2 Chronicles 29:30
Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord using the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed their heads and worshiped.
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29Once the offerings were completed, the king and everyone there with him bowed down and worshiped.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:7This was the day that David first instructed Asaph and his relatives to express thanks to the Lord in this way:
2 Chronicles 23:18Jehoiada placed the responsibility for the Lord's Temple in the hands of the Levitical priests. They were the ones whom David had appointed over the Lord's Temple to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as is required by the Law of Moses, with celebration and singing, as David instructed.
2 Chronicles 30:23Everyone then agreed to continue to celebrate the festival for seven more days. So for another seven days they celebrated, full of joy.
Ezra 6:16Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of those who had returned from exile, all joyfully celebrated the dedication of God's Temple.
Psalms 32:11So be happy in the Lord and celebrate, you who do good. Shout for joy, all you who live right!
Psalms 95:1Come, let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout in triumph 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 →