2 Chronicles 31
1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
| וככלות כל זאת יצאו כל ישראל הנמצאים לערי יהודה וישברו המצבות ויגדעו האשרים וינתצו את הבמות ואת המזבחות מכל יהודה ובנימן ובאפרים ומנשה עד לכלה וישובו כל בני ישראל איש לאחזתו--לעריהם |
2 Hezekiah 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, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.
| ויעמד יחזקיהו את מחלקות הכהנים והלוים על מחלקותם איש כפי עבדתו לכהנים וללוים לעלה ולשלמים--לשרת ולהדות ולהלל בשערי מחנות יהוה |
3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, 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.
| ומנת המלך מן רכושו לעלות לעלות הבקר והערב והעלות לשבתות ולחדשים ולמעדים--ככתוב בתורת יהוה |
4 Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of the LORD.
| ויאמר לעם ליושבי ירושלם לתת מנת הכהנים והלוים--למען יחזקו בתורת יהוה |
5 As soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
| וכפרץ הדבר הרבו בני ישראל ראשית דגן תירוש ויצהר ודבש וכל תבואת שדה ומעשר הכל לרב הביאו |
6 The children of Israel and Judah, who lived in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
| ובני ישראל ויהודה היושבים בערי יהודה--גם הם מעשר בקר וצאן ומעשר קדשים המקדשים ליהוה אלהיהם הביאו ויתנו ערמות ערמות |
7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
| בחדש השלשי החלו הערמות ליסוד ובחדש השביעי כלו |
8 And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
| ויבאו יחזקיהו והשרים ויראו את הערמות ויברכו את יהוה ואת עמו ישראל |
9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
| וידרש יחזקיהו על הכהנים והלוים--על הערמות |
10 Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, "Since people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for the LORD has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store."
| ויאמר אליו עזריהו הכהן הראש--לבית צדוק ויאמר מהחל התרומה לביא בית יהוה אכול ושבוע והותר עד לרוב--כי יהוה ברך את עמו והנותר את ההמון הזה |
11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them.
| ויאמר יחזקיהו להכין לשכות בבית יהוה--ויכינו |
12 They brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
| ויביאו את התרומה והמעשר והקדשים באמונה ועליהם נגיד כונניהו (כנניהו) הלוי ושמעי אחיהו משנה |
13 Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismakiah, and 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.
| ויחיאל ועזזיהו ונחת ועשהאל וירימות ויוזבד ואליאל ויסמכיהו ומחת ובניהו--פקידים מיד כונניהו (כנניהו) ושמעי אחיו במפקד יחזקיהו המלך ועזריהו נגיד בית האלהים |
14 Kore the son of Jimnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of the LORD, and the most holy things.
| וקורא בן ימנה הלוי השוער למזרחה על נדבות האלהים--לתת תרומת יהוה וקדשי הקדשים |
15 Under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, alongside the priests, to faithfully make disbursements to their brothers by divisions, as well to the great as to the small:
| ועל ידו עדן ומנימן וישוע ושמעיהו אמריהו ושכניהו בערי הכהנים--באמונה לתת לאחיהם במחלקות כגדול כקטן |
16 besides those who were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into the house of the LORD, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions.
| מלבד התיחשם לזכרים מבן שלוש שנים ולמעלה לכל הבא לבית יהוה לדבר יום ביומו--לעבודתם במשמרותם כמחלקותיהם |
17 This is the enrollment of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;
| ואת התיחש הכהנים לבית אבותיהם והלוים מבן עשרים שנה ולמעלה--במשמרותיהם במחלקותיהם |
18 and those who were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.
| ולהתיחש בכל טפם נשיהם ובניהם ובנותיהם--לכל קהל כי באמונתם יתקדשו קדש |
19 Also for the descendants of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs 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 reckoned by genealogy among the Levites.
| ולבני אהרן הכהנים בשדי מגרש עריהם בכל עיר ועיר אנשים אשר נקבו בשמות--לתת מנות לכל זכר בכהנים ולכל התיחש בלוים |
20 Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he worked that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.
| ויעש כזאת יחזקיהו בכל יהודה ויעש הטוב והישר והאמת לפני יהוה אלהיו |
21 In every work that he began in the service of God's house, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
| ובכל מעשה אשר החל בעבודת בית האלהים ובתורה ובמצוה לדרש לאלהיו--בכל לבבו עשה והצליח |
