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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In the third month they started piling them up, and in the seventh month they finished.
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When Hezekiah and the leaders saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and his people Israel.
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Hezekiah asked the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
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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."
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Then Hezekiah told them to prepare storerooms in the LORD's temple. After they had prepared them,