2 Chronicles 31:1-7

1 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.

Contributions for Worship

2 Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
3 The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the LORD.
4 He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
5 As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.
6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.
7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.

Cross References 14

  • 1. S 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 32:12; Isaiah 36:7
  • 2. S 2 Chronicles 29:9
  • 3. S 1 Chronicles 24:1
  • 4. S 1 Chronicles 15:2
  • 5. Psalms 7:17; Psalms 9:2; Psalms 47:6; Psalms 71:22
  • 6. S 1 Chronicles 23:28-32
  • 7. S 1 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 35:7; Ezekiel 45:17
  • 8. Nu 28:1-29:40
  • 9. S Numbers 18:8; S Deuteronomy 18:8; Nehemiah 13:10; Malachi 2:7
  • 10. S Numbers 18:12,24; Nehemiah 13:12; Ezekiel 44:30
  • 11. Deuteronomy 12:17
  • 12. S Leviticus 27:30; Nehemiah 13:10-12
  • 13. Deuteronomy 14:28; S Ruth 3:7
  • 14. Exodus 23:16
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