2 Chronicles 29:11

Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”

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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 the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.

12Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

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Cross References

Numbers 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

Numbers 8:6“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.

Numbers 18:2But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons 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 6:7Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

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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