2 Chronicles 29:4-10

4He summoned the priests and Levites to meet him at the courtyard east of the Temple.

5He said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Purify yourselves, and purify the Temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all the defiled things from the sanctuary.

6Our ancestors were unfaithful and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned the Lord and his dwelling place; they turned their backs on him.

7They also shut the doors to the Temple’s entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

8“That is why the Lord’s anger has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem. He has made them an object of dread, horror, and ridicule, as you can see with your own eyes.

9Because of this, our fathers have been killed in battle, and our sons and daughters and wives have been captured.

10But now I will make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, so that his fierce anger will turn away from us.