2 Chronicles 31:9

9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

2 Chronicles 31:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 31:9

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.

2 Chronicles 31:9 In-Context

7 In the third month the heaps began to pile up, and in the seventh month they ceased.

8 When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh and his people Israel.

9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, saying, "Since the offerings began to be brought to the house of Yahweh, [we have] eaten and been satisfied, and have much to spare, for Yahweh has blessed his people. Now [see] this abundant remainder!"

11 And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh, and they were prepared.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sought"