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2 Crónicas 29
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2 Crónicas 29
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Ezequías, rey de Judá (2 R 18.1-3)
29 Ezequías tenía veinticinco años de edad cuando comenzó a gobernar sobre Judá. La capital de su reino fue Jerusalén, y su reinado duró veintinueve años. Su madre se llamaba Abí, era hija de Zacarías.
2 Ezequías obedeció a Dios, tal como lo había hecho el rey David. 3 En el mes de Abib,[a] del primer año de su reinado, Ezequías ordenó que las puertas del templo se abrieran y fueran reparadas. 4 Después reunió a los sacerdotes y a sus ayudantes en el patio que estaba al este del templo, 5 y les dijo:
«Escúchenme con atención: Es urgente que ustedes se preparen para honrar al Dios de sus antepasados y que preparen también su templo. Saquen de allí todo lo que a Dios no le agrada.
6 »Nuestros antepasados dejaron de adorar a Dios y abandonaron su templo. Desobedecieron a nuestro Dios, 7 pues cerraron las puertas de su templo y dejaron de adorarlo; apagaron las lámparas, dejaron de quemar incienso y no volvieron a presentar ofrendas en su honor.
8 »Por eso Dios castigó a los habitantes de Judá y de Jerusalén. Fue tan terrible el castigo, que no salíamos de nuestro asombro. 9 Nuestros padres murieron en batalla, y nuestros enemigos se llevaron prisioneros a nuestros hijos, hijas y esposas.
10 »Pero si hacemos un pacto con nuestro Dios, podremos volver a agradarle. 11 Dios los ha elegido a ustedes para que estén siempre a su servicio, y para que lo adoren. Por eso ahora les pido, amigos míos, que no sean perezosos y cumplan con su deber».
Los levitas preparan el templo
12 Ésta es la lista de los ayudantes de los sacerdotes que respondieron al llamado del rey:
De los descendientes de Quehat:
Máhat hijo de Amasai,
Joel hijo de Azarías.
De los descendientes de Merarí:
Quis hijo de Abdí,
Azarías hijo de Jehaleel.
De los descendientes de Guersón:
Joah hijo de Zimá,
Edén hijo de Joah.
13 De los descendientes de Elisafán:
Simrí,
Jehiel.
De los descendientes de Asaf:
Zacarías,
Matanías.
14 De los descendientes de Hemán:
Jehiel,
Simí.
De los descendientes de Jedutún:
Semaías,
Uziel.
15-17 El día primero, del mes de Abib,[b] todos ellos obedecieron al rey, siguiendo las instrucciones de la ley de Dios. De inmediato reunieron a sus parientes, y todos se prepararon para adorar a Dios. Luego los sacerdotes entraron en el templo para prepararlo. Encontraron muchos objetos que no agradaban a Dios, y los sacaron al patio del templo para que los ayudantes los tiraran al arroyo llamado Cedrón.
Tardaron ocho días en preparar la parte de afuera del templo, y otros ocho, para preparar el interior. El día dieciséis del mes de Abib terminaron de hacer todo esto. 18 Luego fueron al palacio del rey Ezequías, y le dijeron:
«Ya terminamos de purificar el templo, incluyendo el altar de los sacrificios, la mesa de los panes y todos los utensilios. 19 También hemos preparado y colocado ante el altar todos los utensilios que desechó el rey Ahaz cuando desobedeció a Dios».
20 Al día siguiente, muy temprano, el rey Ezequías reunió a los jefes más importantes de la ciudad y se fue con ellos al templo de Dios. 21 Llevaron como ofrendas siete toros, siete carneros y siete corderos. También llevaron siete cabritos para pedir perdón a Dios por los pecados de la familia del rey, por los pecados del pueblo de Judá, y para hacer del templo un lugar aceptable para Dios.
El rey entregó los animales a los sacerdotes descendientes de Aarón, para que los sacrificaran sobre el altar de Dios. 22 Y así lo hicieron los sacerdotes. Luego, con la sangre de los animales rociaron el altar. 23-24 Como el rey les había ordenado que presentaran la ofrenda para el perdón del pecado de todo el pueblo, los sacerdotes tomaron los cabritos y le pidieron al rey y a los que estaban reunidos con él, que pusieran las manos sobre los animales. Entonces los sacerdotes mataron a los cabritos y derramaron su sangre sobre el altar.
25-28 Mucho tiempo atrás, Dios les había indicado a David y a los profetas Gad y Natán, que los ayudantes de los sacerdotes debían adorarle con música. Entonces Ezequías les ordenó que se pusieran de pie en el templo de Dios, mientras que los sacerdotes tocaban las trompetas.
Por eso, en cuanto Ezequías dio la orden de que los sacerdotes empezaran a presentar los sacrificios, sus ayudantes comenzaron a tocar los platillos y las arpas, y otros instrumentos de cuerdas. Mientras terminaban de presentar los sacrificios, el pueblo adoraba a Dios de rodillas, el coro cantaba y los demás sacerdotes tocaban las trompetas.
29 Al terminar, el rey y todos los que estaban con él también se arrodillaron y adoraron a Dios. 30 Entonces Ezequías y los principales jefes del pueblo ordenaron a los ayudantes de los sacerdotes que le cantaran a Dios los salmos de David y del profeta Asaf. Ellos obedecieron y cantaron con mucha alegría, y al final también se arrodillaron y adoraron a Dios.
31 Después de esto, Ezequías animó a la gente para que también llevaran al templo de Dios sacrificios y ofrendas de gratitud, como señal de que se habían comprometido a obedecer a Dios. Y todo el pueblo le llevó a Dios, con toda sinceridad, sacrificios y ofrendas de gratitud. 32 Ésta fue la cantidad de animales que presentaron para honrar a Dios: setenta toros, cien carneros, y doscientos corderos. 33 Además, presentaron como ofrenda un total de seiscientas reses y tres mil ovejas, para pedirle a Dios su bendición.
34-35 Cuando Ezequías les ordenó a los ayudantes de los sacerdotes que se prepararan para adorar a Dios, ellos lo hicieron de inmediato; pero los sacerdotes no lo hicieron así. Por eso, y como no había suficientes sacerdotes para ofrecer los sacrificios, sus ayudantes, que eran de la misma tribu, tuvieron que ayudarlos.
Así fue como se volvió a rendir culto a Dios en el templo. 36 Y como Dios los había ayudado para que hicieran todo esto rápidamente, Ezequías y todo el pueblo se llenaron de alegría.
Footnotes
- 2 Crónicas 29:3 Abib: Primer mes del calendario lunar judío. En nuestro calendario solar corresponde al período que va de mediados de marzo a mediados de abril.
- 2 Crónicas 29:15 Abib. Véase nota en 29.3.
2 Chronicles 29
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2 Chronicles 29
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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. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(C) had done.
3 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. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5 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. 6 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. 7 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. 8 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. 9 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
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 Or purification offering; also in verses 23 and 24
2 Chronicles 29
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2 Chronicles 29
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Hezekiah Reigns in Judah(A)
29 Hezekiah (B)became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was [a]Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple
3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he (C)opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. 4 Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, 5 and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now [b]sanctify yourselves, (D)sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place. 6 For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of the Lord our God; they have forsaken Him, have (E)turned their faces away from the [c]dwelling place of the Lord, and turned their backs on Him. 7 (F)They have also shut up the doors of the vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore the (G)wrath of the Lord fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has (H)given them up to trouble, to desolation, and to (I)jeering, as you see with your (J)eyes. 9 For indeed, because of this (K)our fathers have fallen by the sword; and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity.
10 “Now it is in my heart to make (L)a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has (M)chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.”
12 Then these Levites arose: (N)Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the (O)Kohathites; of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah; 13 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14 of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 And they gathered their brethren, (P)sanctified[d] themselves, and went according to the commandment of the king, at the words of the Lord, (Q)to cleanse the house of the Lord. 16 Then the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and brought out all the debris that they found in the temple of the Lord to the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it out and carried it to the Brook (R)Kidron.
17 Now they began to [e]sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the Lord. So they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offerings with all its articles, and the table of the showbread with all its articles. 19 Moreover all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign had (S)cast aside in his transgression we have prepared and [f]sanctified; and there they are, before the altar of the Lord.”
Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship
20 Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers 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 for a (T)sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and (U)sprinkled it on the altar. Likewise they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar. 23 Then they brought out the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their (V)hands on them. 24 And the priests killed them; and they presented their blood on the altar as a sin offering (W)to make an atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering be made for all Israel.
25 (X)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, (Y)according to the commandment of David, of (Z)Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; (AA)for thus was the commandment of the Lord by His prophets. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments (AB)of David, and the priests with (AC)the trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (AD)the song of the Lord also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 So all the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 And when they had finished offering, (AE)the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped. 30 Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, come near, and bring sacrifices and (AF)thank offerings into the house of the Lord.” So the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a (AG)willing heart brought burnt offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 The consecrated things were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings; therefore (AH)their brethren the Levites helped them until the work was ended and until the other priests had [g]sanctified themselves, (AI)for the Levites were (AJ)more diligent in (AK)sanctifying themselves than the priests. 35 Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with (AL)the fat of the peace offerings and with (AM)the drink offerings for every burnt offering.
So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order. 36 Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 29:1 Abi, 2 Kin. 18:2
- 2 Chronicles 29:5 consecrate
- 2 Chronicles 29:6 Temple
- 2 Chronicles 29:15 consecrated
- 2 Chronicles 29:17 consecrate
- 2 Chronicles 29:19 consecrated
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 consecrated
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