2 Chronicles 29:6 meaning and explanation

For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

2 Chronicles 29:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Hezekiah is speaking to the priests and Levites he has gathered in the first month of his reign, explaining why the temple must be cleansed. The fathers are the previous generation, especially his own father Ahaz, who had shut the temple doors and set up other altars in Jerusalem.

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