2 Chronicles 31 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

(2Ki 18:4 )

Now when all^H3605 this^H2088 was completed^H3615, all^H3605 Israel^H3478 who were^H4672 present^H4672 went^H3318 out^H3318 to the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063, shattered^H7665 the pillars^H4676, cut^H1438 the [fn]Asherim^H842 in^H1438 pieces^H1438, and tore^H5422 down^H5422 the high^H1116 places^H1116 and the altars^H4196 throughout^H4480 all^H3605 Judah^H3063 and Benjamin^H1144, as well as in Ephraim^H669 and Manasseh^H4519, until^H5704 the destruction was completed^H3615. Then all^H3605 the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 returned^H7725 to their cities^H5892, each^H376 to his possession^H272.

Hezekiah Sets Up Priests for Service

2Ch 31:2

And Hezekiah^H2396 set^H5975 up^H5975 the divisions^H4256 of the priests^H3548 and the Levites^H3881 by their divisions^H4256, each^H376 according^H6310 to his service^H5656, both the priests^H3548 and the Levites^H3881, for burnt^H5930 offerings^H5930 and for peace^H8002 offerings^H8002, to minister^H8334 and to give^H3034 thanks^H3034 and to praise^H1984 in the gates^H8179 of the camp^H4264 of Yahweh^H3068.

2Ch 31:3

2Ch 31:3He 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.

2Ch 31:4

2Ch 31:4Also 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.

2Ch 31:5

2Ch 31:5As 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.

2Ch 31:6

2Ch 31:6Now 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.

2Ch 31:7

2Ch 31:7In the third month they began to [fn]make the heaps, and completed them by the seventh month.

2Ch 31:8

2Ch 31:8Then Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Yahweh and His people Israel.

2Ch 31:9

2Ch 31:9Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

2Ch 31:10

2Ch 31:10And 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.”

2Ch 31:11

Then Hezekiah^H2396 ordered^H559 them to prepare^H3559 rooms^H3957 in the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068, and they prepared^H3559 them.

2Ch 31:12

2Ch 31:12And 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.

2Ch 31:13

2Ch 31:13Now 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.

2Ch 31:14

2Ch 31:14And 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.

2Ch 31:15

2Ch 31:15Now 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,

2Ch 31:16

2Ch 31:16without 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;

2Ch 31:17

2Ch 31:17as 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.

2Ch 31:18

2Ch 31:18The 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.

2Ch 31:19

2Ch 31:19Also 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.

2Ch 31:20

Thus^H2088 Hezekiah^H2396 did^H6213 throughout all^H3605 Judah^H3063; and he did^H6213 what^H2896 was good^H2896, right^H3477, and true^H571 before^H6440 Yahweh^H3068 his God^H430.

2Ch 31:21

2Ch 31:21And 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.