New Living Translation
2 Chronicles 31:7
7They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.
2 Chronicles 31:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
- New International Version (NIV)They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
Context of 2 Chronicles 31:7
5When the people of Israel heard these requirements, they responded generously by bringing the first share of their grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a large quantity—a tithe of all they produced. 6The people who had moved to Judah from Israel, and the people of Judah themselves, brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them up in great heaps. They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn. 8When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the Lord and his people Israel! 9“Where did all this come from?” Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 312 Chronicles 31:7 word by word
בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֔י הֵחֵ֥לּוּ הָעֲרֵמ֖וֹת לְיִסּ֑וֹד וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י כִּלּֽוּ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
- monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- they beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
- to lay the foundationיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
- of the heapsעֲרֵמָה‛ârêm ‛ărêmâh · heapH6194
- and finishedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
- in the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 31:7
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 31:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7In the third month - "The month Sivan; the seventh, Tisri." - Targum. The heaps - The vast collections of grain which they had from the tithes over and above their own consumption; see 2 Chronicles 31:10.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The third month - Compare 2 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 30:2, 2 Chronicles 30:13. The events hitherto described - the destruction of the high places, the re-appointment of the courses, and the re-establishment of the tithes followed so closely upon the Passover, that a month had not elapsed from the conclusion of the Feast before the gifts began to pour in. In the seventh month the harvest was completed; and the last tithes and first-fruits of the year…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. 6-76-7. and laid them by heaps--The contributions began to be sent in shortly after the celebration of the passover, which had taken place in the middle of the second month. Some time would elapse before the king's order reached all parts of the kingdom. The wheat harvest occurred in the third month, so that the sheaves of that grain, being presented before any other, formed "the foundation," an under-layer in the corn stores of the temple. The first-fruits…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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