These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were considered desecrated, and excluded from the priesthood.

And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the set apart, holy, things till a priest should stand with Urim and Thummim.

Then the priests and Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of Jehovah all the articles that were made for Baal, for the grove, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

and he said to them, You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together in the east plaza,

and said to them: Hear me, you Levites. Now consecrate yourselves, consecrate the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the holy place.

And the priests killed them; and they offered their blood on the altar as a sin offering to make atonement for all Israel; for the king had commanded the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

And Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of Jehovah also began, with the trumpets and by the hand of the instruments of David, king of Israel.

Moreover King Hezekiah and the rulers commanded the Levites to praise Jehovah with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they praised with gladness, and they bowed down and prostrated themselves.

And kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your wet nurses. They shall bow down to you, with faces to the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet. And you shall know that I am Jehovah; for they who wait for Me shall not be ashamed.

Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,

Keep the Sabbath day, to be holy, as Jehovah your God has commanded you.

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services.

and for the wood offering and the firstfruits at the appointed times. Remember me, O my God, for good!

Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

i1 [A Song of Ascents.] i0 par O Jehovah, remember David and all his afflictions;

Surely I will not go into the tent of my house, nor go up into my bed;

until I find a place for Jehovah, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done what is good in Your eyes. And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.

For our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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

Hereafter, 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 to me only but also to all the ones loving His appearing.

Remember, O Jehovah, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses; for they are from antiquity.

Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to Your mercy remember me for Your goodness' sake, O Jehovah.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] i0 par Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

If You, YAH, should keep remembering iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.

O Israel, hope in Jehovah; for with Jehovah there is mercy, and with Him redemption is greatly multiplied.

i1 [A Psalm of David.] i0 par Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness and righteousness answer me.

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is just.

But as for me, I will come into Your house in the abundance of Your mercy; I will bow down in Your fear toward Your holy temple.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Jehovah, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.