2 Chronicles 31

1Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah and broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.Cross-references: Gen 19:15 · Ex 23:24 · Deut 7:5 · 1Ki 18:38 · 2Ki 17:2 · 2Ki 18:4 · +7 more

2Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of Yahweh’s camp.Cross-references: 1Chr 16:4 · 1Chr 16:37 · 1Chr 16:40 · 1Chr 23:1 · 1Chr 23:28 · 1Chr 24:1 · +10 more

3He also appointed the king’s portion of his possessions for the burnt offerings: for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in Yahweh’s law.Cross-references: Ex 29:38 · Lev 23:2 · Num 28:1 · Deut 16:1 · 1Chr 26:26 · 2Chr 30:24 · +6 more

4Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to Yahweh’s law.Cross-references: Lev 27:30 · Num 18:8 · Num 18:26 · 2Chr 31:16 · Neh 13:10 · Mal 2:7 · +3 more

5As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.Cross-references: Ex 22:29 · Ex 23:19 · Ex 34:22 · Ex 34:26 · Ex 35:5 · Ex 35:20 · +12 more

6The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to Yahweh their God, and laid them in heaps.Cross-references: Lev 27:30 · Deut 14:28 · 2Chr 11:16

7In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.Cross-references: Lev 23:16

8When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh and his people Israel.Cross-references: Gen 14:19 · Judg 5:9 · 2Sam 6:18 · 1Ki 8:14 · 1Ki 8:55 · 1Chr 29:10 · +9 more

9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

10Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into Yahweh’s house, we have eaten and had enough, and have plenty left over, for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.”Cross-references: Gen 26:12 · Gen 30:27 · Gen 39:5 · Gen 39:23 · Lev 25:21 · Lev 26:4 · +15 more

11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in Yahweh’s house, and they prepared them.Cross-references: Neh 10:38 · Neh 13:5 · Neh 13:12

12They brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them, and Shimei his brother was second.Cross-references: 2Ki 12:15 · 1Chr 26:20 · 2Chr 35:9

13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of God’s house.Cross-references: 1Chr 9:11 · 1Chr 24:5 · 2Chr 30:12 · 2Chr 31:4 · 2Chr 31:10 · Neh 11:11

14Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, to distribute Yahweh’s offerings and the most holy things.Cross-references: Lev 2:10 · Lev 6:16 · Lev 7:1 · Lev 10:12 · Lev 22:18 · Lev 23:38 · +13 more

15Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, to the great as well as to the small;Cross-references: Josh 21:9 · 1Chr 6:54 · 1Chr 9:22 · 1Chr 25:8 · 2Chr 29:12 · 2Chr 31:13

16in addition to those who were listed by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into Yahweh’s house, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;Cross-references: Lev 21:22 · 1Chr 23:3 · Ezra 3:4

17and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;Cross-references: Num 3:15 · Num 3:20 · Num 4:3 · Num 4:38 · Num 4:42 · Num 4:46 · +7 more

18and those who were listed by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.Cross-references: 1Chr 9:22 · 2Chr 31:15 · Isa 5:16 · Rom 15:16

19Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the pasture lands of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name to give portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were listed by genealogy among the Levites.Cross-references: Lev 25:34 · Num 35:2 · 1Chr 6:54 · 1Chr 6:60 · 2Chr 28:15 · 2Chr 31:12

20Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God.Cross-references: 1Ki 15:5 · 2Ki 20:3 · 2Ki 22:2 · John 1:47 · Acts 24:16 · 1Thess 2:10 · +1 more

21In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.Cross-references: Deut 6:5 · Deut 10:12 · Deut 29:9 · Josh 1:7 · 1Ki 2:4 · 1Chr 22:13 · +9 more