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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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2 Chronicles 29:20

Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord 's temple.

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 Century Version
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the leaders of the city and went up to the Temple of the Lord .
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 assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord 's temple. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord . 22 They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar. 23 Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them. 24 Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel. 25 King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord 's temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king's prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) 26 The Levites had David's musical instruments and the priests had trumpets. 27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord , accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel. 28 The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed. 29 When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were 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 his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 29:6
"Is he well?" Jacob asked. They replied, "He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."
Genesis 29:7
Then Jacob said, "Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more."
Genesis 30:26
Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I'll depart, because you know how hard I've worked for you."
Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her.
1 Corinthians 13:7
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
2 Corinthians 5:14
For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died.
Ephesians 5:2
and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering 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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