Then Ahaz gathered up the utensils of God’s temple, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the Lord’s temple, and made himself altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 29:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord [which his father had closed] and repaired them. American Standard Version (1901) He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them. Common English Bible In the very first year of his rule, during the first month, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the LORD’s temple, having repaired them. Catholic Public Domain Version In the first year and month of his reign, he opened the double doors of the house of the Lord, and he repaired them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In the first year and month of his reign he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. |
Then Ahaz gathered up the utensils of God’s temple, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the Lord’s temple, and made himself altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.
They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of the Lord’s temple. They consecrated the Lord’s temple for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.
They also closed the doors of the portico, extinguished the lamps, did not burn incense, and did not offer burnt offerings in the holy place of the God of Israel.
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images.
‘You are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, on the first day of the first month. ,
Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
But seek first the kingdom of God , and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
to reveal his Son in me, so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone.