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2 Chronicles 29 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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reign at the age of twenty-five years, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abia, daughter of Zacharias. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And it came to pass, when he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side,<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and said to them, Hear, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For our fathers have revolted, and done that which was evil before the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their face from the tabernacle of the Lord, and have turned <i>their</i> back. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And they have shut up the doors of the temple, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, and have not offered whole-burnt-offerings in the holy <i>place</i> to the God of Israel. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the Lord was very angry with Juda and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And now be not wanting <i>to your duty</i>, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then the Levites rose up, Maath the son of Amasi, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Kis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Haelel: and of the sons of Gedsoni, Jodaad the son of Zemmath, and Joadam: these <i>were</i> the sons of Joacha. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And of the sons of Elisaphan; Zambri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zacharias, and Matthanias: <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and of the sons of Aeman; Jeiel, and Semei: and of the sons of Idithun; Samaisa, and Oziel. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king's command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify <i>it</i>, and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received <i>it</i> to cast into the brook of Kedron without. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And <i>Ezekias</i> began on the first day, <i>even</i> on the new moon of the first month, to purify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord: and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they finished <i>the work</i>. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And they went in to king Ezekias, and said, We have purified all the things in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole-burnt-offering, and its vessels, and the table of shew-bread, and its vessels; <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and all the vessels which king Achaz polluted in his reign, in his apostasy, we have prepared and purified: behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.<p> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And kin Ezekias rose early in the morning, and gathered the chief men of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he brought seven calves, seven rams, seven lambs, seven kids of goats for a sin-offering, for the kingdom, and for the holy things, and for Israel: and he told the priests the sons of Aaron to go up to the altar of the Lord. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they slew the calves, and the priests received the blood, and poured it on the altar: and they slew the rams, and poured the blood upon the altar: also they slew the lambs, and poured the blood round the altar. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and laid their hands upon them. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the priests slew them, and offered their blood as a propitiation on the altar; and they made atonement for all Israel: for the king said, The whole-burnt-offering, and the sin-offering <i>are</i> for all Israel.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, according to the commandment of king David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for by the commandment of the Lord the order <i>was</i> in the hand of the prophets. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Ezekias told <i>them</i> to offer up the whole-burnt-offering on the altar: and when they began to offer the whole-burnt-offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets <i>accompanied</i> the instruments of David king of Israel. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And all the congregation worshipped, and the psalm-singers <i>were</i> singing, and the trumpets sounding, until the whole-burnt-sacrifice had been completely offered.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And when they had done offering <i>it</i>, the king and all that were present bowed, and worshipped. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Ezekias answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, bring near and offer sacrifices of praise in the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord; and every one who was ready in his heart <i>brought</i> whole-burnt-offerings. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And the number of the whole-burnt-offerings which the congregation brought, was seventy calves, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these <i>were</i> for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>And the consecrated calves were six hundred, <i>and</i> the sheep three thousand. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole-burnt-offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites <i>more</i> zealously purified <i>themselves</i> than the priests. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And the whole-burnt-offering <i>was</i> abundant, with the fat of the complete peace-offering, and the drink-offerings of the whole-burnt-sacrifice. So the service was established in the house of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And Ezekias and all the people rejoiced, because God has prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>