2 Chronicles 29:22
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
The verse belongs to the Old Testament history of the kings of Israel and Judah, whose value is to widen the horizon and present the setting for Bible events and to give precious spiritual lessons, for that history was not written to exalt man but is connected with God's historical revelation culminating in Christ, from whom as the central light illuminating rays are shed through the whole of Scripture and who holds together all its parts, so that the Scriptures in which eternal life is sought testify of Christ. It records part of Hezekiah's cleansing and reopening of the temple and restoration of its work, worship, and services, with the temple purified under his reign after Judah's idolatry and a season of great decline in temporal affairs and morals.
Hezekiah began to reign at twenty-five years old as the son of a bad father, with bad influence left by his grandfather Jotham and his father Ahaz, having been given a pious mould through the influence of his mother, and he immediately set about this restoration. He made his first work to open the temple and re-establish the worship of the true God, a work requiring ability and determination because evil beliefs and practices were strong upon the people though they were dissatisfied under his father and grandfather. When the temple was cleared of the accumulated rubbish of years, he sent letters by messengers from city to city through the northern kingdom inviting the people to forsake idols and return to the true God and come to Jerusalem, and while some mocked and laughed others came.
The verse shows the priests receiving the blood of the slain bullocks, rams, and lambs and sprinkling it on the altar in carrying out that restoration. The Hebrew word translated sprinkle means to scatter and does not mean to dip or immerse. These animals were brought as a sin offering. The sprinkling of the blood of the sacrificed bullocks, rams, and lambs on the altar took place during the burnt offering.
The killing of the bullocks, rams, and lambs and sprinkling of their blood on the altar took place during a great Passover feast lasting fourteen days with great gladness, the greatest revival since the time of Solomon. Afterward under the king's direction the people went through the city breaking down idols, cutting down groves, and destroying high places and altars. The sacrifices and sprinkling of blood show the priests carrying out the restoration as part of faithful service that pleased God. The account is a national revival that serves as an example of a civil ruler taking the initiative in religious reform, with the king and the prophet working together in the nation's religious life.