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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
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Hiskia blir kung i Juda
29 (A) Hiskia var tjugofem år när han blev kung, och han regerade tjugonio år[a] i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Abia och hon var dotter till Sakarja. 2 Han gjorde det som var rätt i Herrens ögon, precis som hans fader David hade gjort.
Templet renas och återinvigs
3 (B) I sitt första regeringsår, i första månaden[b], öppnade han dörrarna till Herrens hus och fick dem i ordning. 4 Han lät hämta prästerna och leviterna och samlade dem på den öppna platsen mot öster 5 och sade till dem: ”Hör på mig, ni leviter: Helga nu er själva och helga Herrens, era fäders Guds, hus och för bort orenheten ur helgedomen. 6 Våra fäder var trolösa och gjorde vad ont var i Herren vår Guds ögon och övergav honom. De vände sitt ansikte bort ifrån Herrens boning och vände honom ryggen. 7 De stängde också igen dörrarna till förhuset och släckte lamporna, och de tände ingen rökelse och offrade inga brännoffer i helgedomen åt Israels Gud.
8 (C) Därför har Herrens vrede kommit över Juda och Jerusalem, och han har gjort dem till ett avskräckande exempel, till häpnad och förakt, som ni ser med egna ögon. 9 (D) Ja, därför har också våra fäder fallit för svärd, och våra söner och döttrar och hustrur har kommit i fångenskap. 10 Men nu har jag i sinnet att sluta ett förbund med Herren, Israels Gud, för att hans vredes glöd ska vända sig ifrån oss. 11 (E) Så var nu inte försumliga, mina barn, för Herren har utvalt er att stå inför hans ansikte och göra tjänst inför honom till att vara hans tjänare och tända rökelse inför honom.”
12 (F) Då reste sig leviterna:
Mahat, Amasajs son,
och Joel, Asarjas son
av kehatiternas släkt,
av Meraris släkt Kish, Abdis son,
och Asarja, Jehallelels son,
av gershoniterna Joa, Simmas son,
och Eden, Joashs son,
13 av Elisafans släkt Shimri
och Jeguel,
av Asafs släkt Sakarja
och Mattanja,
14 av Hemans släkt Jehuel
och Shimei
samt av Jedutuns släkt
Shemaja och Ussiel.
15 Dessa samlade sina bröder och helgade sig och gick sedan för att rena Herrens hus, så som kungen hade befallt i kraft av Herrens ord.
16 Men prästerna gick in i det inre av Herrens hus för att rena det, och all orenhet som de fann i Herrens tempel bar de ut på förgården till Herrens hus. Där tog leviterna emot det och bar ut det i Kidrondalen. 17 De började att helga templet på första dagen i första månaden, och på åttonde dagen i månaden hade de hunnit till Herrens förhus. De helgade sedan Herrens hus under åtta dagar. På sextonde dagen i första månaden var de färdiga. 18 Då gick de in till kung Hiskia och sade: ”Vi har renat hela Herrens hus och brännofferaltaret med tillbehör och skådebrödsbordet med tillbehör. 19 (G) Alla de kärl som kung Ahas under sin regering i trolöshet förkastade har vi återställt och helgat, och de står nu framför Herrens altare.”
20 Tidigt på morgonen samlade kung Hiskia furstarna i staden och gick upp i Herrens hus. 21 (H) Man förde fram sju tjurar, sju baggar, sju lamm och sju bockar till syndoffer för landet och helgedomen och för Juda. Och kungen befallde Arons söner, prästerna, att offra det på Herrens altare. 22 (I) De slaktade då tjurarna, och prästerna tog blodet och stänkte det på altaret. Därefter slaktade de baggarna och stänkte blodet på altaret. Sedan slaktade de lammen och stänkte blodet på altaret. 23 (J) Så förde de fram syndofferbockarna inför kungen och församlingen, och de lade händerna på dem. 24 Och prästerna slaktade dem och lät deras blod som syndoffer komma på altaret till försoning för hela Israel. Kungen hade nämligen befallt att dessa brännoffer och syndoffer skulle offras för hela Israel.
25 (K) Han lät leviterna ställa upp sig till tjänstgöring i Herrens hus med cymbaler, lyror och harpor, så som David och kungens siare Gad och profeten Natan hade befallt, för Herren hade genom sina profeter gett befallning om detta. 26 (L) Och leviterna ställde upp sig med Davids instrument och prästerna med trumpeterna. 27 Hiskia befallde att man skulle offra brännoffret på altaret. Samtidigt som offret bars fram började Herrens sång att ljuda tillsammans med trumpeterna under ledning av Israels kung Davids instrument. 28 Hela församlingen tillbad medan sången sjöngs och trumpeterna ljöd, och det pågick tills brännoffret var fullbordat. 29 När de hade offrat brännoffret böjde kungen knä, och alla som var tillsammans med honom tillbad. 30 Och kung Hiskia och furstarna befallde leviterna att lova Herren med Davids och siaren Asafs ord, och de lovsjöng med glädje, de böjde sig ner och tillbad.
31 (M) Hiskia tog då till orda och sade: ”Ni har nu blivit vigda åt Herren. Kom därför hit och för fram slaktoffer och gemenskapsoffer till Herrens hus.” Då förde församlingen fram slaktoffer och gemenskapsoffer, och var och en som i sitt hjärta manades att offra brännoffer gjorde så. 32 Antalet brännofferdjur som församlingen förde fram var 70 tjurar, 100 baggar och 200 lamm – alla dessa var till brännoffer åt Herren. 33 Och gemenskapsoffren utgjordes av 600 tjurar och 3 000 djur av småboskapen.
34 (N) Men prästerna var för få och kunde inte flå alla brännoffersdjuren. Därför hjälpte deras bröder leviterna dem tills arbetet var fullgjort och prästerna hade helgat sig. Leviterna var nämligen mer angelägna än prästerna att helga sig. 35 Antalet brännoffer var också stort, och därtill kom fettstyckena av gemenskapsoffren liksom de dryckesoffer som hörde till brännoffren. På så sätt blev det ordnat med tjänstgöringen i Herrens hus. 36 Och Hiskia och allt folket gladde sig över vad Gud hade berett åt folket, för det hade hänt plötsligt.
Footnotes
- 29:1 Hiskia … tjugonio år Ca 715-687 f Kr, men samregent med sin far Ahas redan från 729 f Kr. Hiskia betyder ”Herren är min styrka”. Se även 2 Kung 18-20.
- 29:3 första regeringsår, i första månaden Mars-april 715 f Kr.
2 Chronicles 29
King James Version
2 Chronicles 29
King James Version
29 Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done.
3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.
7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9 For, lo, 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 mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11 My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
12 Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
14 And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
19 Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers 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 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 killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
23 And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
25 And he set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the Lord by his prophets.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29 And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
31 Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
32 And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
33 And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35 And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order.
36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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