(13) And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:

(14) And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

(15) And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.

(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.

(17) Now they began on the first {day} of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

(18) Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.

(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.

(21) And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer {them} on the altar of the Lord.

(22) So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled {it} on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

(23) And they brought forth the he goats {for} the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

(24) And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded {that} the burnt offering and the sin offering {should be made} for all Israel.

(25) And he 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.

(28) And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: {and} all {this continued} until the burnt offering was finished.

(29) And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.

(30) Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

(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.

(32) And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, {and} two hundred lambs: all these {were} for a burnt offering to the Lord.

(33) And the consecrated things {were} six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

(34) But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the {other} priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites {were} more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

(35) And also the burnt offerings {were} in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for {every} burnt offering. So the service of the house of the Lord was set in order.

2. When the king had said this, the priests opened the temple; and when they had set in order the vessels, of God, and cast out what was impure, they laid the accustomed sacrifices upon the altar.

The king also sent to the country that was under him, and called the people to Jerusalem to celebrate the feast of unleavened bread, for it had been intermitted a long time, on account of the wickedness of the aforementioned kings.