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The gifts started arriving in the third month and continued to pile up for the next four months.
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When King Hezekiah and his officials saw how much had been given, they praised the Lord and praised his people Israel.
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The king spoke to the priests and the Levites about these gifts,
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and Azariah the High Priest, a descendant of Zadok, said to him, "Since the people started bringing their gifts to the Temple, there has been enough to eat and a large surplus besides. We have all this because the Lord has blessed his people."
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On the king's orders they prepared storerooms in the Temple area