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2 Chronicles 29:16

Kidron
Purity

14 Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.

15 When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.

So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

18 Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.

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BSB
So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
KJV
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to 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 abroad into the brook Kidron.
WEB
The priests went into the inner part of the LORD’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the LORD’s temple into the court of the LORD’s house. The Levites took it from there to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
ASV
And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
DARBY
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse it, and carried forth all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah, into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it to carry it forth into the brook Kidron.
BLB
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of YHWH to cleanse [it], and they brought out all the unclean things that they found in the temple of YHWH to the court of the house of YHWH. And the Levites took [it] and carried [it] outside to the Kidron Valley.
ÅB
Og prestene gikk inn i det indre av Herrens hus for å rense det, og all den urenhet som de fant i Herrens tempel, førte de ut i forgården til Herrens hus; der tok levittene imot det og bar det ut til Kidron-bekken.
OTB
Så prestene gikk inn i den indre delen av Herrens hus for å rense det, og de brakte alt urent som de fant i Herrens tempel ut til gårdsplassen i Herrens hus. Deretter mottok levittene det for å bringe det ut til Kedron-dalen.
B1930
Og prestene gikk inn i det indre av Herrens hus for å rense det, og all den urenhet som de fant i Herrens tempel, førte de ut i forgården til Herrens hus; der tok levittene imot det og bar det ut til Kidron-bekken.

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  • 2 Chronicles 15:16

    King Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.

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  • 1 Kings 6:19–20

    Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.

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  • Exodus 26:33–34

    And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

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  • Hebrews 9:23–24

    So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

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  • 2 Kings 23:4–6

    Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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  • 2 Samuel 15:23

    Everyone in the countryside was weeping loudly as all the people passed by. And as the king crossed the Kidron Valley, all the people also passed toward the way of the wilderness.

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  • Ezekiel 36:29

    I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.

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