2 Chronicles 29 - Summary

Hezekiah became king at twenty-five and immediately began reforms, opening and repairing the temple doors in the first month of his reign and assembling the priests and Levites in the eastern square. He confessed that their fathers had been unfaithful, forsaking the Lord, turning away from His dwelling, shutting the doors, extinguishing the lamps, and ceasing incense and burnt offerings, resulting in divine wrath manifested in captivity and disgrace. The Levites consecrated themselves and cleansed the temple over sixteen days, removing defilement to the Kidron Valley, and Hezekiah gathered the city officials early the next morning to offer sacrifices of atonement for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah, with the Levites positioned with instruments of David and the priests with trumpets; when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also, continuing until the offering was finished, and the assembly worshiped while the singers sang, then offered so many additional sacrifices that the priests were too few to skin them all and their Levite brothers helped until the work was complete.