2 Chronicles 29:20-30

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 ¹for 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 ²sprinkled the blood on the altar.

23 Then they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and ³they laid their hands on them.

24 The priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood ⁴to atone for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

25 ⁵He then stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, ⁶according to the command of David and of ⁷Gad the king's seer, and of ⁸Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the LORD through His prophets.

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

27 Then Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, ¹¹the song to the LORD also began with the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David, king of Israel.

28 While the whole assembly worshiped, the singers also sang and the trumpets sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.

29 Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, ¹²the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped.

30 Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. ¹³So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

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2 Chronicles 29:20-30 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 13

1. Leviticus 4:3-14
2. Leviticus 4:18
3. Leviticus 4:15
4. Leviticus 4:26
5. 1 Chronicles 25:6
6. 2 Chronicles 8:14
7. 2 Samuel 24:11
8. 2 Samuel 7:2
9. 1 Chronicles 23:5
10. 2 Chronicles 5:12
11. 2 Chronicles 23:18
12. 2 Chronicles 20:18
13. Psalms 100:1; Psalms 106:12

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "and according to the authority of the instruments"