<vn='1'><sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> began to <sn="4427">reign</s> when he was <sn="2568">five</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s><sn="1121">old</s>, and he <sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8672">nine</s> and <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="8141">years</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. And his <sn="517">mother</s> 's <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="29">Abijah</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="6213">did</s> that which was <sn="3477">right</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1732">David</s> his <sn="1">father</s> had <sn="6213">done</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1931">He</s> in the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="8141">year</s> of his <sn="4427">reign</s>, in the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="2388">repaired</s> them. </v>
<vn='4'>And he brought <sn="935">in</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and gathered them <sn="622">together</s> into the <sn="4217">east</s><sn="7339">street</s>, </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="8085">Hear</s> me, ye <sn="3881">Levites</s>, sanctify now <sn="6942 6258">yourselves</s>, and <sn="6942">sanctify</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>, and carry <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5079">filthiness</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="6944">holy</s> place. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> our <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="4603">trespassed</s>, and <sn="6213">done</s> that which was <sn="7451">evil</s> in the <sn="5869">eyes</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, and have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> him, and have turned <sn="5437">away</s> their <sn="6440">faces</s> from the <sn="4480 4908">habitation</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5414">turned</s> their <sn="6203">backs</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1571">Also</s> they have shut <sn="5462">up</s> the <sn="1817">doors</s> of the <sn="197">porch</s>, and put <sn="3518">out</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5216">lamps</s>, and have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6999">burned</s><sn="7004">incense</s><sn="3808">nor</s><sn="5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> in the <sn="6944">holy</s> place unto the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Wherefore the <sn="7110">wrath</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and he hath <sn="5414">delivered</s> them to <sn="2189">trouble</s>, to <sn="8047">astonishment</s>, and to <sn="8322">hissing</s>, <sn="834">as</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="7200">see</s> with your <sn="5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>For, <sn="2009">lo</s>, our <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="5307">fallen</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and our <sn="1121">sons</s> and our <sn="1323">daughters</s> and our <sn="802">wives</s> are in <sn="7628">captivity</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2063">this</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="6258">Now</s> it is <sn="5973">in</s> mine <sn="3824">heart</s> to <sn="3772">make</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s> with the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that his <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">wrath</s> may turn <sn="7725">away</s><sn="4480">from</s> us. </v>
<vn='11'>My <sn="1121">sons</s>, be <sn="408">not</s><sn="6258">now</s><sn="7952">negligent</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="977">chosen</s> you to <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s> him, to <sn="8334">serve</s> him, and that ye should <sn="1961 8334">minister</s> unto him, and burn <sn="6999">incense</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, <sn="4287">Mahath</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6022">Amasai</s>, and <sn="3100">Joel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5838">Azariah</s>, <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of the <sn="6956">Kohathites</s>: and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="4847">Merari</s>, <sn="7027">Kish</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5660">Abdi</s>, and <sn="5838">Azariah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3094">Jehalelel</s>: and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1649">Gershonites</s>; <sn="3098">Joah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2155">Zimmah</s>, and <sn="5731">Eden</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3098">Joah</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="469">Elizaphan</s>; <sn="8113">Shimri</s>, and <sn="3273">Jeiel</s>: and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s>; <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and <sn="4983">Mattaniah</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="1968">Heman</s>; <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="8096">Shimei</s>: and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3038">Jeduthun</s>; <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, and <sn="5816">Uzziel</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And they <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="251">brethren</s>, and sanctified <sn="6942">themselves</s>, and <sn="935">came</s>, according to the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s>, by the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="2891">cleanse</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="935">went</s> into the inner <sn="6441">part</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, to <sn="2891">cleanse</s> it, and brought <sn="3318">out</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2932">uncleanness</s><sn="834">that</s> they <sn="4672">found</s> in the <sn="1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> into the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="6901">took</s> it, to carry it <sn="3318">out</s><sn="2351">abroad</s> into the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="6939">Kidron</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Now they <sn="2490">began</s> on the <sn="259">first</s> day of the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s> to <sn="6942">sanctify</s>, and on the <sn="8083">eighth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="2320">month</s><sn="935">came</s> they to the <sn="197">porch</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: so they <sn="6942">sanctified</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="3117">days</s>; and in the <sn="8337 6240">sixteenth</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s> they made an <sn="3615">end</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then they <sn="935">went</s><sn="6441">in</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, We have <sn="2891">cleansed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="4196">altar</s> of burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> thereof, and the <sn="4635">shewbread</s><sn="7979">table</s>, with <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='19'>Moreover <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3627">vessels</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="271">Ahaz</s> in his <sn="4438">reign</s> did cast <sn="2186">away</s> in his <sn="4604">transgression</s>, have we <sn="3559">prepared</s> and <sn="6942">sanctified</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Then <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> rose <sn="7925">early</s>, and <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">rulers</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, and went <sn="5927">up</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And they <sn="935">brought</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="6499">bullocks</s>, and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="352">rams</s>, and <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3532">lambs</s>, and <sn="7651">seven</s> he <sn="6842 5795">goats</s>, for a sin <sn="2403">offering</s><sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="4467">kingdom</s>, and <sn="5921">for</s> the <sn="4720">sanctuary</s>, and <sn="5921">for</s><sn="3063">Judah</s>. And he <sn="559">commanded</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s> to <sn="5927">offer</s> them <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>So they <sn="7819">killed</s> the <sn="1241">bullocks</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="6901">received</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1818">blood</s>, and <sn="2236">sprinkled</s> it on the <sn="4196">altar</s>: likewise, when they had <sn="7819">killed</s> the <sn="352">rams</s>, they <sn="2236">sprinkled</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> upon the <sn="4196">altar</s>: they <sn="7819">killed</s> also the <sn="3532">lambs</s>, and they <sn="2236">sprinkled</s> the <sn="1818">blood</s> upon the <sn="4196">altar</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And they brought <sn="5066">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the he <sn="8163">goats</s> for the sin <sn="2403">offering</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and the <sn="6951">congregation</s>; and they <sn="5564">laid</s> their <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them: </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="7819">killed</s> them, and they made <sn="2398">reconciliation</s><sn="854">with</s> their <sn="1818">blood</s> upon the <sn="4196">altar</s>, to make an <sn="3722">atonement</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">commanded</s> that the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> and the sin <sn="2403">offering</s> should be made for <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And he <sn="5975">set</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="4700">cymbals</s>, with <sn="5035">psalteries</s>, and with <sn="3658">harps</s>, according to the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and of <sn="1410">Gad</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2374">seer</s>, and <sn="5416">Nathan</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> so was the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="3027">by</s> his <sn="5030">prophets</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="5975">stood</s> with the <sn="3627">instruments</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s> with the <sn="2689">trumpets</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="559">commanded</s> to <sn="5927">offer</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> upon the <sn="4196">altar</s>. And <sn="6256">when</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s><sn="2490">began</s>, the <sn="7892">song</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2490">began</s> also with the <sn="2689">trumpets</s>, and <sn="5921">with</s> the <sn="3027 3627">instruments</s> ordained by <sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="7812">worshiped</s>, and the <sn="7892">singers</s><sn="7891">sang</s>, and the <sn="2689">trumpeters</s><sn="2690">sounded</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> this continued <sn="5704">until</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> was <sn="3615">finished</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And when they had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="5927">offering</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="3766">bowed</s> themselves, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>Moreover <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> and the <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="559">commanded</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> to sing <sn="1984">praise</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and of <sn="623">Asaph</s> the <sn="2374">seer</s>. And they sang <sn="1984">praises</s><sn="5704">with</s><sn="8057">gladness</s>, and they bowed their <sn="6915">heads</s> and <sn="7812">worshiped</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>Then <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6258">Now</s> ye have <sn="4390 3027">consecrated</s> yourselves unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, come <sn="5066">near</s> and <sn="935">bring</s><sn="2077">sacrifices</s> and thank <sn="8426">offerings</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And the <sn="6951">congregation</s> brought <sn="935">in</s><sn="2077">sacrifices</s> and thank <sn="8426">offerings</s>; and as many <sn="3605">as</s> were of a <sn="5081">free</s><sn="3820">heart</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And the <sn="4557">number</s> of the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="935">brought</s>, <sn="1961">was</s> threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="1241">bullocks</s>, a <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="352">rams</s>, and two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3532">lambs</s>: <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> were for a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> to the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>And the consecrated <sn="6944">things</s> were <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="1241">oxen</s> and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="7535">But</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="1961">were</s> too <sn="4592">few</s>, so that they <sn="3201">could</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="6584">flay</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>: wherefore their <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> did <sn="2388">help</s> them, <sn="5704">till</s> the <sn="4399">work</s> was <sn="3615">ended</s>, and <sn="5704">until</s> the other <sn="3548">priests</s> had sanctified <sn="6942">themselves</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s> were more <sn="3477">upright</s> in <sn="3824">heart</s> to sanctify <sn="6942">themselves</s> than the <sn="4480 3548">priests</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="1571">also</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> were in <sn="7230">abundance</s>, with the <sn="2459">fat</s> of the peace <sn="8002">offerings</s>, and the drink <sn="5262">offerings</s> for every burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>. So the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was set in <sn="3559">order</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And <sn="3169">Hezekiah</s><sn="8055">rejoiced</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="5921">that</s><sn="430">God</s> had <sn="3559">prepared</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1697">thing</s><sn="1961">was</s> done <sn="6597">suddenly</s>. </v>