WEBVTT 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.400 in a year. Today's reading is from 2 Chronicles 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:15.759 29 -31. Chapter 29 Hezekiah became king when 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.679 he was 25 years old, and he reigned 29 years 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:21.760 in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah, the 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:24.219 daughter of Zechariah, and he did what was right 00:00:24.219 --> 00:00:26.460 in the sight of the Lord, according to all that 00:00:26.460 --> 00:00:29.399 his father David had done. In the first year 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:31.719 of his reign, in the first month, he opened the 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:33.700 doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:36.399 Then he brought in the priests and the Levites 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:38.560 and gathered them in the east square and said 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:41.380 to them, Hear me, Levites, now sanctify yourselves, 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:44.320 sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, 00:00:44.460 --> 00:00:46.719 and carry out the rubbish from the holy place. 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:49.320 For our fathers have trespassed and done evil 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:52.079 in the eyes of the Lord our God. They have forsaken 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:54.380 him, have turned their faces away from the dwelling 00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:56.700 place of the Lord, and turned their backs on 00:00:56.700 --> 00:00:59.399 him. They have also shut up the doors of the 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.000 vestibule, put out the lamps, and have not burned 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.200 incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:07.500 place to the God of Israel. Therefore the wrath 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:10.260 of the Lord fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and 00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:13.000 he has given them up to trouble, to desolation, 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:16.019 and to jeering, as you see with your eyes. For 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:18.299 indeed because of this our fathers have fallen 00:01:18.299 --> 00:01:21.140 by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:24.280 our wives are in captivity. Now it is in my heart 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:26.439 to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:29.219 that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:32.260 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord 00:01:32.260 --> 00:01:34.640 has chosen you to stand before him, to serve 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.980 him, and that you should minister to him and 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:40.459 burn incense. Then these Levites arose, Mahath 00:01:40.459 --> 00:01:43.879 the son of a Messiah, and Joel the son of Azariah, 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.840 of the sons of the Quotites, of the sons of Merari, 00:01:46.980 --> 00:01:50.180 Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of 00:01:50.180 --> 00:01:53.280 Jehalel. Of the Gershonites, Joah the son of 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.420 Zema, and Eden the son of Joah. Of the sons of 00:01:56.420 --> 00:02:00.500 Elizaphan, Shimri, and Jael. Of the sons of Asaph, 00:02:00.579 --> 00:02:03.780 Zechariah, and Mataniah. Of the sons of Haman, 00:02:04.019 --> 00:02:07.280 Jael, and Shimei. And of the sons of Jedusun, 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:10.099 Shemaiah, and Uziel. And they gathered their 00:02:10.099 --> 00:02:12.500 brethren, sanctified themselves, and went according 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:14.620 to the commandment of the king, and the words 00:02:14.620 --> 00:02:16.840 of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord. 00:02:17.259 --> 00:02:19.479 Then the priests went into the inner part of 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.400 the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and brought 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:23.740 out all the debris that they found in the temple 00:02:23.740 --> 00:02:25.699 of the Lord to the court of the house of the 00:02:25.699 --> 00:02:27.939 Lord, and the Levites took it out and carried 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:31.099 it to the brook Kidron. Now they began to sanctify 00:02:31.099 --> 00:02:33.400 on the first day of the first month, and on the 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:36.319 eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:38.439 of the Lord. So they sanctified the house of 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:40.860 the Lord in eight days, and on the sixteenth 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:43.840 day of the first month they finished. Then they 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.000 went in to King Hezekiah and said, We have cleansed 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:49.020 all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:51.860 offerings, with all its articles, and the table 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:54.580 of the showbread with all its articles. Moreover, 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.020 all the articles which King Ahaz in his reign 00:02:57.020 --> 00:03:08.229 had cast aside in his transgression. And they 00:03:08.229 --> 00:03:13.110 brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, 00:03:13.110 --> 00:03:15.849 and seven male goats for a sin offering for the 00:03:15.849 --> 00:03:18.849 kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. Then 00:03:18.849 --> 00:03:20.889 he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, 00:03:21.050 --> 00:03:23.629 to offer them on the altar of the Lord. So they 00:03:23.629 --> 00:03:25.729 killed the bulls, and the priests received the 00:03:25.729 --> 00:03:28.250 blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Likewise, 00:03:28.430 --> 00:03:30.469 they killed the rams and sprinkled the blood 00:03:30.469 --> 00:03:33.030 on the altar. They also killed the lambs and 00:03:33.030 --> 00:03:35.449 sprinkled the blood on the altar. Then they brought 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:37.930 out the male goats for the sin offering before 00:03:37.930 --> 00:03:40.090 the king and the assembly, and they laid their 00:03:40.090 --> 00:03:42.830 hands on them. And the priests killed them, and 00:03:42.830 --> 00:03:45.250 they presented their blood on the altar as a 00:03:45.250 --> 00:03:47.810 sin offering to make an atonement for all Israel. 00:03:47.870 --> 00:03:50.150 For the king commanded that the burnt offering 00:03:50.150 --> 00:03:52.930 and the sin offering be made for all Israel. 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.520 And he stationed the Levites in the house of 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.680 the Lord with cymbals, with stringed instruments, 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.139 and with harps, according to the commandment 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:03.120 of David, of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.340 the prophet. For thus was the commandment of 00:04:05.340 --> 00:04:08.280 the Lord by his prophets. The Levites stood with 00:04:08.280 --> 00:04:10.580 the instruments of David, and the priests with 00:04:10.580 --> 00:04:13.080 the trumpets. Then Hezekiah commanded them to 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.580 offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when 00:04:15.580 --> 00:04:17.939 the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord 00:04:17.939 --> 00:04:20.680 also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.250 of David, king of Israel. So all the assembly 00:04:23.250 --> 00:04:25.850 worshipped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters 00:04:25.850 --> 00:04:28.850 sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering 00:04:28.850 --> 00:04:31.189 was finished. And when they had finished offering, 00:04:31.509 --> 00:04:34.490 the king and all who were present with him bowed 00:04:34.490 --> 00:04:37.110 and worshipped. Moreover, King Hezekiah and the 00:04:37.110 --> 00:04:39.089 leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise 00:04:39.089 --> 00:04:41.810 to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph 00:04:41.810 --> 00:04:44.449 the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, 00:04:44.449 --> 00:04:46.990 and they bowed their heads and worshipped. Then 00:04:46.990 --> 00:04:49.470 Hezekiah answered and said, Now that you have 00:04:49.470 --> 00:04:51.920 consecrated yourselves to the Lord, Come near 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:55.139 and bring sacrifices, and thank offerings into 00:04:55.139 --> 00:04:57.279 the house of the Lord. So the assembly brought 00:04:57.279 --> 00:05:00.040 in sacrifices and thanked offerings, and as many 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.800 as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. 00:05:02.980 --> 00:05:05.279 And the number of the burnt offerings which the 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:08.079 assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.639 rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:14.360 a burnt offering to the Lord. The consecrated 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:16.819 things were six hundred bulls and three thousand 00:05:16.819 --> 00:05:19.480 sheep. But the priests were too few, so that 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:21.579 they could not skin all the burnt offerings. 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:24.100 Therefore their brethren, the Levites, helped 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:26.579 them until the work was ended and until the other 00:05:26.579 --> 00:05:29.660 priests had sanctified themselves. For the Levites 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:31.899 were more diligent in sanctifying themselves 00:05:31.899 --> 00:05:35.160 than the priests. Also the burnt offerings were 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:37.540 in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:40.040 and with the drink offerings for every burnt 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:42.379 offering. So the service of the house of the 00:05:42.379 --> 00:05:45.360 Lord was set in order. Then Hezekiah and all 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.079 the people rejoiced that God had prepared the 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:51.000 people, since the events took place so suddenly. 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:57.339 And Hezekiah sent all Israel and Judah, and also 00:05:57.339 --> 00:05:59.800 wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:01.899 should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem 00:06:01.899 --> 00:06:04.579 to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel. 00:06:04.910 --> 00:06:07.209 For the king and his leaders and all the assembly 00:06:07.209 --> 00:06:09.509 in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover 00:06:09.509 --> 00:06:12.189 in the second month. For they could not keep 00:06:12.189 --> 00:06:14.230 it at the regular time, because a sufficient 00:06:14.230 --> 00:06:16.529 number of priests had not consecrated themselves, 00:06:16.850 --> 00:06:19.170 nor had the people gathered together at Jerusalem. 00:06:19.769 --> 00:06:21.889 And the matter pleased the king and all the assembly. 00:06:22.110 --> 00:06:24.430 So they resolved to make a proclamation throughout 00:06:24.430 --> 00:06:27.490 all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they 00:06:27.490 --> 00:06:29.490 should come to keep the Passover to the Lord 00:06:29.490 --> 00:06:32.149 God of Israel at Jerusalem, since they had not 00:06:32.149 --> 00:06:34.990 done it for a long time in a prescribed manner. 00:06:35.250 --> 00:06:37.490 Then the runners went throughout all Israel and 00:06:37.490 --> 00:06:39.649 Judah with the letters from the king and his 00:06:39.649 --> 00:06:42.029 leaders, and spoke according to the command of 00:06:42.029 --> 00:06:44.810 the king. Children of Israel, return to the Lord 00:06:44.810 --> 00:06:47.389 God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. Then he will 00:06:47.389 --> 00:06:49.670 return to the remnant of you who have escaped 00:06:49.670 --> 00:06:52.170 from the hand of the kings of Assyria. And do 00:06:52.170 --> 00:06:54.370 not be like your fathers and your brethren, who 00:06:54.370 --> 00:06:56.870 trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, 00:06:57.009 --> 00:06:59.769 so that he gave them up to desolation, as you 00:06:59.769 --> 00:07:02.790 see. Now do not be stiff -necked, as your fathers 00:07:02.790 --> 00:07:05.730 were, but yield yourselves to the Lord, and enter 00:07:05.730 --> 00:07:08.430 his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever. 00:07:08.550 --> 00:07:11.250 And serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness 00:07:11.250 --> 00:07:14.399 of his wrath may turn away from you. For if you 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.120 return to the Lord, your brethren and your children 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.639 will be treated with compassion by those who 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.120 lead them captive, so that they may come back 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.860 to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious 00:07:24.860 --> 00:07:27.379 and merciful, and will not turn his face from 00:07:27.379 --> 00:07:30.339 you if you return to him. So the runners passed 00:07:30.339 --> 00:07:33.160 from city to city through the country of Ephraim 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.120 and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but they laughed 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:38.959 at them and mocked them. Nevertheless, some from 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.500 Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves 00:07:41.500 --> 00:07:44.899 and came to Jerusalem. Also the hand of God was 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:47.779 on Judah to give them singleness of heart to 00:07:47.779 --> 00:07:50.100 obey the command of the king and the leaders 00:07:50.100 --> 00:07:53.579 at the word of the Lord. Now many people, a very 00:07:53.579 --> 00:07:56.379 great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep 00:07:56.379 --> 00:07:59.100 the feast of unleavened bread in the second month. 00:07:59.240 --> 00:08:01.680 They arose and took away the altars that were 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:03.860 in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense 00:08:03.860 --> 00:08:07.050 altars and cast them into the brook Kidron. Then 00:08:07.050 --> 00:08:09.529 they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth 00:08:09.529 --> 00:08:12.329 day of the second month. The priests and the 00:08:12.329 --> 00:08:14.990 Levites were ashamed and sanctified themselves, 00:08:15.350 --> 00:08:17.290 and brought the burnt offerings to the house 00:08:17.290 --> 00:08:19.569 of the Lord. They stood in their place according 00:08:19.569 --> 00:08:21.949 to their custom, according to the law of Moses, 00:08:22.129 --> 00:08:24.970 the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood 00:08:24.970 --> 00:08:27.709 received from the hand of the Levites, for there 00:08:27.709 --> 00:08:30.209 were many in assembly who had not sanctified 00:08:30.209 --> 00:08:32.909 themselves. Therefore the Levites had charge 00:08:32.909 --> 00:08:35.669 of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone 00:08:35.669 --> 00:08:38.330 who was not clean, to sanctify them to the Lord. 00:08:38.750 --> 00:08:41.330 For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, 00:08:41.350 --> 00:08:44.509 Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed 00:08:44.509 --> 00:08:46.830 themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary 00:08:46.830 --> 00:08:49.570 to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for 00:08:49.570 --> 00:08:52.210 them, saying, May the good Lord provide atonement 00:08:52.210 --> 00:08:55.049 for everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, 00:08:55.190 --> 00:08:57.690 the Lord God of his fathers, though he is not 00:08:57.690 --> 00:08:59.889 cleansed according to the purification of the 00:08:59.889 --> 00:09:02.210 sanctuary. And the Lord listened to Hezekiah 00:09:02.210 --> 00:09:04.789 and healed the people. So the children of Israel 00:09:04.789 --> 00:09:07.169 who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast 00:09:07.169 --> 00:09:10.370 of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness. 00:09:10.509 --> 00:09:12.710 And the Levites and the priests praised the Lord 00:09:12.710 --> 00:09:15.929 day by day, singing to the Lord accompanied by 00:09:15.929 --> 00:09:18.669 loud instruments. And Hezekiah gave encouragement 00:09:18.669 --> 00:09:21.350 to all the Levites who taught the good knowledge 00:09:21.350 --> 00:09:23.590 of the Lord, and they ate throughout the feast 00:09:23.590 --> 00:09:26.629 seven days, offering peace offerings and making 00:09:26.629 --> 00:09:29.070 confession to the Lord God of their fathers. 00:09:29.350 --> 00:09:31.710 Then the whole assembly agreed to keep the feast 00:09:31.710 --> 00:09:33.919 another seven days. and they kept it another 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.700 seven days with gladness. For Hezekiah king of 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:39.600 Judah gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:42.019 seven thousand sheep, and the leaders gave to 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:44.639 the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:47.399 sheep, and a great number of priests sanctified 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:50.740 themselves. The whole assembly of Judah rejoiced, 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.460 also the priests and Levites, all the assembly 00:09:53.460 --> 00:09:56.279 that came from Israel, the sojourners who came 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.700 from the land of Israel, and those who dwelt 00:09:58.700 --> 00:10:01.370 in Judah. so there was great joy in jerusalem 00:10:01.370 --> 00:10:04.330 for since the time of solomon the son of david 00:10:04.330 --> 00:10:07.049 king of israel there had been nothing like this 00:10:07.049 --> 00:10:09.990 in jerusalem then the priests the levites arose 00:10:09.990 --> 00:10:12.509 and blessed the people and their voice was heard 00:10:12.509 --> 00:10:14.950 and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling 00:10:14.950 --> 00:10:20.309 place to heaven chapter 31 now when all this 00:10:20.309 --> 00:10:22.870 was finished all israel who were present went 00:10:22.870 --> 00:10:25.190 out to the cities of judah and broke the sacred 00:10:25.190 --> 00:10:27.820 pillars in pieces cut down the wooden images, 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:30.159 and threw down the high places and the altars 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:33.559 from all Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:36.279 until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:38.419 all the children of Israel returned to their 00:10:38.419 --> 00:10:41.240 own cities, every man to his possession. And 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:43.519 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.720 and the Levites according to their divisions. 00:10:46.269 --> 00:10:48.850 Each man according to his service, the priests 00:10:48.850 --> 00:10:51.710 and Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, 00:10:51.950 --> 00:10:54.870 to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the 00:10:54.870 --> 00:10:57.750 gates of the camp of the Lord. The king also 00:10:57.750 --> 00:11:00.129 appointed a portion of his possessions for the 00:11:00.129 --> 00:11:02.429 burnt offerings, for the morning and evening 00:11:02.429 --> 00:11:04.769 burnt offerings, the burnt offerings for the 00:11:04.769 --> 00:11:07.450 Sabbaths, and the new moons, and the set feasts, 00:11:07.490 --> 00:11:10.870 as it is written in the law of the Lord. Moreover, 00:11:11.129 --> 00:11:13.210 he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem 00:11:13.210 --> 00:11:15.669 to contribute support for the priests and the 00:11:15.669 --> 00:11:18.230 Levites, that they might devote themselves to 00:11:18.230 --> 00:11:20.610 the law of the Lord. As soon as the commandment 00:11:20.610 --> 00:11:23.289 was circulated, the children of Israel brought 00:11:23.289 --> 00:11:26.190 in abundance the first fruits of grain and wine, 00:11:26.370 --> 00:11:29.009 oil and honey, and of all the produce of the 00:11:29.009 --> 00:11:31.970 field. And they brought in abundantly the tithe 00:11:31.970 --> 00:11:34.330 of everything. And the children of Israel and 00:11:34.330 --> 00:11:36.809 Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, brought 00:11:36.809 --> 00:11:40.100 the tithe of oxen and sheep. Also the tithe of 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:42.639 holy things which were consecrated to the Lord 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:46.340 their God they laid in heaps. In the third month 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:49.179 they began laying them in heaps, and they finished 00:11:49.179 --> 00:11:51.820 in the seventh month. And when Hezekiah and the 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:54.159 leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.519 the Lord and his people Israel. Then Hezekiah 00:11:56.519 --> 00:11:58.700 questioned the priests and the Levites concerning 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:01.440 the heaps. And Azariah the chief priest from 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.700 the house of Zadok answered him and said, Since 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:06.860 the people began to bring the offerings into 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:09.080 the house of the Lord, we have had enough to 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.960 eat and have plenty left. For the Lord has blessed 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:14.980 his people, and what is left is this great abundance. 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:17.539 Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms 00:12:17.539 --> 00:12:20.279 in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them. 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:22.659 Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.159 the tithe, and the dedicated things. Cononia 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:28.960 the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:35.549 brother was the next. Asahel, Jerimoth, Jezebed, 00:12:35.809 --> 00:12:40.370 Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers 00:12:40.370 --> 00:12:42.669 under the hand of Cononia and Shimei his brother 00:12:42.669 --> 00:12:45.850 at the commandment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah 00:12:45.850 --> 00:12:48.830 the ruler of the house of God. Kor the son of 00:12:48.830 --> 00:12:51.350 Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, 00:12:51.549 --> 00:12:54.549 was over the freewill offerings to God to distribute 00:12:54.549 --> 00:12:57.029 the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things. 00:12:57.269 --> 00:13:01.990 And under him were Eden, Menyamin, Jeshua, Shimeiah, 00:13:02.409 --> 00:13:05.889 Amaria and Shecania his faithful assistants in 00:13:05.889 --> 00:13:08.490 the cities of the priests, to distribute allotments 00:13:08.490 --> 00:13:10.809 to their brethren by divisions, to the great 00:13:10.809 --> 00:13:14.190 as well as the small. Besides those males from 00:13:14.190 --> 00:13:17.029 three years old and up who were written in the 00:13:17.029 --> 00:13:20.009 genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered 00:13:20.009 --> 00:13:22.350 the house of the Lord his daily portion for the 00:13:22.350 --> 00:13:25.179 work of his service by his division. And to the 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:27.620 priests who were written in the genealogy according 00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:30.500 to their father's house, and to the Levites from 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:33.100 twenty years old and up according to their work, 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.659 by their divisions, and to all who were written 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:38.480 in the genealogy, their little ones, and their 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.440 wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:44.279 of them, for in their faithfulness they sanctified 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:47.480 themselves in holiness. Also for the sons of 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:50.019 Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of 00:13:50.019 --> 00:13:52.539 the common lands of their cities, in every single 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:55.679 city, There were men who were designated by name 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:58.460 to distribute portions to all the males among 00:13:58.460 --> 00:14:01.379 the priests and to all who were listed by genealogies 00:14:01.379 --> 00:14:04.539 among the Levites. Thus Hezekiah did throughout 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:07.320 all Judah, and he did what was good and right 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.740 and true before the Lord his God. And in every 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:13.179 work that he began in the service of the house 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:15.980 of God, in the law and in the commandment to 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:19.159 seek his God, he did it with all his heart, so 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:26.860 he prospered. I hope you enjoyed today's reading 00:14:26.860 --> 00:14:29.200 as much as I did and I look forward to seeing 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:31.259 you again tomorrow to continue on our journey. 00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:33.059 God bless you and have a great day.