True Worship Requires Hard Work

Hezekiah restores true worship with determination

29:10-17

• 746-716 B.C.E.

  Hezekiah’s Reign

• NISAN

  • Days 1-8: Temple cleansed

  • Days 9-16: Temple sanctification completed

  • Atonement for all Israel and restoration of true worship began

• 740 B.C.E.

  Fall of Samaria

Hezekiah invites all righthearted ones to assemble for worship

30:5, 6, 10-12

• Couriers were dispatched to distribute letters, announcing the Passover throughout the land, from Beer-sheba to Dan

• While some mocked, many responded favorably