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have cleansed the entire Temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering
with all its utensils, and the table of the Bread of the Presence with all
its utensils. We have also recovered all the items discarded by King Ahaz
when he was unfaithful and closed the Temple. They are now in front of
the altar of the Lord, purified and ready for use.”
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and
went to the Temple of the Lord. They brought seven bulls, seven rams,
and seven male lambs as a burnt offering, together with seven male goats
as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the Temple, and for Judah. The king
commanded the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to sacrifice the
animals on the altar of the Lord.
So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it
on the altar. Next they killed the rams and sprinkled their blood on the
altar. And finally, they did the same with the male lambs. The male goats
for the sin offering were then brought before the king and the assembly of
people, who laid their hands on them. The priests then killed the goats as
a sin offering and sprinkled their blood on the altar to make atonement for
the sins of all Israel. The king had specifically commanded that this burnt
offering and sin offering should be made for all Israel.
King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the Lord
with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the
Lord had given to King Dav id through Gad, the king’s seer, and the
prophet Nathan. The Levites then took their positions around the Temple
with the instruments of David, and the priests took their positions with
the trumpets.
Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be placed on the altar. As
the burnt offering was presented, songs of praise to the Lord were begun,
accompanied by the trumpets and other instruments of David, the former
king of Israel. The entire assembly worshiped the Lord as the singers sang
and the trumpets blew, until all the burnt offerings were finished. Then
the king and everyone with him bowed down in worship. King Hezekiah
and the officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the psalms
written by David and by Asaph the seer. So they offered joyous praise and
bowed down in worship.
Then Hezekiah declared, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to
the Lord, bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the Temple
of the Lord.” So the people brought their sacrifices and thanksgiving
offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings, too.
The people brought to the Lord 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs
for burnt offerings. They also brought 600 cattle and 3,000 sheep and
goats as sacred offerings.
But there were too few priests to prepare all the burnt offerings. So their
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