2 Chronicles 31:3-4

Reforms Continued

3 He also appointed ¹the king's portion of his goods 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 fixed festivals, ²as it is written in the law of the LORD.

4 Also he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give ³the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to ⁴the law of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 31:3-4 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 35:7
• 2. Num 28:1-29:40
• 3. Numbers 18:8
• 4. Malachi 2:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "said to"