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And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
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He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
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And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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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.
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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.