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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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New Century Version

2 Chronicles 29:20

Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the leaders of the city and went up to the Temple of the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Asaph;   Levites;   Thompson Chain Reference - Devotional Life;   Early Rising;   Morning Devotions;   Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Laying on of Hands;   Music, Instruments, Dancing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Hizkiyahu the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
King James Version
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord .
English Standard Version
Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord .
New English Translation
Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord 's temple.
Amplified Bible
Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
Then King Hezekiah got up early and assembled the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Hezekiah the King rose early, and gathered the princes of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then King Hezekiah arose early and gathered the princes of the city and went up to the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
Right away, Hezekiah called together the officials of Jerusalem, and they went to the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
Next morning, Hizkiyahu the king got up early, gathered the leading men of the city and went up to the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the Temple of the Lord early the next morning.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the elders of Jerusalem, and went up to the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
Without delay King Hezekiah assembled the leading men of the city, and together they went to the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
Then King Hezekiah rose early and gathered the officials of the city, and he went up to the house of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the heads of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The the kynge Ezechias gat him vp early, and gathered together the Elders of the cite, and wete vp vnto the house of the LORDE,
American Standard Version
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia the king rose earlye, and gathered the lordes of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
Then Hezekiah the king rose earely, and gathered the rulers of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Ezekias rose early in the morning, and gathered the chief men of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
English Revised Version
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ezechie, the kyng, roos in the morwetid, and gaderide togidere alle the princes of the citee, and stiede in to the hows of the Lord;
Update Bible Version
Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and convened the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
New King James Version
Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
New Living Translation
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went to the Temple of the Lord .
New Life Bible
Then King Hezekiah got up early and gathered the city rulers and went up to the house of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
Then King Hezekiah rose early, assembled the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Hezekiah the king rose up early, and gathered together the rulers of the city, - and went up to the house of Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all the rulers of the city, and went up into the house of the Lord:
Revised Standard Version
Then Hezeki'ah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;
THE MESSAGE
Then Hezekiah the king went to work: He got all the leaders of the city together and marched to The Temple of God . They brought with them seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven he-goats to sacrifice as an Absolution-Offering for the royal family, for the Sanctuary, and for Judah as a whole; he directed the Aaronite priests to sacrifice them on the Altar of God . The priests butchered the bulls and then took the blood and sprinkled it on the Altar, and then the same with the rams and lambs. Finally they brought the goats up; the king and congregation laid their hands upon them. The priests butchered them and made an Absolution-Offering with their blood at the Altar to atone for the sin of all Israel—the king had ordered that the Whole-Burnt-Offering and the Absolution-Offering be for all Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the leaders of the city and went up to the Temple of the Lord . 21 They brought seven bulls, seven male sheep, seven lambs, and seven male goats. These animals were an offering to remove the sin of the people and the kingdom of Judah and to make the Temple ready for service to God. King Hezekiah commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these animals on the Lord 's altar. 22 So the priests killed the bulls and sprinkled their blood on the altar. They killed the sheep and sprinkled their blood on the altar. Then they killed the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar. 23 Then the priests brought the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the people there. After the king and the people put their hands on the goats, 24 the priests killed them. With the goats' blood they made an offering on the altar to remove the sins of the Israelites so they would belong to God. The king had said that the burnt offering and sin offering should be made for all Israel. 25 King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, as David, Gad, and Nathan had commanded. (Gad was the king's seer, and Nathan was a prophet.) This command came from the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David's instruments of music, and the priests stood ready with their trumpets. 27 Then Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the singing to the Lord also began. The trumpets were blown, and the musical instruments of David king of Israel were played. 28 All the people worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters blew their trumpets until the burnt offering was finished. 29 When the sacrifices were completed, King Hezekiah and everyone with him bowed down and worshiped.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

rose: Genesis 22:3, Exodus 24:4, Joshua 6:12, Jeremiah 25:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:1 - the king 1 Chronicles 13:1 - consulted 2 Chronicles 1:2 - to the captains

Cross-References

Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent of Sarah, his mother, and she became his wife. Isaac loved her very much, and so he was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 29:6
Then Jacob asked, "How is he?" They answered, "He is well. Look, his daughter Rachel is coming now with his sheep."
Genesis 29:7
Jacob said, "But look, it is still the middle of the day. It is not time for the sheep to be gathered for the night, so give them water and let them go back into the pasture."
Genesis 30:26
Give me my wives and my children and let me go. I have earned them by working for you, and you know that I have served you well."
Hosea 12:12
Your ancestor Jacob fled to Northwest Mesopotamia where he worked to get a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
1 Corinthians 13:7
Love patiently accepts all things. It always trusts, always hopes, and always endures.
2 Corinthians 5:14
The love of Christ controls us, because we know that One died for all, so all have died.
Ephesians 5:2
Live a life of love just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Hezekiah the king rose early,.... Took the first opportunity to attend the worship of God, and set an example to his people:

and gathered the rulers of the city; the elders of the people, the chief magistrates in Jerusalem:

and went up to the house of the Lord; the temple, to worship there.


 
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