2 Chronicles 29:20-36

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials 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 ¹for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood ²and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar.

23 Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, ³and they laid their hands on them,

24 and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, ⁴to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

25 ⁵And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, ⁶according to the commandment of David and of Gad ⁷the king's seer and of ⁸Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the LORD through his prophets.

26 The Levites stood with ⁹the instruments of David, ¹⁰and the priests with the trumpets.

27 Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, ¹¹the song to the LORD began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

28 The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

29 When the offering was finished, ¹²the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.

30 And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

31 Then Hezekiah said, ¹³"You have now consecrated yourselves to^[a] the LORD. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD." And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were ¹⁴of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.

32 The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.

33 And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep.

34 But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, ¹⁵their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished--¹⁶for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves.

35 Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was ¹⁷the fat of the peace offerings, and there were ¹⁸the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was restored.

36 And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

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2 Chronicles 29:20-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 29

This chapter begins with the good reign of Hezekiah, who upon his accession to the throne opened the doors of the temple, 2Ch 29:1-3, summoned the priests and Levites, and exhorted them to purge the temple, and restore the worship of it, 2Ch 29:4-11, who accordingly set about the work immediately, and cleansed the temple, and, when they had done, reported it to the king, 2Ch 29:12-19 upon which he, with the princes, went into the temple and offered sacrifices, 2Ch 29:20-24 and ordered singers to sing at the offering of burnt offerings, 2Ch 29:25-30 when he and his people offered burnt offerings and peace offerings in great abundance, 2Ch 29:31-36.

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Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

1. [Leviticus 4:14]
2. Lev. 8:15, 19, 24; Hebrews 9:21; [2 Chronicles 35:11]
3. Leviticus 4:15
4. Leviticus 4:26
5. 1 Chronicles 16:4; 1 Chronicles 25:6; [1 Chronicles 15:16]
6. 2 Chronicles 8:14; 1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1
7. See 1 Samuel 9:9
8. 2 Samuel 12:1
9. 1 Chronicles 23:5; [Amos 6:5]
10. See 1 Chronicles 15:24
11. [2 Chronicles 23:18]
12. [2 Chronicles 20:18]
13. 2 Chronicles 13:9; [Exodus 28:41]
14. Exodus 35:5, 22
15. [2 Chronicles 35:11]
16. [2 Chronicles 30:3]
17. Leviticus 3:1, 16
18. Num. 15:5, 7, 10

Footnotes 1

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