1 Hezekiah was 25 when he was king. He was king 29 years in Jerusalem. His mom was Abijah, the girl of Zechariah. ️ 2 Hezekiah did what was good. He was like David. He did what God likes. 3 In year one, month one, He opened the doors of God’s house. He fixed them. ️ 4 He called the priests and the Levites. They met in the east yard. ⚖️⚖️ 5 Hezekiah said, “Make you clean. Make God’s house clean. Take bad things out.” ⛪ 6 Hezekiah said, “Our dads did bad. They left God. They turned away.” ↩️ 7 “They shut God’s doors. They stopped the lamps. They did not bring gifts to God.” ❌️❌ 8 “So God was mad. Bad things came to our land. People made fun of us.” ⚠️ 9 “Many dads died in war. Kids and moms were taken away.” ⚔️ 10 “I want to make a promise to God of Israel, so He will not be mad.” 11 “My sons, do not stop. God chose you to serve Him. Stand and help. Burn sweet smoke to God.” ⚖️ 12 The Levite leaders stood up to help. Some were from the Kohath group. ♂️♂️ 13 Some were from the Merari group and the Gershon group. Many came. ♂️♂️♂️ 14 Some were from Elizaphan, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun groups. Many names were there. 15 They called more Levites. They made their hands clean. They went to clean God’s house, like the king said from God. ⛪ 16 The priests went inside to clean. They took out bad stuff to the yard. The Levites took it to the Kidron brook. ️ 17 They started on day 1, month 1. On day 8 they got to the porch. In 8 more days they were done. On day 16 they were done. ✅ 18 They went to King Hezekiah. They said, “We cleaned all of God’s house, the altar, and the table, and all tools.” ⛪ 19 “We fixed all the tools that King Ahaz threw away. Now they are by the altar.” ️ 20 Hezekiah got up early. He called the leaders. They went to God’s house. 21 They brought 7 bulls, 7 rams, 7 lambs, and 7 male goats for sin. They did this for the land and for God’s house. The priests put them on the altar. ✝️ 22 They killed the bulls. The priests put the blood on the altar. They did the same with the rams and lambs. 23 They brought the male goats for sin. The king and the people put hands on the goats. ✋ 24 The priests killed the goats. The blood made all Israel clean to God. The king said this gift was for all Israel. ❤️ 25 Hezekiah put Levites with music, with drums and harps, like David, Gad, and Nathan said. God told them to do this. 26 The Levites stood with David’s music things. The priests stood with trumpets. 27 Hezekiah said, “Start the burnt gift.” When it started, the song to God started too, with trumpets and harps. 28 All the people bowed. The singers sang. The horn men played. They did this till the gift was done. ♂️ 29 When the gifts were done, the king and all there bowed down and worshiped. ♂️ 30 Hezekiah and leaders said to the Levites, “Sing praise with the words of David and Asaph.” They sang with joy and bowed. 31 Hezekiah said, “Now you are clean to God. Come bring gifts and thanks.” The people brought gifts and thanks. The ones who wanted to, brought burnt gifts. 32 The people brought 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs as burnt gifts to God. 7️⃣0️⃣ 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 33 They also set apart 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. 6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 34 The priests were too few to skin all the gifts. The Levites helped till the work was done. The Levites got clean faster than the priests. ⏱️ 35 There were many burnt gifts, the fat of peace gifts, and drink gifts too. God’s house work was set in place. 36 Hezekiah and all the people were happy. God helped the people fast. It all came quick.