2 Chronicles 31 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Idols Are Destroyed

(2Ki 18:4 )

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

2Ch 31:2

And Hezekiah^H2396 appointed^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 serve^H8334 and to give^H3034 thanks^H3034 and to praise^H1984 in the gates^H8179 of the camp^H4264 of the LORD^H3068.

Reforms Continued

2Ch 31:3

2Ch 31:3He also appointed the king’s portion of his property 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 festivals, as it is written in the Law of the LORD.

2Ch 31:4

2Ch 31:4Also he told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, so that they might devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.

2Ch 31:5

2Ch 31:5As soon as the [fn]order spread, the sons of Israel abundantly provided 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 everything.

2Ch 31:6

2Ch 31:6The 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 [fn]sacred gifts which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and placed them in heaps.

2Ch 31:7

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

2Ch 31:8

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

2Ch 31:9

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

2Ch 31:10

2Ch 31:10Azariah, the chief priest of the house of Zadok, said to [fn]him, “Since the contributions started coming into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”

2Ch 31:11

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

2Ch 31:12

2Ch 31:12They faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.

2Ch 31:13

2Ch 31:13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers [fn]under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.

2Ch 31:14

2Ch 31:14Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern gate, was in charge of the [fn]voluntary offerings for God, to distribute the contributions for the LORD and the most holy things.

2Ch 31:15

2Ch 31:15 [fn]Under his authority were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, to distribute their portions faithfully to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small,

2Ch 31:16

2Ch 31:16without regard to their genealogical enrollment, to the males from [fn]thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of the LORD for his daily obligations—for their work in their duties according to their divisions;

2Ch 31:17

2Ch 31:17as well as the priests who were enrolled genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, by their duties and their divisions.

2Ch 31:18

2Ch 31:18The genealogical enrollment included [fn]all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, for the whole assembly, for they consecrated themselves [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 enrolled among the Levites.

2Ch 31:20

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

2Ch 31:21

2Ch 31:21Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in the Law and in the commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(31:1)

I.e., wooden symbols of a female deity (Asherah)

(31:1)

Lit to completion

(31:5)

Lit word

(31:6)

Lit consecrated things

(31:7)

Lit lay

(31:10)

Lit him, and he said

(31:13)

Lit from the hand of

(31:14)

Or freewill offerings

Lit On his hand

Heb three

Lit with all

Lit in their faithfulness

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2 Chronicles 31 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Idols Are Destroyed

Reforms Continued

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