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 doing it in the third month. They finished in the seventh month.
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Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the piles. When they did, they praised the Lord. And they blessed his people Israel.
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Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles.
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The chief priest Azariah answered him. He said, "The people have been bringing their gifts to the LORD's temple. Ever since they began to bring them, we've had enough to eat. We have even had plenty to spare. That's because the LORD has blessed his people. So we have a large amount left over." Azariah was from the family line of Zadok.
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Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the LORD's temple. And it was done.