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2 Chronicles 31 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Now when all this was completed, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, shattered the pillars, cut the [fn]Asherim in pieces, and tore down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until the destruction was completed. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

Hezekiah Sets Up Priests for Service

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 -

And Hezekiah set up the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:3 - He also appointed the king’s portion of his goods for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed times, as it is written in the law of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:4 - Also he said to the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the law of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:5 - As soon as the word spread forth, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:6 - Now the sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of the holy gifts which were made holy to Yahweh their God, and put them in heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:7 - In the third month they began to [fn]make the heaps, and completed them by the seventh month.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - Then Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Yahweh and His people Israel.
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2 Chronicles 31:8 Commentaries
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:10 - And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to [fn]him, “Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of Yahweh, there has been much to eat and be satisfied with and have left over, for Yahweh has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11 -

Then Hezekiah ordered them to prepare rooms in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:12 - And they faithfully brought in the contribution and the tithe and the holy things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer over them and his brother Shimei was second.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Now Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers [fn]assisting at the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:14 - And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the contributions for Yahweh and the most holy things.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:15 - Now assisting [fn]by his hand were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully their portions to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without regard to their genealogical record, to the males from [fn]thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh for his daily obligations—for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:17 - as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upwards, by their responsibilities and their divisions.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:18 - The genealogical record included [fn]all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, for the whole assembly, for they set themselves apart [fn]faithfully in holiness.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:19 - Also for the sons of Aaron the priests who were in the pasture lands of their cities, or in each and every city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone genealogically recorded among the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 -

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before Yahweh his God.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - And every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment—to seek his God—he did with all his heart and succeeded.
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Lit found
Lit him, and he said
Lit from the hand of
Lit under his hand
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Lit with all
Lit in their faithfulness
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