25. He set the Levites in the Lord’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the Lord by his prophets.
26. The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests with the shofars.
27. Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the Lord’s song also began, along with the shofars and David king of Israel’s instruments.
28. All the assembly worshipped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
29. When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.
30. Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. They sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
31. Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the Lord’s house.” The assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings.
32. The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.
33. The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep.
34. But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35. Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the Lord’s house was set in order.
36. Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because of that which God had prepared for the people; for the thing was done suddenly.