23. They took the goats to Hezekiah and the worshippers, and they laid their hands on the animals.
24. The priests then killed the goats and splattered the blood on the altar as a sacrifice to take away the sins of everyone in Israel, because Hezekiah had commanded that these sacrifices be made for all the people of Israel.
25. Next, Hezekiah assigned the Levites to their places in the temple. He gave them cymbals, harps, and other stringed instruments, according to the instructions that the Lord had given King David and the two prophets, Gad and Nathan.
26. The Levites were ready to play the instruments that had belonged to David; the priests were ready to blow the trumpets.
27. As soon as Hezekiah gave the signal for the sacrifices to be burnt on the altar, the musicians began singing praises to the Lord and playing their instruments,
28. and everyone worshipped the Lord. This continued until the last animal was sacrificed.
29. After that, Hezekiah and the crowd of worshippers knelt down and worshipped the Lord.
30. Then Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing the songs of praise that David and Asaph the prophet had written. And so they bowed down and joyfully sang praises to the Lord.
31. Hezekiah said to the crowd, “Now that you are once again acceptable to the Lord, bring sacrifices and offerings to give him thanks.”The people did this, and some of them voluntarily brought animals to be offered as sacrifices.