2 Chronicles 31:8

8 When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and ¹His people Israel.

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2 Chronicles 31:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 31:8

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps,
&c.] Of the tithes and firstfruits:

they blessed the Lord;
for the great increase of the fruits of the earth, and for making the people so willing to bring in the dues to the priests and Levites:

and his people Israel;
wished all happiness and prosperity to them, being found in the way of their duty.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

2 Chronicles 31:8 In-Context

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.

10 Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to him, "Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of the LORD , we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over."

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1. Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalms 33:12; Psalms 144:15

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2 Chronicles 31:8 Meaning and Commentary

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