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2 Chronicles 31

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1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.

3He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

4Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

5And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

6And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

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

8And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

9Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

10And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.

15And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

16Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

17Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

18And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • כֹּלkôlH360515× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306811× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אֵתʼêthH85310× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • כֹּהֵןkôhênH35489× in this chapter

    literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

  • בֵּןbênH11218× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîyH38818× in this chapter

    a Levite or descendant of Levi

  • בַּיִתbayithH10047× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • עִירʻîyrH58927× in this chapter

    a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

  • חִזְקִיָּהChizqîyâhH23966× in this chapter

    Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4306× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9356× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30635× in this chapter

    Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34785× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

  • מַחֲלֹקֶתmachălôqethH42565× in this chapter

    a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)

  • נָתַןnâthanH54145× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • עָרֵםʻârêmH61945× in this chapter

    a heap; specifically, a sheaf

  • קֹדֶשׁqôdeshH69445× in this chapter

    a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

  • מַעֲשֵׂרmaʻăsêrH46434× in this chapter

    a tenth; especially a tithe

  • אָמַרʼâmarH5594× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • עֹלָהʻôlâhH59304× in this chapter

    a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

  • חֹדֶשׁchôdeshH23203× in this chapter

    the new moon; by implication, a month

  • חָלַלchâlalH24903× in this chapter

    properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

  • אָחʼâchH2513× in this chapter

    a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

  • כָּלָהkâlâhH36153× in this chapter

    to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

  • אֱמוּנָהʼĕmûwnâhH5303× in this chapter

    literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity

  • עֲבֹדָהʻăbôdâhH56563× in this chapter

    work of any kind

  • עַםʻamH59713× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • תּוֹרָהtôwrâhH84513× in this chapter

    a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

  • תְּרוּמָהtᵉrûwmâhH86413× in this chapter

    a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute

  • בָרַךְbârakH12882× in this chapter

    to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16972× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • דָּרַשׁdârashH18752× in this chapter

    properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20632× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

  • זָכָרzâkârH21452× in this chapter

    properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)

  • יָדyâdH30272× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • יָחַשׂyâchasH31872× in this chapter

    to enroll by pedigree

  • יַחַשׂyachasH31882× in this chapter

    a pedigree or family list (as growing spontaneously)

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