2 Chronicles 29:10 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Now {it is} in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.”

2 Chronicles 29:10

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Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. {trouble: Heb. commotion}

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives {are} in captivity for this.

Now {it is} in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. {be not...: or, be not now deceived} {burn...: or, offer sacrifice}

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

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2 Chronicles 29:1

"Hezekiah began to reign {when he was} five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah."

2 Chronicles 29:2

"And he did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done."

2 Chronicles 29:3

"He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them."

2 Chronicles 29:4

"And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,"

2 Chronicles 29:5

"And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy {place}."

2 Chronicles 29:6

"For our fathers have trespassed, and done {that which was} evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned {their} backs. {turned their...: Heb. given the neck}"

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