Dual Panel1When all <03605> this <02063> was over <03615>, the Israelites <03478> who were <04672> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> went out <03318> and smashed <07665> the sacred pillars <04676>, cut down <01438> the Asherah poles <0842>, and demolished <05422> all <03605> the high places <01116> and altars <04196> throughout <03605> Judah <03063>, Benjamin <01144>, Ephraim <0669>, and Manasseh <04519>. Then all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <01121> returned <07725> to their own <0272> homes in their cities <05892>.
2Hezekiah <02396> appointed <05975> the divisions <04256> of the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> to do their assigned <06310> tasks <05656>– to offer burnt sacrifices <05930> and present offerings <08002> and to serve <08334>, give thanks <03034>, and offer praise <01984> in the gates <08179> of the Lord’s <03069> sanctuary <04264>.
3The king <04428> contributed some <04521> of <04480> what he owned <07399> for burnt sacrifices <05930>, including the morning <01242> and evening <06153> burnt sacrifices <05930> and the burnt sacrifices <05930> made on Sabbaths <07676>, new moon <02320> festivals <04150>, and at other appointed times prescribed <03789> in the law <08451> of the Lord <03068>.
4He ordered <0559> the people <05971> living <03427> in Jerusalem <03389> to contribute <05414> the portion prescribed <04521> for the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> so <04616> they might be obedient <02388> to the law <08451> of the Lord <03068>.
5When the edict <01697> was issued <06555>, the Israelites <03478> <01121> freely contributed <07235> the initial portion <07225> of their grain <01715>, wine <08492>, olive oil <03323>, honey <01706>, and all <03605> the produce <08393> of their fields <07704>. They brought a tenth <04643> of everything <03605>, which added up <0935> to a huge amount <07230>.
6The Israelites <03478> <01121> and people of Judah <03063> who lived <03427> in the cities <05892> of Judah <03063> also <01571> contributed a tenth <04643> of their cattle <01241> and sheep <06629>, as well as a tenth <04643> of the holy <06944> items consecrated <06942> to the Lord <03068> their God <0430>. They brought <0935> them and placed <05414> them in many heaps <06194> <06194>.
7In the third <07992> month <02320> they began <02490> piling <03245> their contributions <03245> in heaps <06194> and finished <03615> in the seventh <07637> month <02320>.
8When Hezekiah <02396> and the officials <08269> came <0935> and saw <07200> the heaps <06194>, they praised <01288> the Lord <03068> and pronounced blessings on his people <05971> Israel <03478>.
9When Hezekiah <02396> asked <01875> the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> about the heaps <06194>,
10Azariah <05838>, the head <07218> priest <03548> from the family <01004> of Zadok <06659>, said <0559> to him, “Since the contributions <08641> began <02490> arriving <0935> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, we have had plenty <07646> to eat <0398> and have a large quantity <07230> left over <03498>. For <03588> the Lord <03068> has blessed <01288> his people <05971>, and this <02088> large amount <01995> remains <03498>.”
11Hezekiah <02396> ordered <0559> that storerooms <03957> be prepared <03559> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. When this was done <03559>,
12they brought <0935> in the contributions <08641>, tithes <04643>, and consecrated items <06944> that had been offered <0530>. Konaniah <03562>, a Levite <03881>, was in <05921> charge <05057> of all this, assisted by his brother <0251> Shimei <08096>.
13Jehiel <03171>, Azaziah <05812>, Nahath <05184>, Asahel <06214>, Jerimoth <03406>, Jozabad <03107>, Eliel <0447>, Ismakiah <03253>, Mahath <04287>, and Benaiah <01141> worked under <03027> the supervision <06496> of Konaniah <03562> and his brother <0251> Shimei <08096>, as directed <04662> by King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> and Azariah <05838>, the supervisor <05057> of God’s <0430> temple <01004>.
14Kore <06981> son <01121> of Imnah <03232>, a Levite <03881> and the guard <07778> on the east side <04217>, was in charge of <05921> the voluntary offerings <05071> made to God <0430> and disbursed <05414> the contributions <08641> made to the Lord <03068> and the consecrated <06942> items <06944>.
15In <05921> the cities <05892> of the priests <03548>, Eden <05731>, Miniamin <04509>, Jeshua <03442>, Shemaiah <08098>, Amariah <0568>, and Shecaniah <07935> faithfully <0530> assisted him in making disbursements <05414> to their fellow priests <0251> according to their divisions <04256>, regardless of age <06996> <01419>.
16They made disbursements to all the males <02145> three <07969> years <08141> old <01121> and up <04605> who were listed in the genealogical records <03187>– to all <03605> who would enter <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> to serve on a daily <03117> <03117> basis <01697> and fulfill their duties <05656> as assigned <04931> to their divisions <04256>.
17They made disbursements to the priests <03548> listed in the genealogical records <03188> by their families <01>, and to the Levites <01121> <03881> twenty <06242> years <08141> old and up, according to their duties <04931> as assigned to their divisions <04256>,
18and to all <03605> the infants <02945>, wives <0802>, sons <01121>, and daughters <01323> of the entire <03605> assembly <06951> listed in the genealogical records <03188>, for <03588> they faithfully <0530> consecrated <06942> themselves.
19As for the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, the priests <03548> who lived in the outskirts <05892> <04054> <07704> of all <03605> their cities <05892>, men <0376> were assigned <08034> <05344> to disburse <05414> portions <04490> to every <03605> male <02145> among the priests <03548> and to every <03605> Levite <03881> listed in the genealogical records <03187>.
20This <02063> is what Hezekiah <02396> did <06213> throughout <03605> Judah <03063>. He did <06213> what <02896> the Lord <03068> his God <0430> considered good <02896> and right <03477> and faithful <0571>.
21He wholeheartedly <03824> <03605> and successfully <06743> reinstituted <06213> service <05656> in God’s <0430> temple <01004> and obedience <02490> to the law <08451>, in order <04687> to follow <01875> his God <0430>.