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28 Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the Lord. 2 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and also made idols for worshiping the Baals. 3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his children in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. 4 He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree. 5 Therefore the Lord his God delivered him into the hands of the king of Aram. The Arameans defeated him and took many of his people as prisoners and brought them to Damascus. He was also given into the hands of the king of Israel, who inflicted heavy casualties on him. 6 In one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed a hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in Judah—because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 7 Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, second to the king. 8 The men of Israel took captive from their fellow Israelites who were from Judah two hundred thousand wives, sons and daughters. They also took a great deal of plunder, which they carried back to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the Lord named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, was angry with Judah, he gave them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches to heaven. 10 And now you intend to make the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem your slaves. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the Lord your God? 11 Now listen to me! Send back your fellow Israelites you have taken as prisoners, for the Lord’s fierce anger rests on you.” 12 Then some of the leaders in Ephraim—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—confronted those who were arriving from the war. 13 “You must not bring those prisoners here,” they said, “or we will be guilty before the Lord. Do you intend to add to our sin and guilt? For our guilt is already great, and his fierce anger rests on Israel.” 14 So the soldiers gave up the prisoners and plunder in the presence of the officials and all the assembly. 15 The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria. 16 At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings[a] of Assyria for help. 17 The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away prisoners, 18 while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages. 19 The Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel,[b] for he had promoted wickedness in Judah and had been most unfaithful to the Lord. 20 Tiglath-Pileser[c] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him. 22 In his time of trouble King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the Lord. 23 He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus, who had defeated him; for he thought, “Since the gods of the kings of Aram have helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me.” But they were his downfall and the downfall of all Israel. 24 Ahaz gathered together the furnishings from the temple of God and cut them in pieces. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and set up altars at every street corner in Jerusalem. 25 In every town in Judah he built high places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of his ancestors. 26 The other events of his reign and all his ways, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 27 Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king. 29 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. 2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had done. 3 In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them. 4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side 5 and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. 6 Our parents were unfaithful; they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him. 7 They also shut the doors of the portico and put out the lamps. They did not burn incense or present any burnt offerings at the sanctuary to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore, the anger of the Lord has fallen on Judah and Jerusalem; he has made them an object of dread and horror and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes. 9 This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity. 10 Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense.” 12 Then these Levites set to work: from the Kohathites, Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah; 13 from the descendants of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; from the descendants of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; 14 from the descendants of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; from the descendants of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. 15 When they had assembled their fellow Levites and consecrated themselves, they went in to purify the temple of the Lord, as the king had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 16 The priests went into the sanctuary of the Lord to purify it. They brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple everything unclean that they found in the temple of the Lord. The Levites took it and carried it out to the Kidron Valley. 17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and by the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the Lord. For eight more days they consecrated the temple of the Lord itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month. 18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported: “We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for setting out the consecrated bread, with all its articles. 19 We have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz removed in his unfaithfulness while he was king. They are now in front of the Lord’s altar.” 20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord. 21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs and seven male goats as a sin offering[d] for the kingdom, for the sanctuary and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer these on the altar of the Lord. 22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it against the altar; next they slaughtered the rams and splashed their blood against the altar; then they slaughtered the lambs and splashed their blood against the altar. 23 The goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them. 24 The priests then slaughtered the goats and presented their blood on the altar for a sin offering to atone for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel. 25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David and Gad the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets. 26 So the Levites stood ready with David’s instruments, and the priests with their trumpets. 27 Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also, accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 The whole assembly bowed in worship, while the musicians played and the trumpets sounded. All this continued until the sacrifice of the burnt offering was completed. 29 When the offerings were finished, the king and everyone present with him knelt down and worshiped. 30 King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped. 31 Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the Lord.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings. 32 The number of burnt offerings the assembly brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams and two hundred male lambs—all of them for burnt offerings to the Lord. 33 The animals consecrated as sacrifices amounted to six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats. 34 The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated, for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been. 35 There were burnt offerings in abundance, together with the fat of the fellowship offerings and the drink offerings that accompanied the burnt offerings. So the service of the temple of the Lord was reestablished. 36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly. 30 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. 2 The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month. 3 They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. 4 The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly. 5 They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written. 6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read: “People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 Do not be like your parents and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see. 8 Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you. 9 If you return to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.” 10 The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed them. 11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem. 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord. 13 A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread in the second month. 14 They removed the altars in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. 15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the Lord. 16 Then they took up their regular positions as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites. 17 Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs[e] to the Lord. 18 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the Lord, who is good, pardon everyone 19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the Lord, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.” 20 And the Lord heard Hezekiah and healed the people. 21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the Lord every day with resounding instruments dedicated to the Lord.[f] 22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[g] the Lord, the God of their ancestors. 23 The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully. 24 Hezekiah king of Judah provided a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep and goats for the assembly, and the officials provided them with a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep and goats. A great number of priests consecrated themselves. 25 The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites and all who had assembled from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and also those who resided in Judah. 26 There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem. 27 The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place. 31 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property. 2 Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s dwelling. 3 The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord. 4 He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord. 5 As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. 6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps. 7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed his people Israel. 9 Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps; 10 and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered, “Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.” 11 Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done. 12 Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank. 13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God. 14 Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the Lord and also the consecrated gifts. 15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike. 16 In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records—all who would enter the temple of the Lord to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 17 And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 18 They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves. 19 As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites. 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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2 इतिहास 29Nepali Bible: Easy-to-Read Version (ERV-NE) हिजकियाह यहूदाका राजा 29 हिजकियाह जब पच्चीस बर्ष पुगे तब तिनी राजा भए। तिनले यरूशलेममा उनन्तीस बर्षसम्म राज गरे। तिनकी आमाको नाउँ अबियाह थियो। अबियाह जकर्याहकी छोरी थिइन्। 2 हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुले तिनीद्वारा गर्न चाहनु भएका कुराहरू गरे तिनले आफ्ना पुर्खा दाऊदले गरेका जस्तै सही कार्य गरे। 3 हिजकियाहले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरका ढोकाहरू लगाइ दिए अनि तिनीहरूलाई दृढ बनाए। हिजकियाहले मन्दिर फेरि खुल्ला गरि दिए। तिनले यो काम आफू राजा भएको पहिलो बर्षको पहिलो महीनामा गरे। 4-5 हिजकियाले पूजाहारीहरू अनि लेवीहरूलाई सभामा एक साथ गरे। तिनले तिनीहरूसित मन्दिरको पूर्व तफर्को खुल्ला आँगानमा सभा गरे। हिजकियाहले तिनीहरूलाई भने, “मेरो कुरा सुन, लेवीहरू। तिमीहरूले स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाको निम्ति तयार गर। परमप्रभु परमेश्वरको मन्दिरलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार पार, उहाँ तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले आज्ञा पालन गर्ने परमेश्वर हुनु हुन्छ। मन्दिरबाट ती चीज-बीजहरू हटाइ देऊ जो त्यहाँको होइन। ती चीज बीजहरूले मन्दिरलाई शुद्ध तुल्याउँदैन। 6 हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले परमप्रभुलाई त्याग गरे अनि आफ्ना अनुहार परमप्रभुको मन्दिरबाट टाढा फर्काए। 7 तिनीहरूले मन्दिरको दलानका ढोकाहरू थुनि दिए अनि दीपहरूमा बत्ती निभ्न दिए। तिनीहरूले इस्राएलका परमेश्वरलाई पवित्र स्थानमा धूप बाल्न अनि होमबलि चढाउन बन्द गरे। 8 यसर्थ परमप्रभु यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका मानिसहरू प्रति अत्यन्त क्रोधित हुनु भयो। परमप्रभुले तिनीहरूलाई दण्ड दिनु भयो। अरू मानिसहरू भयभीत भए अनि विचलित भए जब तिनीहरूले देखे परमप्रभुले यहूदा अनि यरूशलेमका मानिसहरूलाई के गरे। ती अन्य मानिसहरूले यहूदाका मानिसहरूका निम्ति घृणा अनि लाजले आफ्ना शिरहरू हल्लाए। तिमीहरू जान्दछौ, यी कुराहरू सत्य हुन्। तिमीहरू आफ्नै आँखाले देख्न सक्छौ। 9 अनि, त्यसै कारणले गर्दा हाम्रो पुर्खाहरू युद्धमा मारिए। हाम्रा छोरा अनि छोरीहरू अनि पत्नीहरूलाई कैदी बनाइए। 10 यसकारण अब म, हिजकियाहले इस्राएलका परमप्रभु परमेश्वर सित करार गर्ने निश्चय गरेको छु। तब उहाँ हामी सित अब उप्रान्त क्रोधित हुनहुने छैन। 11 यसकारण मेरो छोराहरू, अल्छे नबन वा अझ अधिक समय खेर नफाल। परमप्रभुले उहाँको सेवा गर्नका निम्ति तिमीहरूलाई चुन्नु भएको छ। उहाँले तिमीहरूलाई उहाँको मन्दिरमा सेवा गर्न अनि धूप बाल्नका निम्ति चुन्नु भएको छ।” 12-14 यो त्यहाँ भएका लेवीहरूको सूचीहो जसले काम गर्न शुरू गरेः कहातका परिवारबाट अमासैका छोरा महत अनि अजर्याहका छोरा योएल थिए। मरारीका परिवारबाट अब्दीका छोरा कीश अनि यहल्लेलका छोरा अजर्याह थिए। गेर्शोनका परिवारबाट जीम्माका छोरा योआह अनि योआहका छोरा एदेन थिए। एलीसापानका परिवारहरूबाट शिम्री अनि यूएल थिए। आसापका परिवारहरूबाट जकर्याह अनि मत्तन्याह थिए। हेमानका परिवारहरूबाट यहूएल अनि शिमी थिए। यदूतूनका परिवारहरूबाट शमायाह अनि उज्जीएल थिए। 15 तब, यी लेवीहरूले आफ्ना दाज्यू-भाइहरूलाई पनि तिनीहरू सित भेला गरे अनि स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार पारे। तिनीहरूले राजाका आदेशको पालन गरे जो परमप्रभुबाट आएको थियो। तिनीहरूले यसलाई शुद्ध पार्नका निम्ति परमप्रभुको मन्दिर भित्र गए। 16 पूजाहारीहरू परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको भित्री भाग शुद्ध गर्न गए। तिनीहरूले भेट्टाएका सबै अशुद्ध चीज-बीजहरू निकाले। तिनीहरूले अशुद्ध चीज-बीजहरू परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको आँगनमा ल्याए। तब लेवीहरूले ती अशुद्ध चीज-बीजहरू बाहिर किद्रोन बेंसीमा लगे। 17 पहिलो महीनाको पहिलो दिनमा लेवीहरूले स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार पार्न शुरू गरे। त्यो महीनाको आठौं दिनमा लेवीहरू परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको दलानमा आए। अझ आठ दिन तिनीहरूले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरलाई पवित्र प्रयोगका निम्ति तयार पार्नका निम्ति सफा गरे। तिनीहरूले पहिलो महीनाको सोह्रौं दिनमा काम पूर्ण गरे। 18 तब तिनीहरू राजा हिजकियाह कहाँ गए। तिनीहरूले तिनलाई भने, “राजा हिजकियाह, हामीले परमप्रभुको मन्दिरको, होमबलिको वेदी अनि मन्दिरका सबै चीजहरू सफा गर्यौं। हामीले रोटीका लहर राख्ने मेच त्यस मेच सित प्रयोग गरिने सबै चीहरू सहित सफा गर्यौं। 19 आहाज राजा रहेको समयमा तिनले परमेश्वरको विरूद्ध विद्रोह गरे। तिनले मन्दिरमा भएका धेरै चीजहरू फ्याँकी दिए। तर हामीले ती सबै चीजहरू राखि दियौं अनि तिनीहरूलाई तिनीहरूको विशेष प्रयोगका निम्ति तयार पार्यौं। अहिले तिनीहरू परमप्रभुको वेदी सामुन्ने छन्।” 20 राजा हिजकियाहले शहर अधिकारीहरूलाई भेला गरे अनि भोलि पल्ट बिहानै परमप्रभुको मन्दिर सम्म गए। 21 तिनीहरूले सातवटा गोरूहरू सातवटा भेंडाहरू, सातवटा भेंडाका थुमाहरू अनि सातवटा भेडका पाठाहरू ल्याए। यी पशुहरू राज्यका पापबलिको निम्ति थिए, पवित्र स्थानलाई शुद्ध तुल्याउन अनि यहूदाका मानिसहरूका निम्ति थिए। राजा हिजकियाहले ती पशुहरूलाई परमप्रभुको वेदीमाथि अर्पण गर्नु भनी पूजाहारीहरूलाई आज्ञा दिए जो हारूनका सन्तानहरू थिए, तिनीहरूलाई आदेश दिए। 22 यसर्थ पूजाहारीहरूले गोरूहरूलाई मारे अनि रगत लिए। त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले गोरूको रगत वेदीमा छर्किदिए। तब पूजाहारीहरूले भेंडाका पाठाहरू मारे अनि भेंडाका पाठाको रगत वेदीमा छर्किदिए। 23-24 त्यस पछि पूजाहारीहरूले बाख्राहरूलाई राजा र भेला भएका मानिसहरूको सामुन्ने ल्याए। ती बाख्राहरू पाप बलि थिए। पूजाहारीहरूले आफ्ना हात बाख्रा माथि राखे अनि बाख्राहरूलाई मारे। पूजाहारीहरूले बाख्राको रगतद्वारा वेदीमा पाप बलि अर्पम गरे। तिनीहरूले यसो गरे जसद्वारा परमेश्वरले इस्राएलका मानिसहरूको पापलाई क्षमा गरिदिनुहुनेछ। राजाले भने कि त्यो होमबलि अनि पाप बलि इस्राएलका सबै मानिसहरूका निम्ति हुनु पर्छ। 25 राजा हिजकियाहले लेवीहरूलाई दाऊद, राजाका दर्शी गाद अनि अगमवक्ता नातानले आदेश गरेका प्रकारले, झ्याम्टा, सितार अनि वीणाहरू सहित परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा राखे। यो आदेश उहाँका अगमवक्ता मार्फत परमप्रभुबाट आएको हो। 26 यसर्थ लेवीहरू दाऊदका वाद्य-यन्त्रहरू सहित अनि पूजाहारीहरू आफ्ना तुरहीहरू सहित उभिए। 27 तब हिजकियाहले वेदीमा होमबलि चढाउने आदेश दिए। जब होमबलि शुरू भयो परमप्रभुको स्तुति गान पनि शुरू भयो। तुरहीहरू फुके अनि इस्राएलका राजा दाऊदका बाजा बजाइए। 28 सम्पूर्ण सभाले शिर झुकाए, संङ्गीतकारहरूले गाए अनि तुरही बजाउनेहरूले आ-आफ्ना तुरही होमबलि पूर्ण नभएसम्म बजाए। 29 बलिदानहरू पूरा भए पछि राजा हिजकियाह अनि तिनका साथ भएका सबै मानिसहरू तल झुके र आराधना गरे। 30 राजा हिजकियाह अनि तिनका अधिकारीहरूले लेवीहरूलाई परमप्रभुको प्रशंसा गर्ने आज्ञा दिए। तिनीहरूले ती गीतहरू गाए जो दाऊद अनि दर्शी आसापले लेखेका थिए। तिनीहरूले परमेश्वरको प्रशंसा गरे अनि प्रशन्न भए। तिनीहरू सबै झुके र परमेश्वरको आराधना गरे। 31 हिजकियाहले भने, “अब यहूदाका मानिसहरू तिमीहरूले स्वयंलाई परमप्रभु प्रति अर्पण गरिसकेकाछौ। नजिक आऊ बलि र धन्यवादको भेटी परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा ल्याऊ।” तब मानिसहरूले बलिहरू अनि धन्यवादका भेटीहरू ल्याए। कुनै पनि व्यक्ति जसले चाहन्थे, तिनीहरूले पनि होमबलि ल्याए। 32 सभाले मन्दिरमा ल्याएका होमबलिहरू यी हुन्; 70 गोरूहरू, 100 वटा भेंडाहरू अनि 200 भेंडाका थुमाहरू। यी सबै पशुहरूलाई परमप्रभुका निम्ति होमबलिको रूपमा बलिदान गरिए। 33 परमप्रभुको निम्ति पवित्र भेटीहरू 600 गोरूहरू अनि 3,000 भेंडा अनि बाख्रहरू थिए। 34 तर त्यहाँ होमबलिका निम्ति पशुहरूको छाला काढ्ने अनि पशुहरूलाई काट्ने पर्याप्त पूजाहारीहरू थिएनन्। यसर्थ तिनीहरूका आफन्तहरू, लेवीहरूले काम नसकुन्जेल अनि अन्य पूजाहारीहरूले स्वयंलाई पवित्र सेवाका निम्ति तयार नपारून्जेल तिनीहरूलाई सहायता गरे। तिनीहरू स्वयंलाई परमप्रभुको सेवाका निम्ति तयार गर्न लेवीहरू अधिक ध्यान मग्न थिए। तिनीहरू पूजाहारीहरू भन्दा अधिक ध्यान मग्न थिए। 35 त्यहाँ अनेक होमबलि, अनि मेलबलिको बोसो अनि अर्घबलिहरू थिए। यसरी परमप्रभुको मन्दिरमा सेवा कार्य फेरि शुरू भयो। 36 हिजकियाह अनि मानिसहरू अति प्रशन्न थिए परमेश्वरले मानिसहरूका निम्ति प्रस्तुत गर्नु भएका कुराहरूको बारेमा अनि तिनीहरू उहाँले यति चाँडो गर्नु भएकोमा खुशी थिए।