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2 Chronicles 31 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

2Ch 31:1

2Ch 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars and hewed down the Ashe'rim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in E'phraim and Manas'seh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.

2Ch 31:2

2Ch 31:2And Hezeki'ah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the LORD and to give thanks and praise.

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2Ch 31:3

2Ch 31:3The contribution of the king from his own possessions was for the burnt offerings: the burnt offerings of morning and evening, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, the new moons, and the appointed feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

2Ch 31:4

2Ch 31:4And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of the LORD.

2Ch 31:5

2Ch 31:5As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.

2Ch 31:6

2Ch 31:6And the people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the dedicated things which had been consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps.

2Ch 31:7

2Ch 31:7In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

2Ch 31:8

2Ch 31:8When Hezeki'ah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.

2Ch 31:9

2Ch 31:9And Hezeki'ah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

2Ch 31:10

2Ch 31:10Azari'ah the chief priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, "Since they began to bring the contributions into the house of the LORD we have eaten and had enough and have plenty left; for the LORD has blessed his people, so that we have this great store left."

2Ch 31:11

2Ch 31:11Then Hezeki'ah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them.

2Ch 31:12

2Ch 31:12And they faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes and the dedicated things. The chief officer in charge of them was Conani'ah the Levite, with Shim'e-i his brother as second;

2Ch 31:13

2Ch 31:13while Jehi'el, Azazi'ah, Nahath, As'ahel, Jer'imoth, Jo'zabad, Eli'el, Ismachi'ah, Mahath, and Benai'ah were overseers assisting Conani'ah and Shim'e-i his brother, by the appointment of Hezeki'ah the king and Azari'ah the chief officer of the house of God.

2Ch 31:14

2Ch 31:14And Ko're the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the LORD and the most holy offerings.

2Ch 31:15

2Ch 31:15Eden, Mini'amin, Jeshua, Shemai'ah, Amari'ah, and Shecani'ah were faithfully assisting him in the cities of the priests, to distribute the portions to their brethren, old and young alike, by divisions,

2Ch 31:16

2Ch 31:16except those enrolled by genealogy, males from three years old and upwards, all who entered the house of the LORD as the duty of each day required, for their service according to their offices, by their divisions.

2Ch 31:17

2Ch 31:17The enrollment of the priests was according to their fathers' houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upwards was according to their offices, by their divisions.

2Ch 31:18

2Ch 31:18The priests were enrolled with all their little children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, the whole multitude; for they were faithful in keeping themselves holy.

2Ch 31:19

2Ch 31:19And for the sons of Aaron, the priests, who were in the fields of common land belonging to their cities, there were men in the several cities who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to every one among the Levites who was enrolled.

2Ch 31:20

2Ch 31:20Thus Hezeki'ah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

2Ch 31:21

2Ch 31:21And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
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