20 ¶ And Hezekiah the king [a]rose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats for a (A)sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the Priests the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord.

22 So they slew the bullocks, and the Priests received the blood, and [b]sprinkled it upon the altar: they slew also the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar, and they slew the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:20 By this manner of speech the Hebrews mean a certain diligence and speed to do a thing: and when there is no delay.
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:22 For without sprinkling of blood nothing could be sanctified, Heb. 9:21; Exod. 24:8.

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