01121> of Jehallelel <03094>; from <04480> the Gershonites <01649>: Joah <03098> son <01121> of Zimmah <02155> and Eden <05731> son <01121> of Joah <03098>;
13from <04480> the descendants <01121> of Elizaphan <0469>: Shimri <08113> and Jeiel <03273>; from <04480> the descendants <01121> of Asaph <0623>: Zechariah <02148> and Mattaniah <04983>;
14from <04480> the descendants <01121> of Heman <01968>: Jehiel <03171> and Shimei <08096>; from <04480> the descendants <01121> of Jeduthun <03038>: Shemaiah <08098> and Uzziel <05816>.
15They assembled <0622> their brothers <0251> and consecrated <06942> themselves. Then they went <0935> in to purify <02891> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, just as the king <04428> had ordered <04687>, in accordance with the word <01697> of the Lord <03068>.
16The priests <03548> then entered <06441> <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> to purify <02891> it; they brought out <03318> to the <0853> courtyard <02691> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01964> every <03605> ceremonially unclean thing <02932> they discovered <04672> inside <03068> <01004>. The Levites <03881> took <06901> them out <03318> to the Kidron <06939> Valley <05158>.
17On the first <0259> day of the first <07223> month <02320> they began <02490> consecrating <06942>; by the eighth <08083> day <03117> of the month <02320> they reached <0935> the porch <0197> of the Lord’s <03068> temple. For eight <08083> more days <03117> they consecrated <06942> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. On the sixteenth <06240> <08337> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320> they were finished <03615>.
18They went <0935> to <0413> King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and said <0559>: “We have purified <02891> the <0853> entire <03605> temple <01004> of the Lord <03068>, including the <0853> altar <04196> of burnt sacrifice <05930> and all <03605> its equipment <03627>, and the <0853> table <07979> for the Bread of the Presence <04635> and all <03605> its equipment <03627>.
19We have prepared <03559> and consecrated <06942> all <03605> the items <03627> that <0834> King <04428> Ahaz <0271> removed <02186> during his reign <04438> when he acted unfaithfully <04604>. They are in front of <06440> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068>.”
20Early <07925> the next morning King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> assembled <0622> the city <05892> officials <08269> and went up <05927> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.
21They brought <0935> seven <07651> bulls <06499>, seven <07651> rams <0352>, seven <07651> lambs <03532>, and seven <07651> goats <05795> <06842> as a sin offering <02403> for <05921> the kingdom <04467>, the sanctuary <04720>, and Judah <03063>. The king told <0559> the priests <03548>, the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, to offer <05927> burnt sacrifices on <05921> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068>.
22They slaughtered <07819> the bulls <01241>, and the priests <03548> took <06901> the blood <01818> and splashed <02236> it on the altar <04196>. Then they slaughtered <07819> the rams <0352> and splashed <02236> the blood <01818> on the altar <04196>; next they slaughtered <07819> the lambs <03532> and splashed <02236> the blood <01818> on the altar <04196>.
23Finally they brought <05066> the goats <08163> for the sin offering <02403> before <06440> the king <04428> and the assembly <06951>, and they placed <05564> their hands <03027> on <05921> them.
24Then the priests <03548> slaughtered <07819> them. They offered <02398> their blood <01818> as a sin offering <02398> on <05921> the altar <04196> to make atonement <03722> for all <03605> Israel <03478>, because <03588> the king <04428> had decreed <0559> that the burnt sacrifice <05930> and sin offering <02403> were for all <03605> Israel <03478>.
25King Hezekiah stationed <05975> the Levites <03881> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> with cymbals <04700> and stringed instruments <03658> <05035>, just as David <01732>, Gad <01410> the king’s <04428> prophet <02374>, and Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030> had ordered <04687>. (The Lord <03068> had actually given these orders <04687> through <03027> his prophets <05030>.)
26The Levites <03881> had <05975> David’s <01732> musical instruments <03627> and the priests <03548> had trumpets <02689>.
27Hezekiah <02396> ordered <0559> the burnt sacrifice <05930> to be offered <05927> on the altar <04196>. As <06256> they began <02490> to offer the sacrifice <05930>, they also began <02490> to sing <07892> to the Lord <03068>, accompanied <05921> by <03027> the trumpets <02689> and the musical instruments <03627> of King <04428> David <01732> of Israel <03478>.
28The entire <03605> assembly <06951> worshiped <07812>, as the singers <07892> sang <07891> and the trumpeters <02689> played <02690>. They continued until <05704> the burnt sacrifice <05930> was completed <03615>.
29When the sacrifices <05927> were completed <03615>, the king <04428> and all <03605> who were <04672> with <0854> him bowed down <03766> and worshiped <07812>.
30King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and the officials <08269> told <0559> the Levites <03881> to praise <01984> the Lord <03068>, using the psalms <01697> of David <01732> and Asaph <0623> the prophet <02374>. So <05704> they joyfully <08057> offered praise <01984> and bowed down <06915> and worshiped <07812>.
31Hezekiah <02396> said <0559>, “Now <06258> you have consecrated <04390> yourselves to the Lord <03068>. Come <05066> and bring <0935> sacrifices <02077> and thank offerings <08426> to the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>.” So the assembly <06951> brought <0935> sacrifices <02077> and thank offerings <08426>, and whoever <03605> desired to do so brought burnt sacrifices <05930>.
32The assembly <06951> brought <0935> a total <04557> of 70 <07657> bulls <01241>, 100 <03967> rams <0352>, and 200 <03967> lambs <03532> as burnt sacrifices <05930> to the Lord <03068>,
33and 600 <03967> <08337> bulls <01241> and 3,000 <0505> <07969> sheep <06629> were consecrated <06942>.
34But <07535> there were <01961> not <03201> <03808> enough <04592> priests <03548> to skin <06584> all <03605> the animals <05930>, so their brothers <0251>, the Levites <03881>, helped <02388> them until <05704> the work <04399> was finished <03615> and the priests <03548> could consecrate <06942> themselves. (The Levites <03881> had been more conscientious <03824> <03477> about consecrating <06942> themselves than the priests <03548>.)
35There was a large number <07230> of burnt sacrifices <05930>, as well as <01571> fat <02459> from the peace offerings <08002> and drink offerings <05262> that accompanied the burnt sacrifices <05930>. So the service <05656> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> was reinstituted <03559>.
36Hezekiah <02396> and all <03605> the people <05971> were happy <08055> about <05921> what God <0430> had done <03559> for them <05971>, for <03588> it <01697> had been done <01961> quickly <06597>.