2 Chronicles 31:14

2 Chronicles 31:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.
• New International Version (NIV)Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the Lord and also the consecrated gifts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contribution reserved for the Lord and the most holy offerings.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.

Context of 2 Chronicles 31:14

12They faithfully brought in the contributions, the tithes, and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second. 13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God. Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern gate, was in charge of the voluntary offerings for God, to distribute the contributions for the Lord and the most holy things. 15Under his authority were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, to distribute their portions faithfully to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small, 16without regard to their genealogical enrollment, to the males from thirty years old and upward--everyone who entered the house of the Lord for his daily obligations--for their work in their duties according to their divisions;

2 Chronicles 31:14 word by word

וְקוֹרֵ֨א בֶן־יִמְנָ֤ה הַלֵּוִי֙ הַשּׁוֹעֵ֣ר לַמִּזְרָ֔חָה עַ֖ל נִדְב֣וֹת הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים לָתֵת֙ תְּרוּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה וְקָדְשֵׁ֖י הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃Read the interlinear

• Koreקוֹרֵאqôrê' qôrê' · KoreH6981
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Imnahיִמְנָהyimnâh · ImnahH3232
• the Leviteלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• the keeperשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• of the easternמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• inעַל‛al · uponH5921
• voluntaryנְדָבָהnedâbâh · voluntarinessH5071
• for Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• to distributeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• the contributionsתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and the mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 31:14

• 1 Chronicles 26:12To these divisions of the gatekeepers, to the chief men, were given duties like their relatives, to serve in the house of the Lord.
• Leviticus 22:18“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the sons of Israel, and say to them, ‘Anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their vows or any of their voluntary offerings, which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering--
• Leviticus 23:38besides those of the Sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your gifts and besides all your vowed and voluntary offerings, which you give to the Lord.
• Numbers 29:39‘You shall present these to the Lord at your appointed times, besides your vowed offerings and your voluntary offerings, for your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.’”
• Deuteronomy 12:6You shall bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your vowed offerings, your voluntary offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
• Deuteronomy 16:10Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a voluntary offering of your hand in a proportional amount, which you shall give just as the Lord your God blesses you;
• Ezra 1:4And every survivor, at whatever place he may live, the people of that place are to support him with silver and gold, with equipment and cattle, together with a voluntary offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’”
• Ezra 3:5and afterward there was a continual burnt offering, also for the new moons and for all the appointed festivals of the Lord that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a voluntary offering to the Lord.
• Ezra 7:16with all the silver and gold which you find in the entire province of Babylon, along with the voluntary offering of the people and of the priests, who offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
• Psalms 119:108Be pleased to accept the voluntary offerings of my mouth, Lord, And teach me Your judgments.
• Nehemiah 13:13To be in charge of the storehouses, I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered reliable, and it was their task to distribute to their kinsmen.
• Leviticus 2:10The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a most holy part of the offerings to the Lord by fire.
• Leviticus 6:16And Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left of it. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
• Leviticus 7:1‘Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy.
• Leviticus 10:12Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that is left over from the Lord’s offerings by fire and eat it as unleavened bread beside the altar, for it is most holy.
• Leviticus 27:28‘Nevertheless, anything which someone sets apart to the Lord for destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the Lord.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 31:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The porter toward the east - i. e. the chief door-keeper at the east gate, where the proper number of the porters was six 1 Chronicles 26:17. The most holy things - The sin-offerings and trespass-offerings Leviticus 6:25; Leviticus 7:1-6.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-19Many Levites, mostly from small towns, could serve. Small groups traveled to Jerusalem in shifts for short periods (see 1 Chronicles 24:1–19). All Levites received shares of the offerings given at the temple.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 31:14

• Church and State
• Free-Will Offerings
• Hezekiah
• Imnah
• Kore
• Levites
• Priest

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• God
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• Names, Proper
• Priests and Levites
• Tithe

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