1Now Ezechias began to reign, when he was…
2And he did that which was pleasing in…
3In the first year and month of his…
4And he brought the priests and the Levites,…
5And he said to them: Hear me, ye…
6Our fathers have sinned and done evil in…
7They have shut up the doors that were…
8Therefore the wrath of the Lord hath been…
9Behold, our fathers are fallen by the sword,…
10Now therefore I have a mind that we…
11My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath…
12Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of…
13And of the sons of Elisaphan, Samri, and…
14And of the sons of Heman, Jahiel, and…
15And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified…
16And the priests went into the temple of…
17And they began to cleanse on the first…
18And they went is to king Ezechias, and…
19And all the furniture of the temple, which…
20And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all the…
21And they offered together seven bullocks, and seven…
22Therefore they killed the bullocks, and the priests…
23And they brought the he goats for sin…
24And the priests immolated them, and sprinkled their…
25And he set the Levites in the house…
26And the Levites stood, with the instruments of…
27And Ezechias commanded that they should offer holocausts…
28And all the multitude adored, and the singers,…
29And when the oblation was ended, the king,…
30And Ezechias and the princes commanded the Levites…
31And Ezechias added, and said: You have filled…
32And the number of the holocausts which the…
33And they consecrated to the Lord six hundred…
34But the priests were few, and were not…
35So there were many holocausts, and the fat…
36And Ezechias, and all the people rejoiced because…
