2 Chronicles 29:30

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

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In The King James Version

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

In Context

29And at the end of the offering, the king and all who were present with him gave worship with bent heads.

31Then Hezekiah made answer and said, Now that you have given yourselves to the Lord, come near and take offerings and praise-offerings into the house of the Lord. So all the people took in offerings and praise-offerings: and those whose hearts were moved, took in burned offerings.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:7Then on that day David first made the giving of praise to the Lord the work of Asaph and his brothers.

2 Chronicles 23:18And Jehoiada put the work and the care of the house of the Lord into the hands of the priests and the Levites, who had been grouped in divisions by David to make burned offerings to the Lord, as it is recorded in the law of Moses, with joy and song as David had said.

2 Chronicles 30:23And by the desire of all the people, the feast went on for another seven days, and they kept the seven days with joy.

Ezra 6:16And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

Psalms 32:11Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Psalms 95:1O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:21-36

Hezekiah's Sacrifice. ( b. c. 726.) 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord . 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord . 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they… Read the whole commentary →

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