20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials together and went up to the temple of the Lord.
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord.
20 Then Hezekiah the king went to work: He got all the leaders of the city together and marched to The Temple of God.
20 Then King Hezekiah rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
20 Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went to the Temple of the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:20
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 29:20-36
(Read 2 Chronicles 29:20-36)
As soon as Hezekiah heard that the temple was ready, he lost no time. Atonement must be made for the sins of the last reign. It was not enough to lament and forsake those sins; they brought a sin-offering. Our repentance and reformation will not obtain pardon but in and through Christ, who was made sin, that is, a sin-offering for us. While the offerings were on the altar, the Levites sang. Sorrow for sin must not prevent us from praising God. The king and the congregation gave their consent to all that was done. It is not enough for us to be where God is worshipped, if we do not ourselves worship with the heart. And we should offer up our spiritual sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, and devote ourselves and all we have, as sacrifices, acceptable to the Father only through the Redeemer.