²⁵He stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple. They had cymbals, harps and lyres. They did everything in the way King David, his prophet Gad, and the prophet Nathan had required. The Lord had given commands about all of those things through his prophets. ²⁶So the Levites stood ready with David’s musical instruments. And the priests had their trumpets ready.

²⁷Hezekiah gave the order to sacrifice the burnt offering on the altar. The offering began. Singing to the Lord also began. The singing was accompanied by the trumpets and by the instruments of David. He had been king of Israel. ²⁸The whole community bowed down. They worshiped the Lord. At the same time the singers sang. The priests blew their trumpets. All of that continued until the burnt offering had been sacrificed.

²⁹So the offerings were finished. King Hezekiah got down on his knees. He worshiped the Lord. So did everyone who was with him.

³⁰The king and his officials ordered the Levites to praise the Lord. They used the words of David and the prophet Asaph. They sang praises with joy. They bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord.

³¹Then Hezekiah said, “You have set yourselves apart to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to his temple.”

So the whole community brought sacrifices and thank offerings. Everyone who wanted to brought burnt offerings.

³²The whole community brought 70 bulls, 100 rams and 200 male lambs. They brought all of them as burnt offerings to the Lord. ³³The total number of animals that were set apart as sacrifices to the Lord was 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep and goats.

³⁴But there weren’t enough priests to skin all of the burnt offerings. So their brother Levites helped them. They worked until the task was finished. By that time other priests had been set apart to the Lord. The Levites had been more careful than the priests when they set themselves apart.

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