KJV King James Version
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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2 Chronicles 29:4
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
WEB World English Bible
He brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
ASV American Standard Version
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and bringeth in the priests and the Levites, and gathereth them to the broad place to the east.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 29
1 Hezekiah began to reign [when he was] five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name [was] Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he did [that which was] right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy [place].
6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned [their] backs.
7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy [place] unto the God of Israel.
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Nehemiah 3:29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.2 Chronicles 32:6And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,Jeremiah 19:2And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,
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