2 Crónicas 29
Nueva Traducción Viviente
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. 2 Él hizo lo que era agradable a los ojos del Señor, igual que su antepasado David.
Ezequías vuelve a abrir el templo
3 En el primer mes del primer año de su reinado, Ezequías reabrió las puertas del templo del Señor y las reparó. 4 Convocó a los sacerdotes y a los levitas a encontrarse con él en el atrio al oriente del templo. 5 Les dijo: «¡Levitas, escúchenme! Purifíquense ustedes y purifiquen el templo del Señor, Dios de sus antepasados. Quiten del santuario todos los objetos contaminados. 6 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. 7 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.
8 »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. 9 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
- 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.
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.
2 Chronicles 29
New King James Version
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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