Dual Panel1Now when all this was finished <03615> (8763)_, all Israel <03478> that were present <04672> (8737) went out <03318> (8804) to the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_, and brake <07665> (0) the images <04676> in pieces <07665> (8762)_, and cut down <01438> (8762) the groves <0842>_, and threw down <05422> (8762) the high places <01116> and the altars <04196> out of all Judah <03063> and Benjamin <01144>_, in Ephraim <0669> also and Manasseh <04519>_, until they had utterly destroyed <03615> (8763) them all. Then all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> returned <07725> (8799)_, every man <0376> to his possession <0272>_, into their own cities <05892>_. {present: Heb. found} {images: Heb. statues} {until...: Heb. until to make an end}
2And Hezekiah <03169> appointed <05975> (8686) the courses <04256> of the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> after their courses <04256>_, every man <0376> according <06310> to his service <05656>_, the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> for burnt offerings <05930> and for peace offerings <08002>_, to minister <08334> (8763)_, and to give thanks <03034> (8687)_, and to praise <01984> (8763) in the gates <08179> of the tents <04264> of the LORD <03068>_.
3[He appointed] also the king's <04428> portion <04521> of his substance <07399> for the burnt offerings <05930>_, [to wit], for the morning <01242> and evening <06153> burnt offerings <05930>_, and the burnt offerings <05930> for the sabbaths <07676>_, and for the new moons <02320>_, and for the set feasts <04150>_, as [it is] written <03789> (8803) in the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>_.
4Moreover he commanded <0559> (8799) the people <05971> that dwelt <03427> (8802) in Jerusalem <03389> to give <05414> (8800) the portion <04521> of the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>_, that they might be encouraged <02388> (8799) in the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>_.
5And as soon as the commandment <01697> came abroad <06555> (8800)_, the children <01121> of Israel <03478> brought <0935> (8689) in abundance <07235> (8689) the firstfruits <07225> of corn <01715>_, wine <08492>_, and oil <03323>_, and honey <01706>_, and of all the increase <08393> of the field <07704>_; and the tithe <04643> of all [things] brought <0935> (8689) they in abundantly <07230>_. {came...: Heb. brake forth} {honey: or, dates}
6And [concerning] the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>_, that dwelt <03427> (8802) in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063>_, they also brought in <0935> (8689) the tithe <04643> of oxen <01241> and sheep <06629>_, and the tithe <04643> of holy things <06944> which were consecrated <06942> (8794) unto the LORD <03068> their God <0430>_, and laid <05414> (8799) [them] by heaps <06194> <06194>_. {by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps}
7In the third <07992> month <02320> they began <02490> (8689) to lay the foundation <03245> (8800) of the heaps <06194>_, and finished <03615> (8765) [them] in the seventh <07637> month <02320>_.
8And when Hezekiah <03169> and the princes <08269> came <0935> (8799) and saw <07200> (8799) the heaps <06194>_, they blessed <01288> (8762) the LORD <03068>_, and his people <05971> Israel <03478>_.
9Then Hezekiah <03169> questioned <01875> (8799) with the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881> concerning the heaps <06194>_.
10And Azariah <05838> the chief <07218> priest <03548> of the house <01004> of Zadok <06659> answered <0559> (8799) him, and said <0559> (8799)_, Since [the people] began <02490> (8687) to bring <0935> (8687) the offerings <08641> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, we have had enough <07646> (8800) to eat <0398> (8800)_, and have left <03498> (8687) plenty <07230>_: for the LORD <03068> hath blessed <01288> (8765) his people <05971>_; and that which is left <03498> (8737) [is] this great store <01995>_.
11Then Hezekiah <03169> commanded <0559> (8799) to prepare <03559> (8687) chambers <03957> in the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_; and they prepared <03559> (8686) [them], {chambers: or, storehouses}
12And brought in <0935> (8686) the offerings <08641> and the tithes <04643> and the dedicated <06944> [things] faithfully <0530>_: over which Cononiah <03562> the Levite <03881> [was] ruler <05057>_, and Shimei <08096> his brother <0251> [was] the next <04932>_.
13And Jehiel <03171>_, and Azaziah <05812>_, and Nahath <05184>_, and Asahel <06214>_, and Jerimoth <03406>_, and Jozabad <03107>_, and Eliel <0447>_, and Ismachiah <03253>_, and Mahath <04287>_, and Benaiah <01141>_, [were] overseers <06496> under the hand <03027> of Cononiah <03562> and Shimei <08096> his brother <0251>_, at the commandment <04662> of Hezekiah <03169> the king <04428>_, and Azariah <05838> the ruler <05057> of the house <01004> of God <0430>_. {under...: Heb. at the hand}
14And Kore <06981> the son <01121> of Imnah <03232> the Levite <03881>_, the porter <07778> toward the east <04217>_, [was] over the freewill offerings <05071> of God <0430>_, to distribute <05414> (8800) the oblations <08641> of the LORD <03068>_, and the most <06944> holy things <06944>_.
15And next him [were] Eden <05731>_, and Miniamin <04509>_, and Jeshua <03442>_, and Shemaiah <08098>_, Amariah <0568>_, and Shecaniah <07935>_, in the cities <05892> of the priests <03548>_, in [their] set office <0530>_, to give <05414> (8800) to their brethren <0251> by <03027> courses <04256>_, as well to the great <01419> as to the small <06996>_: {next...: Heb. at his hand} {set...: or, trust}
16Beside their genealogy <03187> (8692) of males <02145>_, from three <07969> years <08141> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, [even] unto every one that entereth <0935> (8802) into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>_, his daily <03117> <03117> portion <01697> for their service <05656> in their charges <04931> according to their courses <04256>_;
17Both to the genealogy <03187> (8692) of the priests <03548> by the house <01004> of their fathers <01>_, and the Levites <03881> from twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and upward <04605>_, in their charges <04931> by their courses <04256>_;
18And to the genealogy <03187> (8692) of all their little ones <02945>_, their wives <0802>_, and their sons <01121>_, and their daughters <01323>_, through all the congregation <06951>_: for in their set office <0530> they sanctified <06942> (8691) themselves in holiness <06944>_: {set...: or, trust}
19Also of the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priests <03548>_, [which were] in the fields <07704> of the suburbs <04054> of their cities <05892>_, in every several city <05892>_, the men <0582> that were expressed <05344> (8738) by name <08034>_, to give <05414> (8800) portions <04490> to all the males <02145> among the priests <03548>_, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies <03187> (8692) among the Levites <03881>_.
20And thus did <06213> (8799) Hezekiah <03169> throughout all Judah <03063>_, and wrought <06213> (8799) [that which was] good <02896> and right <03477> and truth <0571> before <06440> the LORD <03068> his God <0430>_.
21And in every work <04639> that he began <02490> (8689) in the service <05656> of the house <01004> of God <0430>_, and in the law <08451>_, and in the commandments <04687>_, to seek <01875> (8800) his God <0430>_, he did <06213> (8804) [it] with all his heart <03824>_, and prospered <06743> (8689)_.