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1. Hezekiah was a son of twenty five years when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty nine years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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1. Hezekiah H3169 began to reign H4427 when he was five H2568 and twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 , and he reigned H4427 nine H8672 and twenty H6242 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389 . And his mother H517 's name H8034 was Abijah H29 , the daughter H1323 of Zechariah H2148 .
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2. And he did the right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father David did.
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2. And he did H6213 that which was right H3477 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 , according to all H3605 that H834 David H1732 his father H1 had done H6213 .
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3. In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of Jehovah and repaired them.
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3. He H1931 in the first H7223 year H8141 of his reign H4427 , in the first H7223 month H2320 , opened H6605 H853 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and repaired H2388 them.
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4. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them to the plaza on the east.
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4. And he brought in H935 H853 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 , and gathered them together H622 into the east H4217 street H7339 ,
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5. And he said to them, Hear me, O Levites, now consecrate yourselves. And consecrate the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and bring out the uncleanness from the holy place.
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5. And said H559 unto them, Hear H8085 me , ye Levites H3881 , sanctify now yourselves H6942 H6258 , and sanctify H6942 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of your fathers H1 , and carry forth H3318 H853 the filthiness H5079 out of H4480 the holy H6944 place .
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6. For our fathers have acted slyly and did the evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and they have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the temple of Jehovah, and have given their backs.
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6. For H3588 our fathers H1 have trespassed H4603 , and done H6213 that which was evil H7451 in the eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 , and have forsaken H5800 him , and have turned away H5437 their faces H6440 from the habitation H4480 H4908 of the LORD H3068 , and turned H5414 their backs H6203 .
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7. And they have shut the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense, and burnt offering has not ascended in the sanctuary to the God of Israel.
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7. Also H1571 they have shut up H5462 the doors H1817 of the porch H197 , and put out H3518 H853 the lamps H5216 , and have not H3808 burned H6999 incense H7004 nor H3808 offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 in the holy H6944 place unto the God H430 of Israel H3478 .
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8. And the wrath of Jehovah is on Judah and Jerusalem, and He has given them for a trembling, for a horror, and for hissing, as you see with your eyes.
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8. Wherefore the wrath H7110 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 upon H5921 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 , and he hath delivered H5414 them to trouble H2189 , to astonishment H8047 , and to hissing H8322 , as H834 ye H859 see H7200 with your eyes H5869 .
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9. For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in exile for this.
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9. For, lo H2009 , our fathers H1 have fallen H5307 by the sword H2719 , and our sons H1121 and our daughters H1323 and our wives H802 are in captivity H7628 for H5921 this H2063 .
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10. Now it is in my heart to cut a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, and the glow of His anger shall turn back from us.
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10. Now H6258 it is in H5973 mine heart H3824 to make H3772 a covenant H1285 with the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 , that his fierce H2740 wrath H639 may turn away H7725 from H4480 us.
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11. Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before His face, to serve Him and to be ministers and incense burners for Him.
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11. My sons H1121 , be not H408 now H6258 negligent H7952 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath chosen H977 you to stand H5975 before H6440 him , to serve H8334 him , and that ye should minister H1961 H8334 unto him , and burn incense H6999 .
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12. And the Levites rose up: Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
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12. Then the Levites H3881 arose H6965 , Mahath H4287 the son H1121 of Amasai H6022 , and Joel H3100 the son H1121 of Azariah H5838 , of H4480 the sons H1121 of the Kohathites H6956 : and of H4480 the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 , Kish H7027 the son H1121 of Abdi H5660 , and Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jehalelel H3094 : and of H4480 the Gershonites H1649 ; Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Zimmah H2155 , and Eden H5731 the son H1121 of Joah H3098 :
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13. and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
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13. And of H4480 the sons H1121 of Elizaphan H469 ; Shimri H8113 , and Jeiel H3273 : and of H4480 the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 ; Zechariah H2148 , and Mattaniah H4983 :
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14. and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
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14. And of H4480 the sons H1121 of Heman H1968 ; Jehiel H3171 , and Shimei H8096 : and of H4480 the sons H1121 of Jeduthun H3038 ; Shemaiah H8098 , and Uzziel H5816 .
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15. And they gathered their brothers and sanctified themselves, and came in, according to the commandment of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
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15. And they gathered H622 H853 their brethren H251 , and sanctified themselves H6942 , and came H935 , according to the commandment H4687 of the king H4428 , by the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 , to cleanse H2891 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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16. And the priests went into the inner part of the house of Jehovah to clean, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah; and the Levites received and took it out to the torrent Kidron outside.
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16. And the priests H3548 went H935 into the inner part H6441 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , to cleanse H2891 it , and brought out H3318 H853 all H3605 the uncleanness H2932 that H834 they found H4672 in the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 into the court H2691 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 . And the Levites H3881 took H6901 it , to carry it out H3318 abroad H2351 into the brook H5158 Kidron H6939 .
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17. And they began to sanctify on the first of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they had finished.
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17. Now they began H2490 on the first H259 day of the first H7223 month H2320 to sanctify H6942 , and on the eighth H8083 day H3117 of the month H2320 came H935 they to the porch H197 of the LORD H3068 : so they sanctified H6942 H853 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in eight H8083 days H3117 ; and in the sixteenth H8337 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320 they made an end H3615 .
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18. And they came inside to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and the table of the Bread of Arrangement, and all its utensils;
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18. Then they went H935 in H6441 to H413 Hezekiah H2396 the king H4428 , and said H559 , We have cleansed H2891 H853 all H3605 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , and the altar H4196 of burnt offering H5930 , with all H3605 the vessels H3627 thereof , and the shewbread H4635 table H7979 , with H853 all H3605 the vessels H3627 thereof.
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19. and all the utensils that King Ahaz cast aside in his reign, in his treachery, we have prepared and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah.
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19. Moreover all H3605 the vessels H3627 , which H834 king H4428 Ahaz H271 in his reign H4438 did cast away H2186 in his transgression H4604 , have we prepared H3559 and sanctified H6942 , and, behold H2009 , they are before H6440 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 .
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20. And Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the heads of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
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20. Then Hezekiah H3169 the king H4428 rose early H7925 , and gathered H622 H853 the rulers H8269 of the city H5892 , and went up H5927 to the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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21. And they brought in seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven young he goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the holy place, and for Judah. And he commanded the sons of Aaron, the priests, to offer on the altar of Jehovah.
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21. And they brought H935 seven H7651 bullocks H6499 , and seven H7651 rams H352 , and seven H7651 lambs H3532 , and seven H7651 he goats H6842 H5795 , for a sin offering H2403 for H5921 the kingdom H4467 , and for H5921 the sanctuary H4720 , and for H5921 Judah H3063 . And he commanded H559 the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 to offer H5927 them on H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 .
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22. And they killed the oxen, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
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22. So they killed H7819 the bullocks H1241 , and the priests H3548 received H6901 H853 the blood H1818 , and sprinkled H2236 it on the altar H4196 : likewise , when they had killed H7819 the rams H352 , they sprinkled H2236 the blood H1818 upon the altar H4196 : they killed H7819 also the lambs H3532 , and they sprinkled H2236 the blood H1818 upon the altar H4196 .
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23. And they brought the he-goats of the sin offering before the king and the congregation, and they laid their hands on them;
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23. And they brought forth H5066 H853 the he goats H8163 for the sin offering H2403 before H6440 the king H4428 and the congregation H6951 ; and they laid H5564 their hands H3027 upon H5921 them:
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24. and the priests slaughtered them, and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to atone for all Israel; for the king said, The burnt offering and the sin offering are for all Israel.
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24. And the priests H3548 killed H7819 them , and they made reconciliation H2398 with H854 their blood H1818 upon the altar H4196 , to make an atonement H3722 for H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478 : for H3588 the king H4428 commanded H559 that the burnt offering H5930 and the sin offering H2403 should be made for all H3605 Israel H3478 .
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25. And he made the Levites stand in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, by the command of David, and of Gad, the seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was by the hand of Jehovah, by the hand of His prophets.
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25. And he set H5975 H853 the Levites H3881 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 with cymbals H4700 , with psalteries H5035 , and with harps H3658 , according to the commandment H4687 of David H1732 , and of Gad H1410 the king H4428 's seer H2374 , and Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030 : for H3588 so was the commandment H4687 of the LORD H3068 by H3027 his prophets H5030 .
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26. And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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26. And the Levites H3881 stood H5975 with the instruments H3627 of David H1732 , and the priests H3548 with the trumpets H2689 .
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27. And Hezekiah commanded to offer burnt offering on the altar; and at the time the burnt offering began, the song of Jehovah began, and of the trumpets, even by the hand of the instruments of David the king of Israel.
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27. And Hezekiah H2396 commanded H559 to offer H5927 the burnt offering H5930 upon the altar H4196 . And when H6256 the burnt offering H5930 began H2490 , the song H7892 of the LORD H3068 began H2490 also with the trumpets H2689 , and with H5921 the instruments H3027 H3627 ordained by David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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28. And all the congregation were bowing, and the singers singing, and the trumpeters blowing; all until the completion of the burnt offering.
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28. And all H3605 the congregation H6951 worshiped H7812 , and the singers H7892 sang H7891 , and the trumpeters H2689 sounded H2690 : and all H3605 this continued until H5704 the burnt offering H5930 was finished H3615 .
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29. And at the completion of the offering the king and all those found with him bowed and worshiped.
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29. And when they had made an end H3615 of offering H5927 , the king H4428 and all H3605 that were present H4672 with H854 him bowed H3766 themselves , and worshiped H7812 .
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30. And Hezekiah the king and the leaders commanded the Levites to give praise to Jehovah in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer; and they praised with joy, and they bowed and worshiped.
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30. Moreover Hezekiah H3169 the king H4428 and the princes H8269 commanded H559 the Levites H3881 to sing praise H1984 unto the LORD H3068 with the words H1697 of David H1732 , and of Asaph H623 the seer H2374 . And they sang praises H1984 with H5704 gladness H8057 , and they bowed their heads H6915 and worshiped H7812 .
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31. And Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated your hand to Jehovah; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of Jehovah. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and every willing hearted one brought burnt offerings.
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31. Then Hezekiah H3169 answered H6030 and said H559 , Now H6258 ye have consecrated H4390 H3027 yourselves unto the LORD H3068 , come near H5066 and bring H935 sacrifices H2077 and thank offerings H8426 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 . And the congregation H6951 brought in H935 sacrifices H2077 and thank offerings H8426 ; and as many as H3605 were of a free H5081 heart H3820 burnt offerings H5930 .
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32. And the number of the burnt offerings that the congregation brought was seventy oxen, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs; all these for a burnt offering to Jehovah.
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32. And the number H4557 of the burnt offerings H5930 , which H834 the congregation H6951 brought H935 , was H1961 threescore and ten H7657 bullocks H1241 , a hundred H3967 rams H352 , and two hundred H3967 lambs H3532 : all H3605 these H428 were for a burnt offering H5930 to the LORD H3068 .
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33. And the dedicated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
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33. And the consecrated things H6944 were six H8337 hundred H3967 oxen H1241 and three H7969 thousand H505 sheep H6629 .
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34. Only, the priests had become few, and were not able to skin all of the burnt offerings; and their brothers the Levites strengthened them until the work was ended, and until the priests sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright of heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
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34. But H7535 the priests H3548 were H1961 too few H4592 , so that they could H3201 not H3808 flay H6584 H853 all H3605 the burnt offerings H5930 : wherefore their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 did help H2388 them, till H5704 the work H4399 was ended H3615 , and until H5704 the other priests H3548 had sanctified themselves H6942 : for H3588 the Levites H3881 were more upright H3477 in heart H3824 to sanctify themselves H6942 than the priests H4480 H3548 .
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35. And also, there were many burnt offerings with fat of the peace offerings, and with drink offerings for the burnt offering; and the service of the house of Jehovah was established.
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35. And also H1571 the burnt offerings H5930 were in abundance H7230 , with the fat H2459 of the peace offerings H8002 , and the drink offerings H5262 for every burnt offering H5930 . So the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was set in order H3559 .
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36. And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because God had given preparation to the people; for the thing had happened suddenly.
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36. And Hezekiah H3169 rejoiced H8055 , and all H3605 the people H5971 , that H5921 God H430 had prepared H3559 the people H5971 : for H3588 the thing H1697 was H1961 done suddenly H6597 .
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