2Chronicles 31:1 - Prayer Tents

Idols Are Destroyed

31NOW WHEN all this was finished, all Israel present there went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars {or} obelisks, cut down the Asherim, and threw down the high places [of idolatry] and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, every man to his possession.H3615H3478H4672H3318H5892H3063H7665H4676H7665H1438H842H5422H1116H4196H3063H1144H669H4519H3615H1121H3478H7725H376H272H5892

2And Hezekiah appointed the priests and the Levites after their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord.H3169H5975H4256H3548H3881H4256H376H6310H5656H3548H3881H5930H8002H8334H3034H1984H8179H4264H3068

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3King Hezekiah's personal contribution was for the burnt offerings: [those] of morning and evening, for the Sabbaths, for the New Moons, and for the appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the Lord.H4428H4521H7399H5930H1242H6153H5930H5930H7676H2320H4150H3789H8451H3068

4He commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites, that they might [be free to] give themselves to the Law of the Lord.H559H5971H3427H3389H5414H4521H3548H3881H2388H8451H3068

5As soon as the command went abroad, the Israelites gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, vintage fruit, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything.H1697H6555H1121H3478H935H7235H7225H1715H8492H3323H1706H8393H7704H4643H935H7230

6The people of Israel and Judah who lived in Judah's cities also brought the tithe of cattle and sheep and of the dedicated things which were consecrated to the Lord their God, and they laid them in heaps.H1121H3478H3063H3427H5892H3063H935H4643H1241H6629H4643H6944H6942H3068H430H5414H6194H6194

7In the third month [at the end of wheat harvest] they began to lay the foundation {or} beginning of the heaps and finished them in the seventh month.H7992H2320H2490H3245H6194H3615H7637H2320

8When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel.H3169H8269H935H7200H6194H1288H3068H5971H3478

9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps.H3169H1875H3548H3881H6194

10Azariah the high priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the Lord's house, we have eaten and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people, and what is left is this great store.H5838H7218H3548H1004H6659H559H559H2490H935H8641H1004H3068H7646H398H3498H7230H3068H1288H5971H3498H1995

11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers [for storage] in the house of the Lord, and they prepared themH3169H559H3559H3957H1004H3068H3559

12And brought in the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was in charge of them, and Shimei his brother came next.H935H8641H4643H6944H530H3562H3881H5057H8096H251H4932

13And Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers directed by Conaniah and Shimei his brother, at the appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the chief officer of the house of God.H3171H5812H5184H6214H3406H3107H447H3253H4287H1141H6496H3027H3562H8096H251H4662H3169H4428H5838H5057H1004H430

14Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contributions of the Lord and the most holy things.H6981H1121H3232H3881H7778H4217H5071H430H5414H8641H3068H6944H6944

15Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the priests' cities, in their office of trust faithfully to give to their brethren by divisions, to great and small alike,H5731H4509H3442H8098H568H7935H5892H3548H530H5414H251H3027H4256H1419H6996

16Except those [Levites] registered as males from three years old and upward--who were consecrated to the temple service [in Jerusalem, for their daily portion] as the duty of every day required, for their service according to their offices by their divisions.H3187H2145H7969H8141H1121H4605H935H1004H3068H3117H3117H1697H5656H4931H4256

17The registration of the priests was according to their fathers' houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices by their divisions;H3187H3548H1004H1H3881H6242H8141H1121H4605H4931H4256

18Also there was the registration of all their little ones, their wives, and their older sons and daughters through all the congregation. For in their office of trust they cleansed themselves {and} set themselves apart in holiness.H3187H2945H802H1121H1323H6951H530H6942H6944

19Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities or 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 registered among the Levites.H1121H175H3548H7704H4054H5892H5892H582H5344H8034H5414H4490H2145H3548H3187H3881

20Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah, and he did what was good, right, and faithful before the Lord his God.H6213H3169H3063H6213H2896H3477H571H6440H3068H430

21And every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in keeping with the law and the commandments to seek his God [inquiring of and yearning for Him], he did with all his heart, and he prospered.H4639H2490H5656H1004H430H8451H4687H1875H430H6213H3824H6743