1 igitur Ezechias regnare coepit cum viginti quinque esset annorum
et viginti novem annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Abia filia Zacchariae
2 fecitque quod erat placitum in conspectu Domini
iuxta omnia quae fecerat David pater eius
3 ipse anno et mense primo regni sui
aperuit valvas domus Domini et instauravit eas
4 adduxitque sacerdotes atque Levitas
et congregavit eos in plateam orientalem
5 dixitque ad eos
audite me Levitae et sanctificamini
mundate domum Domini Dei patrum vestrorum
auferte omnem inmunditiam de sanctuario
6 peccaverunt patres nostri
et fecerunt malum in conspectu Domini Dei nostri
derelinquentes eum
averterunt facies suas a tabernaculo Domini
et praebuerunt dorsum
7 cluserunt ostia quae erant in porticu et extinxerunt lucernas
incensumque non adoleverunt
et holocausta non obtulerunt in sanctuario Deo Israhel
8 concitatus est itaque furor Domini super Iudam et Hierusalem
tradiditque eos in commotionem et in interitum et in sibilum
sicut ipsi cernitis oculis vestris
9 en corruerunt patres nostri gladiis
filii nostri et filiae nostrae et coniuges
captivae ductae sunt propter hoc scelus
10 nunc igitur placet mihi
ut ineamus foedus cum Domino Deo Israhel
et avertat a nobis furorem irae suae
11 filii mi nolite neglegere
vos elegit Dominus ut stetis coram eo et ministretis illi
colatis eum et cremetis incensum
12 surrexerunt ergo Levitae
Maath filius Amasiae et Iohel filius Azariae de filiis
Caath
porro de filiis Merari Cis filius Abdai et Azarias filius Iallelel
de filiis autem Gersom Ioha filius Zemma et Eden filius Ioaha
13 at vero de filiis Elisaphan Samri et Iahihel
de filiis quoque Asaph Zaccharias et Mathanias
14 nec non de filiis Heman Iahihel et Semei
sed et de filiis Idithun Semeias et Ozihel
15 congregaveruntque fratres suos et sanctificati sunt
et ingressi iuxta mandatum regis et imperium Domini
ut expiarent domum Dei
16 sacerdotes quoque ingressi templum Domini ut sanctificarent illud
extulerunt omnem inmunditiam
quam intro reppererant in vestibulum domus Domini
quam tulerunt Levitae et asportaverunt ad torrentem Cedron foras
17 coeperunt autem prima die mensis primi mundare
et in die octava eiusdem mensis ingressi sunt porticum
templi Domini
expiaveruntque templum diebus octo
et in die sextadecima mensis eiusdem quod coeperant impleverunt
18 ingressi quoque sunt ad Ezechiam regem et dixerunt ei
sanctificavimus omnem domum Domini
et altare holocaustoseos vasaque eius
nec non et mensam propositionis cum omnibus vasis suis
19 cunctamque templi supellectilem
quam polluerat rex Achaz in regno suo postquam praevaricatus est
et ecce exposita sunt omnia coram altari Domini
20 consurgensque diluculo Ezechias rex
adunavit omnes principes civitatis et ascendit domum Domini
21 obtuleruntque simul tauros septem
arietes septem agnos septem et hircos septem
pro peccato pro regno pro sanctuario pro Iuda
dixit quoque sacerdotibus filiis Aaron
ut offerrent super altare Domini
22 mactaverunt igitur tauros
et susceperunt sacerdotes sanguinem
et fuderunt illud super altare
mactaverunt etiam arietes et illorum sanguinem super altare fuderunt
immolaverunt agnos et fuderunt super altare sanguinem
23 adplicaverunt hircos pro peccato
coram rege et universa multitudine
inposueruntque manus suas super eos
24 et immolaverunt illos sacerdotes
et asperserunt sanguinem eorum altari
pro piaculo universi Israhelis
pro omni quippe Israhel praeceperat rex ut holocaustum fieret
et pro peccato
25 constituit quoque Levitas in domo Domini
cum cymbalis et psalteriis et citharis
secundum dispositionem David et Gad videntis regis
et Nathan prophetae
siquidem Domini praeceptum fuit
per manum prophetarum eius
26 steteruntque Levitae tenentes organa David et sacerdotes tubas
27 et iussit Ezechias ut offerrent holocaustum super altare
cumque offerrentur holocausta
coeperunt laudes canere Domino et clangere tubis
atque in diversis organis quae David rex Israhel reppererat
concrepare
28 omni autem turba adorante
cantores et hii qui tenebant tubas erant in officio suo
donec conpleretur holocaustum
29 cumque finita esset oblatio
incurvatus est rex et omnes qui erant cum eo et adoraverunt
30 praecepitque Ezechias et principes Levitis
ut laudarent Dominum sermonibus David et Asaph videntis
qui laudaverunt eum magna laetitia
et curvato genu adoraverunt
31 Ezechias autem etiam haec addidit
implestis manus vestras Domino
accedite et offerte victimas et laudes in domo Domini
obtulit ergo universa multitudo
hostias et laudes et holocausta mente devota
32 porro numerus holocaustorum quae obtulit multitudo
hic fuit
tauros septuaginta arietes centum agnos ducentos
33 sanctificaveruntque Domino boves sescentos et oves tria milia
34 sacerdotes vero pauci erant
nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent
unde et Levitae fratres eorum adiuverunt eos
donec impleretur opus et sanctificarentur antistites
Levitae quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur quam sacerdotes
35 fuerunt igitur holocausta plurima adipes pacificorum et
libamina holocaustorum
et conpletus est cultus domus Domini
36 laetatusque est Ezechias et omnis populus
eo quod ministerium Domini esset expletum
de repente quippe hoc fieri placuerat
1 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.