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 stacking up the piles in the third month and finished them in the seventh.
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When Hezekiah and the officials saw the piles, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.
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When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles,
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the chief priest Azariah, who was from Zadok's family, answered, "Ever since the people started bringing contributions to the LORD's temple we've had enough to eat with plenty to spare. The LORD has definitely blessed his people! There's a lot left over."
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So Hezekiah ordered them to prepare storerooms in the LORD's temple. When they finished preparing them,