2 Chronicles 31 (NET)

2 Chronicles 31:1¹When all this was over, the Israelites who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 18:42 Chr 32:121 Kgs 18:38-402 Chr 14:32 Chr 23:172 Chr 30:1-272 Chr 34:3-72 Kgs 17:22 Kgs 23:2-20Deut 7:5

2 Chronicles 31:2²Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks —to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord ’s sanctuary.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:11 Chr 16:371 Chr 16:4-61 Chr 16:40-411 Chr 23:1-261 Chr 23:28-311 Chr 25:1-32 Chr 23:82 Chr 29:24-262 Chr 5:11

2 Chronicles 31:3³The king contributed some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed in the law of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 45:172 Chr 35:7Col 2:16-171 Chr 26:262 Chr 30:24Deut 16:1-17Exod 29:38-42Ezek 46:12-18Lev 23:2-44Num 28:1-29:40

2 Chronicles 31:4⁴He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient to the law of the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 2:7Num 18:8-211 Cor 9:9-14Gal 6:6Neh 13:10-13Num 18:26-282 Chr 31:16Lev 27:30-33Mal 3:8-10

2 Chronicles 31:5⁵When the edict was issued, the Israelites freely contributed the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 13:122 Chr 24:10-11Exod 35:20-29Exod 35:5Exod 36:5-6Neh 10:35-39Neh 12:44Neh 13:31Prov 3:91 Cor 15:20

2 Chronicles 31:6⁶The Israelites and people of Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 27:302 Chr 11:16-17Deut 14:28

2 Chronicles 31:7⁷In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 23:16-24

2 Chronicles 31:8⁸When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 1:31 Chr 29:10-201 Kgs 8:14-151 Kgs 8:551 Pet 1:31 Thess 3:92 Chr 6:32 Cor 8:162 Sam 6:18Ezra 7:27

2 Chronicles 31:9⁹When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Chronicles 31:10¹⁰Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord ’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 3:101 Chr 6:81 Kgs 2:352 Chr 26:172 Cor 9:8-112 Kgs 4:43-44Ezek 44:15Gen 26:12Gen 30:27-30Gen 39:23

2 Chronicles 31:11¹¹Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord ’s temple. When this was done,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Neh 10:38-39Neh 13:12-13Neh 13:5

2 Chronicles 31:12¹²they brought in the contributions, tithes, and consecrated items that had been offered. Konaniah, a Levite, was in charge of all this, assisted by his brother Shimei.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 35:91 Chr 26:20-262 Kgs 12:15

2 Chronicles 31:13¹³Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 24:51 Chr 9:112 Chr 30:122 Chr 31:10-112 Chr 31:4Neh 11:11

2 Chronicles 31:14¹⁴Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 26:121 Chr 26:141 Chr 26:17Deut 12:17Deut 12:6Deut 16:10Ezra 1:4Ezra 3:5Ezra 7:16Lev 10:12-13

2 Chronicles 31:15¹⁵In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests according to their divisions, regardless of age.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 21:9-191 Chr 25:81 Chr 6:54-601 Chr 9:222 Chr 29:122 Chr 31:13

2 Chronicles 31:16¹⁶They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records—to all who would enter the Lord ’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 3:41 Chr 23:3Lev 21:22-23

2 Chronicles 31:17¹⁷They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:241 Chr 23:271 Chr 24:20-25:262 Chr 31:2Ezra 2:59Num 17:2-3Num 3:15Num 3:20Num 4:3Num 4:38

2 Chronicles 31:18¹⁸and to all the infants, wives, sons, and daughters of the entire assembly listed in the genealogical records, for they faithfully consecrated themselves.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 9:222 Chr 31:15Isa 5:16Rom 15:16

2 Chronicles 31:19¹⁹As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 31:12-15Lev 25:34Num 35:2-52 Chr 28:151 Chr 6:541 Chr 6:60

2 Chronicles 31:20²⁰This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 20:32 Kgs 22:2Acts 24:161 Thess 2:103 John 1:5John 1:471 Kgs 15:5

2 Chronicles 31:21²¹He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 6:33Jer 29:13Josh 1:7-8Deut 6:5Eccl 9:10Matt 7:24-271 Chr 22:13Deut 10:121 Chr 22:191 Kgs 2:4