2 Chronicle
28:25-29:5 – In every town in Judah he built high
places to burn sacrifices to other gods and aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of his ancestors. The
other events of his reign and all his ways, from beginning to end, are written
in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. Ahaz rested with his
ancestors and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed
in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as
king. Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he
reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter
of Zechariah. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David had
done. In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of
the temple of the Lord and
repaired them. He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled
them in the square on the east side and said: “Listen to me, Levites!
Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove
all defilement from the sanctuary.
2
Kings 18:5 – Hezekiah trusted in
the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him
among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him.
2
Chronicles 31:3 – The king
contributed from his own possessions for the morning and
evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New
Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord.
Leviticus
11:44 – I am the Lord your God; consecrate
yourselves and be holy, because
I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature
that moves along the ground.
Application:
- · Hezekiah’s uniqueness is to be found in his trust in the Lord, while Josiah’s uniqueness is to be found in his scrupulous observance of the Mosaic Law.
- · The king’s giving from his own wealth prompted a generous response from the people, as it had also under David.
- · Israel was to be totally consecrated to God.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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