In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
2 Chronicles 29:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He brought together the priests and Levites in the square on the east American Standard Version (1901) And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, Common English Bible Then he brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the eastern square. Catholic Public Domain Version And he brought together the priests and Levites. And he gathered them in the wide eastern street. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he brought the priests and the Levites, and assembled them in the east street. |
In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.
He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.
He appointed combat commanders over the people and gathered them together to him in the square at the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, made repairs.
and go out to the valley of the son of Hinnom at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you.
They shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones and take other plaster and plaster the house.