Hello, and welcome
back to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today
we're going to continue reading
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in 2nd Chronicles. Let's
pray together before we start.
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Dear God, thank you so much for
the account that we will read
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today; and for the lessons
that your Holy Spirit will bring
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to each of our hearts. Please
may these words go deep and be
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rooted to bear fruit to your
glory. Thank you so much for
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loving us. Amen. We're reading
the account of king Jotham
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in 2nd Chronicles, chapter
27, beginning with verse 6
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and this is the
King James Version.
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So Jotham became mighty because
he prepared his way before the
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Lord his God. Now the rest of
the acts of Jotham and all his
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wars and his ways, lo, they are
written in the book of the kings
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of Israel and Judah. He was five
and twenty years old when he
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began to reign and
reigned 16 years in Jerusalem.
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And Jotham slept with his
fathers and they buried him
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in the city of David. And Ahaz
his son reigned in his stead.
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We'll continue now in
2nd Chronicles, chapter 28.
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This is the King James Version.
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Ahaz was 20 years old when
he began to reign and he reigned
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16 years in Jerusalem: but
he did not that which was right
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in the sight of the Lord, like
David his father: for he walked
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in the ways of the kings of
Israel, and made also molten
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images for Baalim. Moreover
he burnt incense in the valley
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of the son of Hinnom, and
burnt his children in the fire,
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after the abominations of the
heathen whom the Lord had cast
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out before the children of
Israel. He sacrificed also and
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burnt incense in the high places
and on the hills and under every
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green tree. Wherefore the Lord
his God delivered him into the
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hand of the king of Syria;
and they smote him, and carried
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away a great multitude of them
captives, and brought them to
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Damascus. And he was also
delivered into the hand of
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the king of Israel, who smote
him with a great slaughter.
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For Pekah the son of Remaliah
slew in Judah an hundred and
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twenty thousand in one
day, which were all valiant men;
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because they had forsaken
the Lord God of their fathers.
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And Zichri, a mighty man
of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah
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the kings son, and Azrikam
the governor of the house,
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and Elkanah that was next to the
king. And the children of Israel
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carried away captive of their
brethren 200,000 women, sons,
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and daughters and took also away
much spoil from them and brought
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the spoil to Samaria. But a
prophet of the Lord was there,
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whose name was Oded: and he
went out before the host that
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came to Samaria, and said unto
them, Behold, because the Lord
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God of your fathers was wroth
with Judah, he hath delivered
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them into your hand, and
ye have slain them in a rage
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that reacheth up into heaven.
And now ye purpose to keep under
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the children of Judah
and Jerusalem for bondmen and
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bondwomen unto you: but are
there not with you, even with
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you, sins against the Lord
your God? Now hear me therefore,
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and deliver the captives again,
which ye have taken captive
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of your brethren: for the fierce
wrath of the Lord is upon you.
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Then certain of the heads of the
children of Ephraim, Azariah the
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son of Johanan, Berechiah
the son of Meshillemoth,
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and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum
and Amasa the son of Hadlai,
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stood up against them that came
from the war, and said unto them
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Ye shall not bring in the
captives hither: for whereas
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we have offended against the
Lord already, ye intend to add
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more to our sins and to our
trespass: for our trespass is
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great, and there is fierce wrath
against Israel. So the armed men
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left the captives and
the spoil before the princes
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and all the congregation.
And the men which were expressed
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by name rose up, and took
the captives, and with the spoil
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clothed all that were naked
among them, and arrayed them,
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and shod them, and gave
them to eat and to drink,
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and anointed them, and
carried all the feeble of them
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upon asses, and brought them to
Jericho, the city of palm trees,
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to their brethren: then
they returned to Samaria.
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At that time did king Ahaz
send unto the kings of Assyria
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to help him. For again the
Edomites had come and smitten
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Judah and carried away captives.
The Philistines also had invaded
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the cities of the low country,
and of the south of Judah,
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and had taken Bethshemesh,
and Ajalon, and Gederoth,
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and Shocho with the villages
thereof, and Timnah with the
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villages thereof, Gimzo
also and the villages thereof:
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and they dwelt there. For
the Lord brought Judah low
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because of Ahaz king of
Israel for he made Judah naked,
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and transgressed
sore against the Lord.
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And Tilgathpilneser king
of Assyria came unto him, and
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distressed him, but strengthened
him not. For Ahaz took away a
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portion out of the house of the
Lord, and out of the house of
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the king and of the princes, and
gave it unto the king of Assyria
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but he helped him not. And in
the time of his distress did he
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trespass yet once more against
the Lord: this is that king Ahaz
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for he sacrificed unto the gods
of Damascus, which smote him:
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and he said, Because the gods
of the kings of Syria help them,
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therefore will I sacrifice
to them, that they may help me.
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But they were the ruin of
him, and of all Israel. And Ahaz
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gathered together the vessels
of the house of God, and cut in
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pieces the vessels of the
vessels of the house of God,
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and shut up the doors
of the house of the Lord,
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and he made him altars in
every corner of Jerusalem.
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And in every several city
of Judah he made high places
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to burn incense unto other Gods,
and provoked to anger the Lord
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God of his fathers. Now the
rest of his acts and of all his
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ways, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book
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of the kings of Judah and
Israel. And Ahaz slept with his
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fathers, and they buried him
in the city, even in Jerusalem:
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but they brought him not
into the sepulchers of the kings
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of Israel: and Hezekiah
his son reigned in his stead.
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We're continuing with
2nd Chronicles, chapter 29,
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and this is the
King James Version.
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Hezekiah began to reign when he
was five and twenty years old,
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and he reigned nine and
twenty years in Jerusalem.
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And his mother's name was Abijah
the daughter of Zechariah.
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And he did that which was
right in the sight of the Lord,
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according to all that
David his father had done.
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He, in the first year of
his reign, in the first month,
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opened the doors of the house
of the Lord, and repaired them.
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And he brought in the priests
and the Levites, and gathered
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them together into the
east street, and said unto them,
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Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify
now yourselves, and sanctify
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the house of the Lord God of
your fathers, and carry forth
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the filthiness out of the
holy place. For our fathers have
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trespassed and done that which
was evil in the eyes of the Lord
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our God, and have forsaken him,
and have turned away their faces
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from the habitation of the
Lord, and turned their backs.
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Also they have shut up the doors
of the porch, and put out the
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lamps, and have not
burned incense nor offered burnt
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offering in the holy
place unto the God of Israel.
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Wherefore the wrath of the Lord
was upon Judah and Jerusalem,
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and he hath delivered them to
trouble, to astonishment, and to
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hissing, as ye see with your
eyes. For, lo, our fathers have
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fallen by the sword, and our
sons and our daughters and our
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wives are in captivity for this.
Now it is in mine heart to make
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a covenant with the Lord
God of Israel, that his wrath
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may turn away from us. My
sons, be not now negligent:
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for the Lord hath chosen you to
stand before him, to serve him,
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and that ye should minister
unto him, and burn incense.
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Then the Levites arose, Mahath
the son of Amasai, and Joel
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the son of Azariah, of the sons
of the Kohathites: and of the
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sons of Merari, Kish the son
of Abdi, and Azariah the son of
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Jehalelel: and of the
Gershonites; Joah the son of
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Zimmah, and Eden the son
of Joah: And of the sons of
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Elizaphan; Shimri, and
Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph;
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Zechariah, and Mattaniah: and
of the sons of Heman: Jehiel,
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and Shimei: and of the sons of
Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
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And they gathered their brethren
and sanctified themselves,
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and came, according to
the commandment of the king,
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by the words of the Lord, to
cleanse the house of the Lord.
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And the priests went into the
inner part of the house of the
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Lord, to cleanse it, and
brought out all the uncleanness
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that they found in the temple of
the Lord into the court of the
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house of the Lord. And the
Levites took it, to carry it out
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abroad into the brook Kidron.
Now they began on the first day
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of the first month to sanctify,
and on the 8th day of the month
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came they to the porch of
the Lord: so they sanctified
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the house of the Lord in 8 days;
and in the sixteenth day of the
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first month they made an end.
Then they went in to Hezekiah
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the king, and said, We have
cleansed all the house of the
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Lord, and the altar of burnt
offering, with all the vessels
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thereof, and the shewbread table
with all the vessels thereof.
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Moreover all the vessels, which
king Ahaz in his riegn did cast
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away in his transgression, have
we prepared and sanctified, and,
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behold, they are
before the altar of the Lord.
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Then Hezekiah the king rose
early, and gathered the rulers
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of the city and went up
to the house of the Lord.
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And they brought 7 bullocks, and
7 rams, and 7 lambs, and 7 he
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goats for a sin offering for the
kingdom, and for the sanctuary
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and for Judah. And he commanded
the priests the sons of Aaron
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to offer them on the altar
of the Lord. So they killed the
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bullocks and the
priests received the blood,
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and sprinkled it on the altar:
likewise, when they had killed
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the rams, they sprinkled
the blood upon the altar:
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they killed also the lambs,
and the sprinkled the blood
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upon the altar. And they brought
forth the he goats for the sin
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offering before the king and
the congregation; and they laid
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their hands upon them.
And the priests killed them,
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and they made reconciliation
with their blood upon the altar,
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to make an atonement for all
Israel: for the king commanded
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that the burnt offering and
the sin offering should be made
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for all Israel. And he set the
Levites in the house of the Lord
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with cymbals, with psalteries,
and with harps, according to the
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commandment of David and of
Gad the king's seer, and Nathan
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the prophet: for so was the
commandment of the Lord by his
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prophets. And the Levites stood
with the instruments of David,
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and the priests
with the trumpets.
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And Hezekiah commanded
to offer the burnt offering
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upon the altar. And when
the burnt offering began,
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the song of the Lord began also
with the trumpets, and with the
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instruments ordained
by David king of Israel.
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And all the congregation
worshipped, and the singers
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sang, and the trumpeters sounded
and all this continued until the
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burnt offering was finished.
And when they had made an end of
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offering, the king and
all that were present with him
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bowed themselves and worshipped,
Moreover Hezekiah the king,
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and the princes commanded the
Levites to sing praise unto the
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Lord, with the words of
David, and of Asaph the seer.
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And they sang praises with
gladness, and they bowed their
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heads and worshipped. Then
Hezekiah answered and said,
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Now ye have consecrated
yourselves unto the Lord,
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come near and bring sacrifices
and thank offerings into the
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house of the Lord. And
the congregation brought in
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sacrifices and thank offerings
and as many as were of a free
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heart burnt offerings. And the
number of the burnt offerings,
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which the congregation brought,
was threescore and ten bullocks,
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an hundred rams, and 200 lambs:
all these were for a burnt
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offering to the Lord, and the
consecrated things were 600 oxen
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and 3,000 sheep. But the priests
were too few, so that they could
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not flay all the burnt
offerings: wherefore their
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brethren, the Levites did help
them, till the work was ended,
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and until the other priests
had sanctified themselves:
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for the Levites were more
upright in heart to sanctify
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themselves than the priests.
And also the burnt offerings
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were in abundance, with the fat
of the peace offerings, and the
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drink offerings for every burnt
offering. So the service of the
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house of the Lord was set in
order. And Hezekiah rejoiced,
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and all the people, that
God had prepared the people:
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for the thing was done suddenly.
- Continuing in 2nd Chronicles,
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chapter 30. This is
the King James Version.
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And Hezekiah sent to all Israel
and Judah, and wrote letters
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also to Ephraim and Manasseh,
that they should come to the
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house of the Lord at
Jerusalem, to keep the passover
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unto the Lord God of Israel.
For the king had taken counsel,
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and his princes, and all
the congregation in Jerusalem,
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to keep the passover in the
2nd month. For they could not
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keep it at that time, because
the priests had not sanctified
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themselves sufficiently,
neither had the people gathered
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themselves together to
Jerusalem. And the thing pleased
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the king and all
the congregation.
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So they established a decree
to make proclamation throughout
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all Israel, from Beersheba even
to Dan, that they should come
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to keep the passover unto the
Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem:
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for they had not done it of a
long time in such sort as it was
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written. So the posts went
with the letters from the king
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and the princes throughout all
Israel and Judah, and according
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to the commandment of the king,
saying, Ye children of Israel,
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turn again unto the Lord God
of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
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and he will return
to the remnant of you,
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that are escaped out of the
hands of the kings of Assyria.
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