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The house of God is cleansed.

CHAP. XXIX. him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

Hezekiah's sacrifice.

24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood 12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath upon the altar, to make an atonement for the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of all Israel: for the king commanded that the Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: burnt-offering and the sin-offering should and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of be made for all Israel.

Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: 25 And he set the Levites in the house and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: and with harps, according to the com13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shim- mandment of David, and of Gad the king's ri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was Zachariah, and Mattaniah: the commandment of the LORD by his

14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, prophets. and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

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

15 And they gathered their brethren, the trumpets. and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, 16 And the priests went into the inner and with the instruments ordained by Dapart of the house of the LORD, to cleanse vid king of Israel. it, and brought out all the uncleanness that

28 And all the congregation worshipped, they found in the temple of the LORD into and the singers sang, and the trumpeters the court of the house of the LORD. And sounded: and all this continued until the the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad burnt-offering was finished. into the brook Kidron. 29 And when they had made an end of 17 Now they began on the first day of offering, the king and all that were prethe first month to sanctify, and on the sent with him bowed themselves, and woreighth day of the month came they to the shipped. porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD, in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And 18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the they sang praises with gladness, and they king, and said, We have cleansed all the bowed their heads and worshipped. house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt- 31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, offering, with all the vessels thereof, and Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the shew-bread table, with all the vessels the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices thereof. and thank-offerings into the house of the 19 Moreover all the vessels, which king LORD. And the congregation brought in Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his sacrifices and thank-offerings; and, as transgression, have we prepared and sanc- many as were of a free heart, burnt-offer tified, and behold, they are before the al-ings. tar of the Lord.

32 And the number of the burnt-offer20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, ings, which the congregation brought, was and gathered the rulers of the city, and threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred went up to the house of the LORD. rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to the LORD.

21 And they brought seven bullocks and seven rams, and seven lambs, and 33 And the consecrated things, were six seven he-goats, for a sin-offering for the hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for 34 But the priests were too few, so that Judah. And he commanded the priests they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar wherefore their brethren the Levites did of the LORD. help them till the work was ended, and 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the until the other priests had sanctified thempriests received the blood, and sprinkled selves: for the Levites were more upright it on the altar: likewise, when they had in heart to sanctify themselves than the killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood priests.

upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, 35 And also the burnt-offerings were in and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. abundance, with the fat of the peace-offer23 And they brought forth the he goats ings, and the drink-offerings for every for the sin-offering before the king and burnt-offering. So the service of the house the congregation; and they laid their of the LORD was set in order. bands upon them: 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the

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CHAP. XXX.

AND Hezekiah sent to all Israel and
Judah, and wrote letters
Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should
come to the house of the LORD at Jeru-
salem, to keep the passover unto the LORD
God of Israel.

and solemnly observed.

13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a

very great congregation

14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

15 Then they killed the passover on 2 For the king had taken counsel, and the fourteenth day of the second month: his princes, and all the congregation in and the priests and the Levites were Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and second month. brought in the burnt-offerings into the

3 For they could not keep it at that house of the LORD. time, because the priests had not sancti- 16 And they stood in their place after fied themselves sufficiently, neither had their manner, according to the law of Mothe people gathered themselves together ses the man of God: the priests sprinkled to Jerusalem. the blood, which they received of the hand

4 And the thing pleased the king and of the Levites. all the congregation.

17 For there were many in the congre5 So they established a decree to make gation that were not sanctified: therefore proclamation throughout all Israel, from the Levites had the charge of the killing Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should of the passovers for every one that was not come to keep the passover unto the LORD clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had 18 For a multitude of the people, even not done it of a long time in such sort as many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issait was written. char and Zebulun, had not cleansed them

6 So the posts went with the letters from selves, yet did they eat the passover otherthe king and his princes throughout all Is-wise than it was written. But Hezekiah rael and Judah, and according to the com- prayed for them, saying, The good LORD mandment of the king, saying, Ye chil- pardon every one

dren of Israel, turn again unto the LORD 19 That prepareth his heart to seek God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he will return to the remnant of you that he be not cleansed according to the purinare escaped out of the hand of the kings cation of the sanctuary.

of Assyria.

20 And the LORD hearkened to Heze

7 And be not ye like your fathers, and kiah, and healed the people. like your brethren, which trespassed 21 And the children of Israel that were against the LORD God of their fathers, who present at Jerusalem kept the feast of untherefore gave them up to desolation, as leavened bread seven days with great ye see. gladness: and the Levites and the priests 8 Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your praised the LORD day by day, singing with fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the loud instruments unto the LORD. LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which 22 And Hezekiah spake comfortably he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the unto all the Levites that taught the good LORD your God, that the fierceness of his knowledge of the LORD: and they did wrath may turn away from you. eat throughout the feast seven days, offer9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, ing peace-offerings, and making confession your brethren and your children shall find to the LORD God of their fathers. compassion before them that lead them 23 And the whole assembly took councaptive, so that they shall come again into sel to keep other seven days and they this land: for the LORD your God is gra- kept other seven days with gladness. cious and merciful, and will not turn away 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah did his face from you, if ye return unto him. give to the congregation a thousand bul10 So the posts passed from city to city locks and seven thousand sheep; and the through the country of Ephraim and Ma-princes gave to the congregation a thounasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laugh- sand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: ed them to scorn, and mocked them. and a great number of priests sanctified 11 Nevertheless, divers of Asher and themselves. Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was the congregation that came out of Israel, to give them one heart to do the com- and the strangers that came out of the land mandment of the king and of the princes, of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. by the word of the LORD. 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem:

Idolatry is destroyed.

CHAP. XXXI, XXXII.

Hezekiah's sincerity.

for since the time of Solomon the son of 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to David king of Israel there was not the like prepare chambers in the house of the in Jerusalem. LORD; and they prepared them,

27 ¶ Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling-place, even unto heaven. CHAP. XXXI.

NOW

12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes, and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Na

OW when all this was finished, all hath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and JoIsrael that were present went out to zabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mathe cities of Judah, and brake the images hath, and Benaiah, were overseers under in pieces, and cut down the groves, and the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his threw down the high places and the altars brother, at the commandment of Hezeout of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim kiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of also and Manasseb, until they had utterly the house of God. destroyed them all. Then all the children 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Leof Israel returned, every man to his pos-vite, the porter toward the east, was over session,into their own cities. the free-will-offerings of God, to distribute

2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses the oblations of the LORD, and the most of the priests and the Levites after their holy things.

courses, every man according to his ser- 15 And next him were Eden, and Mivice, the priests and Levites for burnt- niamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amaofferings and for peace-offerings, to minis- riah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the ter, and to give thanks, and to praise in priests, in their set office, to give to their the gates of the tents of the LORD. brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small.

3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt-offerings, to 16 Besides their genealogy of males, wit, for the morning and evening burnt- from three years old and upward, even offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the unto every one that entereth into the house sabbaths, and for the new-moons, and for of the LORD, his daily portion for their the set feasts, as it is written in the law of service in their charges according to their the LORD. courses;

4 Moreover, he commanded the people 17 Both to the genealogy of the priests that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion by the house of their fathers, and the Leof the priests and the Levites, that they vites from twenty years old and upward, might be encouraged in the law of the in their charges, by their courses;

LORD.

18 And to the genealogy of all their lit

5¶ And as soon as the commandment tle ones, their wives, and their sons, and came abroad, the children of Israel brought their daughters, through all the congrega in abundance the first-fruits of corn, wine, tion: for in their set office they sanctified and oil, and honey, and of all the increase themselves in holiness:

of the field; and the tithe of all things 19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, brought they in abundantly. which were in the fields of the suburbs of 6 And concerning the children of Israel their cities, in every several city, the men and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Ju- that were expressed by name, to give pordah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen tions to all the males among the priests, and sheep, and the tithe of holy things and to all that were reckoned by genealowhich were consecrated unto the LORD gies among the Levites. their God, and laid them by heaps.

20 T And thus did Hezekiah throughout

7 In the third month they began to lay all Judah, and wrought that which was good the foundation of the heaps, and finished and right and truth before the LORD his God. them in the seventh month. 21 And in every work that he began in 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes the service of the house of God, and in the came and saw the heaps, they blessed the law, and in the commandments, to seek LORD, and his people Israel. his God, he did it with all his heart, and

CHAP. XXXII.

9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the prospered. priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief priest of the AFTER these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of house of Zadok answered him, and said, Assyria came, and entered into Judah, Since the people began to bring the offer- and encamped against the fenced cities, ings into the house of the LORD, we have and thought to win them for himself. had enough to eat, and have left plenty: 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennafor the LORD hath blessed his people; and cherib was come, and that he was purthat which is left is this great store. posed to fight against Jerusalem,

Sennacherib invades Judah. II. CHRONICLES.

3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city and they did help him.

The Assyrians destroyed.

16 And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

17 He wrote also letters to rail on the 4 So there was gathered much people LORD God of Israel, and to speak against together, who stopped all the fountains, him, saying, As the gods of the nations of and the brook that ran through the midst other lands have not delivered their peoof the land, saying, Why should the kings ple out of my hand, so shall not the God of Assyria come, and find much water? of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my 5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

7 Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria,nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him.

hand.

18 Then they cried with a loud voice,in the Jews' speech, unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

19 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.

20 And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

21 ¶ And the LORD sent an angel, which 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with cut off all the mighty men of valour, and us is the LORD our God to help us, and to the leaders and captains in the camp of fight our battles. And the people rested the king of Assyria. So he returned with themselves upon the words of Hezekiah shame of face to his own land. And when king of Judah. he was come into the house of his god, they 9¶ After this did Sennacherib king of that came forth of his own bowels slew Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, him there with the sword.

(but he himself laid siege against Lachish, 22 Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and and all his power with him,) unto Heze- the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand kiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and that were at Jerusalem, saying, from the hand of all other, and guided them

10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of As-on every side. syria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

23 And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was mag nified in the sight of all nations from

11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall thenceforth. deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

24 In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken and he spake unto him, and he gave him away his high places, and his altars, and a sign. commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again Ye shall worship before one altar, and according to the benefit done unto him; burn incense upon it? for his heart was lifted up: therefore there 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers was wrath upon him, and upon Judab and have done unto all the people of other Jerusalem.

lands? were the gods of the nations of 26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah humbled those lands any ways able to deliver their himself for the pride of his heart, both he lands out of my hand? and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that 14 Who was there among all the gods the wrath of the LORD came not upon them of those nations that my fathers utterly in the days of Hezekiah.

destroyed, that could deliver his people 27¶ And Hezekiah had exceeding much out of my hand, that your God should riches and honour: and he made himself be able to deliver you out of my hand? treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah de-precious stones, and for spices, and for ceive you, nor persuade you on this man- shields, and for all manner of pleasant ner, neither yet believe him: for no god jewels:

of any nation or kingdom was able to de- 28 Storehouses also for the increase of liver his people out of my hand, and out corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all of the hand of my fathers: how much less manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. shall your God deliver you out of my 29 Moreover, he provided him cities,

hand!

and possessions of flocks and herds in abun

Manasseh's wicked reign.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Amon succeeds him. dance: for God had given him substance worse than the heathen, whom the LORD very much. had destroyed before the children of

30 This same Hezekiah also stopped Israc. the upper water-course of Gihon, and 10 And the LORD spake to Manasseh, brought it straight down to the west side and to his people: but they would not of the city of David. And Hezekiah pros- hearken.

pered in all his works.

11 ¶ Wherefore the LORD brought upon

31 Howbeit, in the business of the am- them the captains of the host of the king bassadors of the princes of Babylon, who of Assyria, which took Manasseh among sent unto him to inquire of the wonder the thorns, and bound him with fetters, that was done in the land, God left him, and carried him to Babylon. to try him, that he might know all that 12 And when he was in affliction, he was in his heart. besought the LORD his God, and humbled 32 ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Heze- himself greatly before the God of his kiah, and his goodness, behold, they are fathers, written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

33 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XXXIII.

13 And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.

14 Now after this, he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish-gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height,

MANASSE was twelve years old and put captains of war in all the fenced reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: 15 And he took aw the strange gods, 2 But did that which was evil in the sight and the idol out of the house of the LORD, of the LORD, like unto the abominations and all the altars that he had built in the of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast mount of the house of the LORD, and in out before the children of Israel.

when he began to reign, and he cities of Judah.

3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4 Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.

16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace-offerings and thank-offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.

17 Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.

18 Now the rest of the acts of Ma5 And he built altars for all the host of nasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and heaven in the two courts of the house of the words of the seers that spake to him in the LORD. the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.

6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used 19 His prayer also, and how God was enchantments, and used witchcraft, and entreated of him, and ail his sin, and his dealt with a familiar spirit, and with trespass, and the places wherein he built wizards: he wrought much evil in the high places, and set up groves and graven sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. images, before he was humbled: behold, 7 And he set a carved image, the idol they are written among the sayings of the which he had made, in the house of God, seers.

of which God had said to David and to So- 20 ¶ So Manasseh slept with his fathers, lomon his son, In this house and in Jeru- and they buried him in his own house: and salem, which I have chosen before all the Amon his son reigned in his stead. tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 21 ¶ Amon was two and twenty years 8 Neither will I any more remove the old when he began to reign, and reigned foot of Israel from out of the land which I two years in Jerusalem.

have appointed for your fathers; so that 22 But he did that which was evil in the they will take heed to do all that I have sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his commanded them, according to the whole father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the law and the statutes and the ordinances by carved images which Manasseh his father the hand of Moses. had made, and served them;

9 So Manasseh made Judah and the in- 23 And humbled not himself before the habitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled

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