These sought the pedigree of their company, and it was not found, and they were removed [as polluted] from the priesthood.

And the governor said, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should stand up to give light.

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, and the wall.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and those that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and took the ashes of them to Bethel.

and said to them, You [are] the heads of the families of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and you shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, [to the place] which I have prepared for it.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side,

and said to them, Hear, you Levites: Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places.

And the priests killed them, and offered their blood as a propitiation on the altar; and they made atonement for all Israel; for the king said, The whole burnt offering, and the sin offering [are] for all Israel.

And Hezekiah told [them] to offer up the whole burnt offering on the altar. And when they began to offer the whole burnt offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets [accompanied] the instruments of David king of Israel.

And King Hezekiah and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet. And they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped.

And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their princesses your nurses, they shall bow down to you on the face of the earth, and shall lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on Me shall not be ashamed.

And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib [begot] Joiada,

Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord your God has commanded you.

Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in [regard to] the house of the Lord God.

And the offering of the wood-bearers [was] at certain set times, and in the [times of the] firstfruits. Remember me, O our God, for good.

Remember me, O God, for good, [in] all that I have done to this people.

A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, and all his meekness:

I will not go into the tabernacle of my house; I will not go up to the couch of my bed;

until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before You in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

Remember Your compassions, O Lord, and Your mercies, for they are from everlasting.

Remember not the sins of my youth, nor [my sins] of ignorance; remember me according to Your mercy, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord.

For the end, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your great mercy; and according to the multitude of Your compassions, blot out my transgression.

If You, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

For with You is forgiveness;

Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption.

A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer; hearken to my supplication in Your truth; hear me in Your righteousness.

And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight shall no [man] living be justified.

But I will enter into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; I will worship in Your fear toward Your holy temple.

let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels; and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for He shall abundantly pardon your sins.