2 Chronicles 31:10

10 The chief priest Azariah from Zadok's family said, "Since the people started to bring the offerings to the LORD's temple, we have had all we wanted to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and there's a lot left over."

2 Chronicles 31:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered
him
Who was the high priest of the family of Eleazar, in the line of Zadok, made high priest in Solomon's time, when Abiathar was thrust out; Jarchi takes him to be the same Azariah that was in the days of Uzziah, ( 2 Chronicles 26:17 ) ,

and said, since the people began to bring the offerings into the house
of the Lord we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty;
which were now four mouths since; and the priests and Levites, and their families, had partaken of them, and eat to satiety, and yet there was great plenty remaining:

for the Lord hath blessed his people:
the Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord has blessed them,''

given them large crops this year, and a ready willing mind to bring in what is due for the service of the temple:

and that which is left is this great store;
the heaps the king and princes saw, and inquired about; or what is left is for the great multitude of the priests and Levites, and their families, both at Jerusalem, and in the cities in the country; so Kimchi interprets it.

2 Chronicles 31:10 In-Context

8 When Hezekiah and the leaders saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and his people Israel.

9 Hezekiah asked the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

10 The chief priest Azariah from Zadok's family said, "Since the people started to bring the offerings to the LORD's temple, we have had all we wanted to eat and plenty to spare. The LORD has blessed his people, and there's a lot left over."

11 Then Hezekiah told them to prepare storerooms in the LORD's temple. After they had prepared them,

12 they faithfully brought in the contributions, the offerings of one-tenth of the crops, and the gifts dedicated to God. The Levite Conaniah was in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was his assistant.