Hezekiah was a king of Judah, doing that which was right in the sight of God.
Several chapters in the Bible are devoted to telling us of Hezekiah.
II Chronicles 29:1-4
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 (ministers appointed by God), and gathered them together into the east street,
(The
priest and Levites were appointed by God for the work of God to receive
the offerings of the people for sins and trespasses according to the
Law of Moses. But evil kings of Israel had driven these out and
appointed men of their own choosing to be ministers. Hezekiah placed the
men chosen by God back into their rightful ministry.)
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.
(In
the Old Testament, God set up animal sacrifices for the sins of the
people. In the New Testament Jesus is the sacrifice for our sins.)
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.
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.
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Hezekiah says to the Levites:
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.
Many "unclean" things had been brought into the house of the Lord. They had to cleanse that house removing the unclean.
(Today
we cleanse our own house, ourselves, by removing the false doctrines
and setting up in our heart the doctrines of the New Testament by the
Holy Scriptures given to us by inspiration of God.)
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.
25 And he (king Hezekiah) 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.
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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.
(Burnt
offerings and incense were Old Testament commandments but we are not
told to use these in the New Testament for we worship in "spirit" in New
Testament.)
28 And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
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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.
36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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II Chronicles 30
(Passover was Old Testament commandment. No longer valid for New Testament for Christ is our passover in NT church.)
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Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves
unto the LORD, and enter into HIS sanctuary, which HE hath sanctified
for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of HIS wrath
may turn away from you.
9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away HIS face from you, if ye return unto HIM.
12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
9 For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away HIS face from you, if ye return unto HIM.
12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
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14
And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all
the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook
Kidron.
(Unclean altars were removed for in past they had worshipped other gods on these altars.)
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26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
II Chronicles 31:1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and
brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the
high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim
also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
4-5 Moreover he (Hezekiah)
commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the
priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of
the LORD.
5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
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