2 Chronicles 29:1-11 ▼

1 Hezekiah became king, a son of twenty-five years, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. And the name of his mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.

2 And he did right in the eyes of YHWH, 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 YHWH and strengthened them.

4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them to the broad place to the east,

5 and he said to them, “Hear me, O Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, God of your? fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary.

6 For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the eyes of YHWH our God, and they have forsaken Him and have turned away their faces from the dwelling place of YHWH, and have given the neck.

7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and they put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense, and the burnt offering they have not caused to ascend in the Holy Place to the God of Israel.

8 And the wrath of YHWH is upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has given them up for a trembling, to be a horror, and to be a hissing, as you? all are seeing with your? eyes.

9 And behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity upon this.

10 Now it is with my heart to cut a covenant before YHWH, God of Israel, that the burning of His anger may turn away from us.

11 My sons, do not now be negligent, for YHWH has chosen you? to stand before Him to serve Him, that you should be unto Him ministering and burning incense.”