Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. ] How they came to be so large, or why they let them lie where they did.
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They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.
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When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the LORD and his people Israel!
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“Where did all this come from?” Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.
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And Azariah the high priest, from the family of Zadok, replied, “Since the people began bringing their gifts to the LORD ’s Temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and all this is left over.”
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Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Temple of the LORD . When this was done,