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29Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned2 in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother's name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.
2He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord , just as his father David had done.
3In the first month of the first year of his reign1, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them.
4He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side
5and said: "Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate3 yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord , the God of your fathers. Remove all defilement4 from the sanctuary5.
6Our fathers were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook6 him. They turned their faces away from the Lord 's dwelling7 place and turned their backs on him.
7They also shut the doors of the portico8 and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense9 or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel.
8Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread10 and horror and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity11.
10Now I intend to make a covenant12 with the Lord , the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.
11My sons, do not be negligent13 now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense."
12Then these Levites 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 son of Joah;
13from the descendants of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; from the descendants of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
14from the descendants of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; from the descendants of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated14 themselves, they went in to purify the temple of the Lord , as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord .
16The 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.
17They began the consecration15 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.
18Then 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 utensils16, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles.
19We have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord 's altar."
20Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord .
21They brought seven bulls, seven rams17, seven male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering 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 .
22So they slaughtered18 the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar.
23The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them.
24The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone19 for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
25He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals20, harps21 and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad22 the king's seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets.
26So the Levites stood ready with David's instruments, and the priests with their trumpets23.
27Hezekiah 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 of David king of Israel.
28The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the singers sang and the trumpeters played. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering was completed.
29When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped.
30King 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 their heads and worshiped.
31Then Hezekiah said, "You have now dedicated24 yourselves to the Lord . Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord ." So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
32The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs-all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord .
33The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats.
34The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their kinsmen25 the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated, for the Levites had been more conscientious26 in consecrating27 themselves than the priests had been.
35There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat of the fellowship offerings and the drink offerings that accompanied the burnt offerings. So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished.
36Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.
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reign
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| n.统治时期，统治，支配，盛行；v.占优势 | |
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reigned
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| vi.当政，统治（reign的过去式形式） | |
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consecrate
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| v.使圣化，奉…为神圣；尊崇；奉献 | |
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defilement
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| n.弄脏，污辱，污秽 | |
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sanctuary
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| n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区 | |
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forsook
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dwelling
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| n.住宅，住所，寓所 | |
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portico
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incense
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| v.激怒；n.香，焚香时的烟，香气 | |
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dread
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| vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧 | |
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captivity
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| n.囚禁；被俘；束缚 | |
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covenant
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| n.盟约，契约；v.订盟约 | |
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negligent
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| adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的 | |
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consecrated
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| adj.神圣的，被视为神圣的v.把…奉为神圣，给…祝圣( consecrate的过去式和过去分词 )；奉献 | |
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consecration
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| n.供献，奉献，献祭仪式 | |
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utensils
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| 器具，用具，器皿( utensil的名词复数 )； 器物 | |
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rams
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| n.公羊( ram的名词复数 )；(R-)白羊（星）座；夯；攻城槌v.夯实（土等）( ram的第三人称单数 )；猛撞；猛压；反复灌输 | |
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slaughtered
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| v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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atone
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| v.赎罪，补偿 | |
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cymbals
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| pl.铙钹 | |
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harps
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gad
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| n.闲逛；v.闲逛 | |
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trumpets
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| 喇叭( trumpet的名词复数 )； 小号； 喇叭形物； （尤指）绽开的水仙花 | |
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dedicated
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| adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的 | |
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kinsmen
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| n.家属，亲属( kinsman的名词复数 ) | |
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conscientious
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| adj.审慎正直的，认真的，本着良心的 | |
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consecrating
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| v.把…奉为神圣，给…祝圣( consecrate的现在分词 )；奉献 | |
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