2 Chronicles 31:7

7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.

2 Chronicles 31:7 in Other Translations

7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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

7 They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.

7 They started doing this in the third month and didn't finish until the seventh month.

7 In the third month they began building up the piles, and they finished in the seventh month.

2 Chronicles 31:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 31:7

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the
heaps.
&c.] The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, ( Exodus 23:16 ) , for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought:

and finished them in the seventh month;
the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil and so a proper time for bringing the tithes of all.

2 Chronicles 31:7 In-Context

5 As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything.

6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.

7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.

8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel.

9 Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps;

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 23:16