Verse 1
2 Chronicles 29:1
Free Bible Version
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Hezekiah was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ מָלַ֗ךְ בֶּן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְ/חָמֵשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָ/תֵ֨שַׁע֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ/שֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔/וֹ אֲבִיָּ֖ה בַּת זְכַרְיָֽהוּ
English Translation
Hezekiah became king at the age of twenty-five and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
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Chapter 29 Context
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Hezekiah was twenty-five when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years. His...
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He did what was right in the Lord's sight, just as his forefather David had done.
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In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened the doors of the Lord's Temple an...
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He summoned the priests and the Levites, and had them gather on the square to the east.
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He told them, “Listen to me, Levites. Purify yourselves now and purify the Temple of the Lord, the G...
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For our fathers were sinful, and did what was evil in the Lord's sight. They abandoned him and paid...
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They shut the doors at the entrance to the Temple and put out the lamps. They didn't burn incense or...
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So the Lord's anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem, and he made them into something appalling, terrifyi...
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As a result, our fathers have died in battle, and our sons and our daughters and our wives have been...
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But now I'm going to make an agreement with the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, so that his fierce...
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My sons, don't neglect your responsibilities, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence t...
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Then the Levites went to work. They were Mahath, son of Amasai, and Joel, son of Azariah, from the K...
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from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
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from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
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They called together the other Levites and all of them purified themselves. Then they went in to cle...
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The priests went into the inner sanctuary of the Lord's Temple to clean it. They removed all the unc...
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They started the work of purification on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of...
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Then they went in to tell King Hezekiah, “We have cleaned the entire Temple of the Lord, the altar o...
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We have recovered and purified all the items that King Ahaz threw away during his reign when he was...
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King Hezekiah got up early, summoned the city officials, and went to the Lord's Temple.
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They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for t...
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So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed...
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Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who placed their...
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Then the priests killed the goats and placed their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make at...
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Hezekiah had the Levites stand in the Lord's Temple with cymbals, harps, and lyres, following the in...
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The Levites stood with the musical instruments provided by David, with the priests holding their tru...
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Then Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be offered on the altar. As the burnt offerin...
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All the people in the assembly were worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were pl...
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Once the offerings were completed, the king and everyone there with him bowed down and worshiped.
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Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord using the words...
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Then Hezekiah told them, “Now that you have dedicated yourselves to the Lord, come and bring your sa...
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The total number of burnt offerings they brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred...
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Since there weren't enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite relatives helped th...
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Apart from the large number of burnt offerings, there was the fat of the friendship offerings, as we...
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Hezekiah and everyone there were so happy at what God (Elohim) done for the people, because everythi...
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