2 Chronicles 29:15-25

15 They assembled their brothers, ¹consecrated themselves, and went in ²to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the commandment of the king ³by the words of the LORD.

16 So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received it to carry out to ⁴the Kidron valley.

17 Now they began the consecration ⁵on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the LORD. Then they consecrated the house of the LORD in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth * day of the first month.

18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed the whole house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils.

19 "Moreover, ⁶all the utensils which King Ahaz had discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD."

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

20 Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the house of the LORD.

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs and seven male goats ⁷for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. And he ordered the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; they slaughtered the lambs also and ⁸sprinkled the blood on the altar.

23 Then they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and ⁹they laid their hands on them.

24 The priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood ¹⁰to atone for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

25 ¹¹He then stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, ¹²according to the command of David and of ¹³Gad the king's seer, and of ¹⁴Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the LORD through His prophets.

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2 Chronicles 29:15-25 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 14

1. 2 Chronicles 29:5
2. 1 Chronicles 23:28
3. 2 Chronicles 30:12
4. 2 Chronicles 15:16
5. 2 Chronicles 29:3
6. 2 Chronicles 28:24
7. Leviticus 4:3-14
8. Leviticus 4:18
9. Leviticus 4:15
10. Leviticus 4:26
11. 1 Chronicles 25:6
12. 2 Chronicles 8:14
13. 2 Samuel 24:11
14. 2 Samuel 7:2

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "wadi"
[b]. Lit "to consecrate"