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2 Chronicles 31:11
11Then Hezekiah told them to prepare storerooms in the Lord’s temple. After they had prepared them,
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. 10The chief priest Azariah from Zadok’s family said, “Since the people started to bring the offerings to the Lord’s temple, we have had all we wanted to eat and plenty to spare. The Lord has blessed his people, and there’s a lot left over.” Then Hezekiah told them to prepare storerooms in the Lord’s temple. After they had prepared them, 12they faithfully brought in the contributions, the offerings of one-tenth of the crops, and the gifts dedicated to God. The Levite Conaniah was in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was his assistant. 13King Hezekiah and Azariah, who was in charge of God’s temple, appointed Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah to serve under Conaniah and his brother Shimei.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ לְהָכִ֧ין לְשָׁכ֛וֹת בְּבֵ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה וַיָּכִֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 31:11
- Nehemiah 10:38A priest—one of Aaron’s descendants—should be with the Levites when they collect the tenth. Then the Levites should bring one-tenth of these tenths to our God’s temple, into the rooms of the storehouses there.
- Nehemiah 13:5had provided a large room for Tobiah. Previously, this room had been used to store grain offerings, incense, utensils, a tenth of all the grain harvested, new wine, and olive oil. These things belonged by law to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers. The contributions for the priests had also been stored there.
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
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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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