2 Chronicles 31
1 and like/as to end: finish all this to come out: come all Israel [the] to find to/for city Judah and to break [the] pillar and to cut down/off [the] Asherah and to tear [obj] [the] high place and [obj] [the] altar from all Judah and Benjamin and in/on/with Ephraim and Manasseh till to/for to end: destroy and to return: return all son: descendant/people Israel man: anyone to/for possession his to/for city their
When all this had ended, the Israelites in attendance went out to the cities of Judah and broke up the sacred pillars, chopped down the Asherah poles, and tore down the high places and altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their cities, each to his own property.
2 and to stand: appoint Hezekiah [obj] division [the] priest and [the] Levi upon division their man: anyone like/as lip: according service: ministry his to/for priest and to/for Levi to/for burnt offering and to/for peace offering to/for to minister and to/for to give thanks and to/for to boast: praise in/on/with gate camp LORD
Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
3 and portion [the] king from property his to/for burnt offering to/for burnt offering [the] morning and [the] evening and [the] burnt offering to/for Sabbath and to/for month: new moon and to/for meeting: festival like/as to write in/on/with instruction LORD
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.
4 and to say to/for people to/for to dwell Jerusalem to/for to give: give portion [the] priest and [the] Levi because to strengthen: strengthen in/on/with instruction LORD
Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD.
5 and like/as to break through [the] word to multiply son: descendant/people Israel first: beginning grain new wine and oil and honey and all produce land: country and tithe [the] all to/for abundance to come (in): bring
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.
6 and son: descendant/people Israel and Judah [the] to dwell in/on/with city Judah also they(masc.) tithe cattle and flock and tithe holiness [the] to consecrate: dedicate to/for LORD God their to come (in): bring and to give: put heap heap
And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
7 in/on/with month [the] third to profane/begin: begin [the] heap to/for to found and in/on/with month [the] seventh to end: finish
In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
8 and to come (in): come Hezekiah and [the] ruler and to see: see [obj] [the] heap and to bless [obj] LORD and [obj] people his Israel
When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
9 and to seek Hezekiah upon [the] priest and [the] Levi upon [the] heap
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps,
10 and to say to(wards) him Azariah [the] priest [the] head: leader to/for house: home Zadok and to say from to profane/begin: begin [the] contribution to/for to come (in): bring house: temple LORD to eat and to satisfy and to remain till to/for abundance for LORD to bless [obj] people his and [the] to remain [obj] [the] crowd [the] this
and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
11 and to say Hezekiah to/for to establish: prepare chamber in/on/with house: temple LORD and to establish: prepare
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
12 and to come (in): bring [obj] [the] contribution and [the] tithe and [the] holiness in/on/with faithfulness and upon them leader (Conaniah *Q(k)*) [the] Levi and Shimei brother: male-sibling his second
And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
13 and Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah overseer from hand (Conaniah *Q(k)*) and Shimei brother: male-sibling his in/on/with appointment Hezekiah [the] king and Azariah leader house: temple [the] God
Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.
14 and Kore son: child Imnah [the] Levi [the] gatekeeper to/for east [to] upon voluntariness [the] God to/for to give: put contribution LORD and holiness [the] holiness
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.
15 and upon hand his Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah Amariah and Shecaniah in/on/with city [the] priest in/on/with faithfulness to/for to give: give to/for brother: male-relative their in/on/with division like/as great: large like/as small
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
16 from to/for alone: besides to enroll they to/for male from son: aged three year and to/for above [to] to/for all [the] to come (in): come to/for house: temple LORD to/for word: promised day: daily in/on/with day: daily his to/for service: ministry their in/on/with charge their like/as division their
In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—
17 and [obj] genealogy [the] priest to/for house: household father their and [the] Levi from son: aged twenty year and to/for above [to] in/on/with charge their in/on/with division their
and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their duties and divisions.
18 and to/for genealogy in/on/with all child their woman: wife their and son: child their and daughter their to/for all assembly for in/on/with faithfulness their to consecrate: consecate holiness
The genealogy included all the little ones, wives, sons, and daughters in the whole assembly. For they had faithfully consecrated themselves as holy.
19 and to/for son: descendant/people Aaron [the] priest in/on/with land: country pasture city their in/on/with all city and city human which to pierce in/on/with name to/for to give: give portion to/for all male in/on/with priest and to/for all to enroll in/on/with Levi
As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies.
20 and to make: do like/as this Hezekiah in/on/with all Judah and to make: do [the] pleasant and [the] upright and [the] truth: faithful to/for face: before LORD God his
So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
21 and in/on/with all deed: work which to profane/begin: begin in/on/with service: ministry house: temple [the] God and in/on/with instruction and in/on/with commandment to/for to seek to/for God his in/on/with all heart his to make: do and to prosper
He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
