2 Chronicles 31:7

7 In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month.

2 Chronicles 31:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 31:7

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the
heaps.
&c.] The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, ( Exodus 23:16 ) , for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought:

and finished them in the seventh month;
the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil and so a proper time for bringing the tithes of all.

2 Chronicles 31:7 In-Context

5 As soon as the order spread, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all.
6 The sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of sacred gifts which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and placed them in heaps.
7 In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month.
8 When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

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