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Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession. <p class="hdg">Hezekiah Sets Up Priests for Service</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Hezekiah set up the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, <i>both</i> the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><i>He</i> also <i>appointed</i> the king’s portion of his goods for the burnt offerings, <i>namely</i>, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed times, as it is written in the law of Yahweh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Also he said to the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the law of Yahweh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As soon as the word spread forth, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now the sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of the holy gifts which were made holy to Yahweh their God, and put <i>them</i> in heaps. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>In the third month they began to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>make the heaps, and completed <i>them</i> by the seventh month. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Yahweh and His people Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>him, “Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of Yahweh, <i>there has been</i> much to eat and be satisfied with and have left over, for Yahweh has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Hezekiah ordered <i>them</i> to prepare rooms in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared <i>them</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And they faithfully brought in the contribution and the tithe and the holy things; and Conaniah the Levite <i>was</i> the officer over them and his brother Shimei <i>was</i> second. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah <i>were</i> overseers <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span><i>assisting</i> at the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah <i>was</i> the <i>chief</i> officer of the house of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern <i>gate, was</i> over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the contributions for Yahweh and the most holy things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now <i>assisting</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>by his hand <i>were</i> Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully <i>their portions</i> to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>without regard to their genealogical record, to the males from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>thirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh for his daily obligations—for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions; <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upwards, by their responsibilities <i>and</i> their divisions. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The genealogical record <i>included</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, for the whole assembly, for they set themselves apart <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>faithfully in holiness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Also for the sons of Aaron the priests <i>who were</i> in the pasture lands of their cities, or in each and every city, <i>there were</i> men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone genealogically recorded among the Levites. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what <i>was</i> good, right, and true before Yahweh his God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment—to seek his God—he did with all his heart and succeeded.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Wooden symbols of a female deity<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>found</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>him, and he said</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>from the hand of</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>under his hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Heb <i>3</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>with all</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>in their faithfulness</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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