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Hezekiah Purifies the Temple(A)

29 Hezekiah(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(C) had done.

In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired(D) them. He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate(E) yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. Our parents(F) were unfaithful;(G) they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him. They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense(H) or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel. Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror(I) and scorn,(J) as you can see with your own eyes. This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.(K) 10 Now I intend to make a covenant(L) with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger(M) will turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him,(N) to minister(O) before him and to burn incense.”

12 Then these Levites(P) set to work:

from the Kohathites,

Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;

from the Merarites,

Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;

from the Gershonites,

Joah son of Zimmah and Eden(Q) son of Joah;

13 from the descendants of Elizaphan,(R)

Shimri and Jeiel;

from the descendants of Asaph,(S)

Zechariah and Mattaniah;

14 from the descendants of Heman,

Jehiel and Shimei;

from the descendants of Jeduthun,

Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15 When they had assembled their fellow Levites and consecrated themselves, they went in to purify(T) the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 16 The priests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley.(U) 17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles. 19 We have prepared and consecrated all the articles(V) that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.”

20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats(W) as a sin offering[a](X) for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood(Y) against the altar. 23 The goats(Z) for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands(AA) on them. 24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone(AB) for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.(AC)

25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(AD) and Gad(AE) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments,(AF) and the priests with their trumpets.(AG)

27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments(AH) of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpets sounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering(AI) was completed.

29 When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped.(AJ) 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices(AK) and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing(AL) brought burnt offerings.

32 The number of burnt offerings(AM) the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33 The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats. 34 The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings;(AN) so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated,(AO) for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been. 35 There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat(AP) of the fellowship offerings(AQ) and the drink offerings(AR) that accompanied the burnt offerings.

So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished. 36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:21 Or purification offering; also in verses 23 and 24

Ezequías gobierna sobre Judá

29 Ezequías tenía veinticinco años cuando subió al trono de Judá y reinó en Jerusalén veintinueve años. Su madre se llamaba Abías, hija de Zacarías. Él hizo lo que era agradable a los ojos del Señor, igual que su antepasado David.

Ezequías vuelve a abrir el templo

En el primer mes del primer año de su reinado, Ezequías reabrió las puertas del templo del Señor y las reparó. Convocó a los sacerdotes y a los levitas a encontrarse con él en el atrio al oriente del templo. Les dijo: «¡Levitas, escúchenme! Purifíquense ustedes y purifiquen el templo del Señor, Dios de sus antepasados. Quiten del santuario todos los objetos contaminados. Nuestros antepasados fueron infieles e hicieron lo malo a los ojos del Señor nuestro Dios. Abandonaron al Señor y el lugar donde él habita; le dieron la espalda. También cerraron las puertas de la antesala del templo y apagaron las lámparas. Dejaron de quemar incienso y de presentar ofrendas quemadas en el santuario del Dios de Israel.

»Por eso el enojo del Señor ha caído sobre Judá y Jerusalén. Él los hizo objeto de espanto, horror y ridículo, como ustedes pueden ver con sus propios ojos. Debido a eso, nuestros padres murieron en batalla, y nuestros hijos, hijas y esposas fueron capturados; 10 pero ahora haré un pacto con el Señor, Dios de Israel, para que su ira feroz se aparte de nosotros. 11 Hijos míos, ¡no descuiden más sus responsabilidades! El Señor los ha elegido para que estén en su presencia, le sirvan, dirijan al pueblo en la adoración y presenten a él sus ofrendas».

12 Enseguida los siguientes levitas pusieron manos a la obra:

del clan de Coat: Mahat, hijo de Amasai y Joel, hijo de Azarías;

del clan de Merari: Cis, hijo de Abdi y Azarías, hijo de Jehalelel;

del clan de Gersón: Joa, hijo de Zima y Edén, hijo de Joa;

13 de la familia de Elizafán: Simri y Jeiel;

de la familia de Asaf: Zacarías y Matanías;

14 de la familia de Hemán: Jehiel y Simei;

de la familia de Jedutún: Semaías y Uziel.

15 Estos hombres reunieron a sus hermanos levitas, y todos se purificaron. Luego empezaron a purificar el templo del Señor, tal como el rey lo había ordenado. Se aseguraron de seguir todas las instrucciones del Señor al hacer su trabajo. 16 Los sacerdotes entraron en el santuario del templo del Señor para purificarlo y sacaron al atrio del templo todos los objetos contaminados que encontraron. De allí los levitas los llevaron al valle de Cedrón.

17 Comenzaron a trabajar a principios de la primavera, en el primer día del nuevo año,[a] y en ocho días habían llegado hasta la antesala del templo del Señor. Luego purificaron el templo del Señor, lo cual llevó ocho días más. Así que terminaron toda la tarea en dieciséis días.

Se vuelve a dedicar el templo

18 Luego los levitas se presentaron ante el rey Ezequías y le dieron el siguiente informe: «Hemos purificado todo el templo del Señor, el altar de las ofrendas quemadas con todos sus utensilios y la mesa del pan de la Presencia con todos sus utensilios. 19 También recuperamos todos los objetos que había desechado el rey Acaz cuando, en su infidelidad, cerró el templo. Ahora están delante del altar del Señor, purificados y listos para su uso».

20 Temprano a la mañana siguiente, el rey Ezequías reunió a los funcionarios de la ciudad y fue al templo del Señor. 21 Llevaron siete toros, siete carneros y siete corderos como ofrenda quemada, junto con siete chivos como ofrenda por el pecado por el reino, por el templo y por Judá. El rey ordenó a los sacerdotes, descendientes de Aarón, que sacrificaran los animales en el altar del Señor.

22 Así que después de matar los toros, los sacerdotes tomaron la sangre y la rociaron sobre el altar. A continuación mataron los carneros y rociaron la sangre sobre el altar y por último, hicieron lo mismo con los corderos. 23 Después, llevaron los chivos para la ofrenda por el pecado ante el rey y ante la asamblea, quienes pusieron sus manos sobre ellos. 24 Luego los sacerdotes mataron los chivos como ofrenda por el pecado y rociaron su sangre sobre el altar para hacer expiación por los pecados de todo Israel. El rey había ordenado expresamente que esta ofrenda quemada así como la ofrenda por el pecado se hicieran por todo Israel.

25 Luego el rey Ezequías ubicó a los levitas en el templo del Señor provistos de címbalos, liras y arpas. Obedeció todos los mandatos que el Señor le había dado al rey David por medio de Gad, el vidente del rey, y del profeta Natán. 26 Después los levitas tomaron sus posiciones alrededor del templo con los instrumentos de David, y los sacerdotes tomaron sus posiciones con las trompetas.

27 Entonces Ezequías ordenó que pusieran la ofrenda quemada sobre el altar. Mientras se presentaba la ofrenda quemada, comenzaron los cánticos de alabanza al Señor, al son de las trompetas y de los demás instrumentos de David, rey anterior de Israel. 28 Toda la asamblea adoró al Señor mientras los cantores entonaban los cánticos y las trompetas sonaban, hasta que se terminaron todas las ofrendas quemadas. 29 Luego el rey y todos los que estaban con él se inclinaron en adoración. 30 El rey Ezequías y los funcionarios ordenaron a los levitas que alabaran al Señor con los salmos escritos por David y por el vidente Asaf. De modo que ofrecieron alegres alabanzas y se inclinaron en adoración.

31 Luego Ezequías exclamó: «Ahora que ustedes se han consagrado al Señor, traigan sus sacrificios y ofrendas de acción de gracias al templo del Señor». Entonces la gente llevó sus sacrificios y ofrendas de acción de gracias, y todos los que tenían el corazón dispuesto llevaron también ofrendas quemadas. 32 El pueblo llevó al Señor setenta toros, cien carneros y doscientos corderos para las ofrendas quemadas. 33 También llevaron seiscientas cabezas de ganado y tres mil ovejas y cabras como ofrendas sagradas.

34 Sin embargo, no había suficientes sacerdotes para preparar todas las ofrendas quemadas. Por eso sus parientes, los levitas, los ayudaron hasta terminar el trabajo, y hasta que se purificaran más sacerdotes, porque los levitas habían sido más cuidadosos en cuanto a purificarse que los sacerdotes. 35 Hubo abundancia de ofrendas quemadas, junto con las ofrendas líquidas habituales, y una gran cantidad de grasa de las muchas ofrendas de paz.

Así que se restituyó el servicio en el templo del Señor. 36 Ezequías y todo el pueblo se alegraron por lo que Dios había hecho por el pueblo, porque todo se había llevado a cabo con tanta rapidez.

Footnotes

  1. 29:17 En hebreo el primer día del primer mes. En el antiguo calendario lunar hebreo, ese día cayó en marzo o al comienzo de abril del 715 a. C.

Hezekiah Reigns over Judah

29 (A)Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. (B)And he did what was right in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that David his father had done.

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he (C)opened the doors of the house of Yahweh and repaired them. And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the square on the east.

Hezekiah Sets the House of God as Holy

Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. (D)Set yourselves apart now as holy, and set apart as holy the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the holy place. For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what is evil in the sight of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken Him and (E)turned their faces away from the dwelling place of Yahweh, and have [a]turned their backs. They have also (F)shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. Therefore (G)the wrath of Yahweh was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of (H)hissing, as you see with your own eyes. And behold, (I)our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in my heart (J)to cut a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be at ease now, for (K)Yahweh has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and offer offerings up in smoke.”

12 Then the Levites arose:

(L)Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of (M)the Kohathites;
and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel;
and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;
13 and from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and [b]Jeiel;
and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
14 and from the sons of Heman, [c]Jehiel and Shimei;
and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

15 And they gathered their brothers, (N)set themselves apart as holy, and went in (O)to cleanse the house of Yahweh, according to the commandment of the king (P)by the words of Yahweh. 16 So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh they brought out to the court of the house of Yahweh. Then the Levites received it to bring out to (Q)the Kidron [d]valley, to an outer area. 17 Then they began [e]to set it apart as holy (R)on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of Yahweh. Then they set apart the house of Yahweh as holy in eight days, and completed it 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 Yahweh, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils. 19 Moreover, (S)all the utensils which King Ahaz had rejected during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and set apart as holy; and behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.”

Hezekiah Brings an Offering

20 Then King Hezekiah arose early and gathered the princes of the city and went up to the house of Yahweh. 21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats (T)for 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 Yahweh. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; they slaughtered the lambs also and (U)splashed the blood on the altar. 23 Then they had the male goats of the sin offering approach before the king and the assembly, and (V)they laid their hands on them. 24 And the priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood (W)to atone for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

25 (X)He then caused the Levites to stand in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, (Y)according to the command of David and of (Z)Gad the king’s seer, and of (AA)Nathan the prophet; for the command was from Yahweh by the hand of His prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with (AB)the musical instruments of David, and (AC)the priests with the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah said to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, (AD)the song to Yahweh also began with the trumpets, [f]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 completed.

29 Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, (AE)the 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 Yahweh with the words of David and Asaph the seer. (AF)So they sang praises with gladness, and bowed down and worshiped.

31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, “(AG)Now that you have [g]become ordained to Yahweh, approach and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of Yahweh.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and (AH)all those who were willing of heart brought burnt offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh. 33 And the holy things were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; (AI)therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had set themselves apart as holy. For (AJ)the Levites were more upright of heart to set themselves apart as holy than the priests. 35 There were also [h](AK)many burnt offerings with (AL)the fat of the peace offerings and with (AM)the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of Yahweh was established again. 36 Then Hezekiah and all the people were glad over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:6 Lit given
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:13 Or Jeuel
  3. 2 Chronicles 29:14 Or Jehuel, 1 Chr 15:18, 20
  4. 2 Chronicles 29:16 Or wadi
  5. 2 Chronicles 29:17 Or to consecrate
  6. 2 Chronicles 29:27 Lit and according to the authority of the instruments
  7. 2 Chronicles 29:31 Lit filled your hands
  8. 2 Chronicles 29:35 Lit the burnt offerings to an abundance