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2 Chronicles 29:11

My sons, be not now negligent; for Jehovah has chosen you to stand before him, to do service unto him, and to be his ministers and incense-burners.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

12Then the Levites rose up, 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 Jehalleleel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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Cross References

Numbers 3:6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;

Numbers 8:6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

Numbers 18:2And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee [shall serve] before the tent of the testimony.

1 Chronicles 6:34the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

Galatians 6:7Be not deceived: God is not mocked; for whatever a man shall sow, that also shall he reap.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:2-12

Hezekiah's Good Reign. ( b. c. 726.) 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 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that David his father had done. 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. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together… Read the whole commentary →

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