2 Chronicles 31:11

2 Chronicles 31:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
• New International Version (NIV)Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 31:11

9Hezekiah asked the priests and the Levites about the heaps of gifts from the people. 10The leader of the priests, Azariah from Zadok's clan, said, ‘The people have brought a lot of gifts to the Lord's temple. Since they started to do that, we have had enough food to eat. There has been a lot more food than we need. The Lord has blessed his people, so we still have all this extra food.’ Hezekiah told them that they must prepare some rooms in the temple to store the things. When they had done that, 12they put in there the gifts, the tithes and the holy things. A Levite called Konaniah had to take care of all these things. His brother Shimei helped him. 13Konaniah and Shimei had authority over these people: Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah. King Hezekiah chose all these men to do this work. Azariah was the priest who had authority over the temple.

2 Chronicles 31:11 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ לְהָכִ֧ין לְשָׁכ֛וֹת בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּכִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהyechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû · JehizkiahH3169
• commandedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• chambersלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957
• in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 31:11

• Nehemiah 10:38When the Levites receive their tithes, a priest of Aaron's family will be with them. Then the Levites will bring a tenth part of the tithes that they received to store in the temple.
• Nehemiah 13:5Eliashib let Tobiah use one of these rooms in the temple. It was a large room where they had stored the grain offerings, the incense and the special plates and tools that they used in the temple. They also stored the tithes of grain, wine and olive oil in that room. These gifts were for the Levites, the temple singers and guards, and also for the priests.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 31:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11To prepare chambers - To make granaries to lay up this superabundance.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1811-18. Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord--storehouses, granaries, or cellars; either the old ones, which had been allowed through neglect to fall into decay, were to be repaired, or additional ones built. Private individuals brought their own first-fruits to the temple; but the tithes were levied by the Levites, who kept a faithful account of them in their several places of abode and transmitted the allotted proportion to the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 31:11

• Church and State
• Hezekiah
• Levites
• Priest
• Tithes

In the dictionaries

• Hezekiah
• Azariah
• Hezekiah (2)
• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites
• Shimei
• Tithe
• New Moon

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