Quotes about Worship
In every city of Judah he built high places to offer incense to other gods, and so he provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers.
— 2 Chronicles 28:25
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
— 2 Chronicles 29:4
“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.
— 2 Chronicles 29:5
They also shut the doors of the portico and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn incense or present burnt offerings in the Holy Place of the God of Israel.
— 2 Chronicles 29:7
Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
— 2 Chronicles 29:11
Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;
— 2 Chronicles 29:12
Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
— 2 Chronicles 29:13
Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.
— 2 Chronicles 29:14
Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
— 2 Chronicles 29:18
Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.
— 2 Chronicles 29:20
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
— 2 Chronicles 29:21
So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
— 2 Chronicles 29:22