16 And the Priests went into the inner parts of the house of the Lord, to [a]cleanse it and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the Temple of the Lord, into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites took it, to carry it out unto the brook Kidron.

17 They began the first day of the [b]first month to sanctify it, and the eight day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days, and in the sixteenth day of the first month, they made an end.

18 ¶ Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the [c]showbread table, with all the vessels thereof:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:16 From the pollutions and filth that Ahaz had brought in.
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:17 Which contained part of March and part of April.
  3. 2 Chronicles 29:18 Or, table where the bread was set in order.

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