American Standard Version
2 Chronicles 31:9
9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
2 Chronicles 31:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
- New International Version (NIV)Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps;
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Context of 2 Chronicles 31:9
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 Jehovah, and his people Israel. Then Hezekiah questioned 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 oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. 11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them;
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וַיִּדְרֹ֣שׁ יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ עַל־הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֛ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם עַל־הָעֲרֵמֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 31:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9“Hezekiah questioned” in order to know whether the ministering priests and Levites had had their maintenance out of the tithes, and whether the accumulation which he saw was clear surplus.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-10Both the king and his people provided supplies for the temple. Israel came together to support the temple, and their response exceeded expectations and needs.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps--The object of his enquiries was to ascertain whether the supplies afforded the prospect of a sufficient maintenance for the members of the sacred order.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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