1Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five…
2He did that which was right in the…
3In the first year of his reign, in…
4He brought in the priests and the Levites…
5and said to them, “Listen to me, you…
6For our fathers were unfaithful, and have done…
7Also they have shut up the doors of…
8Therefore the LORD’s wrath was on Judah and…
9For behold, our fathers have fallen by the…
10Now it is in my heart to make…
11My sons, don’t be negligent now; for the…
12Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of…
13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and…
14and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and…
15They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went…
16The priests went into the inner part of…
17Now they began on the first day of…
18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king…
19Moreover, we have prepared and sanctified all the…
20Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the…
21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs,…
22So they killed the bulls, and the priests…
23They brought near the male goats for the…
24Then the priests killed them, and they made…
25He set the Levites in the LORD’s house…
26The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the…
27Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering…
28All the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and…
29When they had finished offering, the king and…
30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded…
31Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves…
32The number of the burnt offerings which the…
33The consecrated things were six hundred head of…
34But the priests were too few, so that…
35Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with…
36Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of…
