II Chronicles 29 Hezekiah Reestablishes the Worship of God

 II Chronicles 29

Hezekiah Reestablishes the Worship of God

20 Then King Hezekiah rose early in the morning, gathered together the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah, and commanded Aaron's sons, the priests, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

22 And they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar; they also killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar; and they killed the lambs in the same way, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

23 Then they brought the goats for a sin offering before the king and the congregation, and laid their hands on them.

 24 And the priests killed them, and with their blood they made atonement for sin on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel: for the king had commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. 

25 And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet: for the commandment came from the LORD by the hand of his prophets. 

26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 

27 And Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar: and at the time that the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 

28 And the whole congregation bowed down, when they sang the song, and the trumpets blew; all this until the burnt offering was finished.

29 And when he had finished offering it, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.

30 Then King Hezekiah and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they praised with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

31 And Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have gathered yourselves together unto the Lord: come near, and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and everyone whose heart was willing brought burnt offerings. 

32 The number of burnt offerings that the congregation brought was seventy oxen, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all this was a burnt offering to the Lord. 

33 There were also six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep of the holy things. 

34 But the priests were too few, and could not skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brethren the Levites helped them until the work was finished, and until the other priests had consecrated themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to consecrate themselves than the priests. 

35 There was also an abundance of burnt offerings, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offering for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was established. 

36 And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because God had prepared the people; for the work was done quickly.