2 Chronicles 31:7

7 They began stacking up the piles in the third month and finished them in the seventh.

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 was issued, the Israelites generously gave the best of their grain, new wine, oil, honey, and all their crops—a tenth of everything, a huge amount.

6 The people of Israel and Judah, living in the cities of Judah, also brought in a tenth of their herds and flocks and a tenth of the items that had been dedicated to the LORD their God, stacking it up in piles.

7 They began stacking up the piles in the third month and finished them in the seventh.

8 When Hezekiah and the officials saw the piles, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.

9 When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles,

Footnotes

• [a] May–June, Sivan
• [b] September–October, Tishrei