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2 Chronicles 31:1-11

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Hezekiah Organizes the Priests

1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and 1broke in pieces the 2pillars and cut down 3the Asherim and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the people of Israel returned to their cities, every man to his possession.
2 And Hezekiah appointed 4the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, 5for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to minister in the gates of the camp of the LORD and to give thanks and praise.
3 6The 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, 7as it is written in the Law of the LORD.
4 And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give 8the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the LORD.
5 As soon as the command was spread abroad, the people of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field. And they brought in abundantly 9the tithe of everything.
6 And the people of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and 10the tithe of the dedicated things that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps.
7 In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
8 When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.
9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
10 Azariah the chief priest, who was 11of 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, 12for the LORD has blessed his people, so that we have this large amount left."
11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare 13chambers in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.
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2 Chronicles 31:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 31

This chapter begins with the destruction of idolatrous worship, the appointment of the courses of the priests and Levites, and the royal bounty for sacrifices, 2Ch 31:1-3, next follows the order Hezekiah gave, that the people at Jerusalem, and throughout the land, should make the proper provision for the priests and Levites, as the law directed; and which was cheerfully complied with, and the firstfruits and tithes were brought in, in great abundance, insomuch that there was enough, and plenty left, 2Ch 31:4-10, wherefore chambers were prepared in the temple to lay it up in, and persons appointed to be the overseers of it, and to distribute it faithfully to their brethren and their families, to small and great, 2Ch 31:11-19, and the chapter is closed in praise of the works of Hezekiah, and the success that attended him, 2Ch 31:20,21.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

  • 1. 2 Kings 18:4
  • 2. See Deuteronomy 16:22
  • 3. See Deuteronomy 16:21
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 24:1
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 23:30, 31
  • 6. [2 Chronicles 35:7]
  • 7. See Num. 28:3 - 29:40
  • 8. [Nehemiah 13:10]; See Numbers 18:8-24
  • 9. Nehemiah 13:12
  • 10. Leviticus 27:30; Deuteronomy 14:28
  • 11. 1 Chronicles 6:8
  • 12. [Malachi 3:10]
  • 13. 1 Chronicles 9:26, 33; [2 Kings 23:11; Nehemiah 10:39]
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