2 Chronicles 31:6

_AND CONCERNING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH, THAT DWELT IN THE CITIES OF JUDAH, THEY ALSO BROUGHT IN THE TITHE OF OXEN AND SHEEP, AND THE TITHE OF HOLY THINGS WHICH WERE CONSECRATED UNTO THE LORD THEIR GOD, AND LAID THEM BY HEAPS._ 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 grain stores of the temple; and the first-fruits of their land produce being successively sent in all the summer until the close of the fruit and vintage season - i:e., the seventh month-continued to raise heap upon heap....

By “the children of Israel” in 2 Chronicles 31:5, seem to be intended the inhabitants of Jerusalem only (see 2 Chronicles 31:4); by “the children of Israel and Judah that dwelt in the cities of Judah” in this verse, seem to be meant the Jews of the country districts and the Israelites who dwelt among them 2 Chronicles 30:25. Of these two classes, the first brought both first-fruits and tithes of “all things;” while the others, who had not been included in the command 2 Chronicles 31:4, brought in first-fruits and paid the tithe of sheep and oxen only, and of the things which th

EXPOSITION This chapter, after its first verse (which holds an intermediate place with relation to the enthusiastic devoutness of the people recorded in the last verse of the former chapter, and what now followed of the doings of the king), tells how Hezekiah once more settles, first, the courses of the priests and Levites, and the offerings for their support (2 Chronicles 31:2); and, secondly, both the offices and officers needful for rightly attending to the business. The Book of Kings gives us no parallel to this chapter. 2 CHRONICLES 31:1 As much as the last verse of the foregoing chapter was all of the religious fervour of the occasion, this verse is all of the, practical honest work of the people and their leaders. All Israel th

AND CONCERNING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH, THAT DWELT IN THE CITIES OF JUDAH,.... As for the supplement "concerning", I see no need of it; the sense is, that when the king's edict was known by the inhabitants of the cities in the country, as well as at Jerusalem: THEY ALSO BROUGHT IN THE TITHES OF OXEN, AND SHEEP; according to the law in Leviticus 27:32 AND THE TITHE OF HOLY THINGS, WHICH WERE CONSECRATED UNTO THE LORD THEIR GOD; which Jarchi understands of the second tithe the Levites were to give to the priests; but Kimchi of things consecrated to sacred uses, and no longer for their own, and which were even free from tithing: AND LAID THEM BY HEAPS: heaps upon heaps, such large quantities were brought in....

CHAPTER 31 THE RESULTS OF THE REVIVAL _ 1. The destruction of the false worship (2 Chronicles 31:1)_ 2. The king's appointments (2 Chronicles 31:2) All was done by Hezekiah for the orderly continuance of the service in the house of the LORD. The order of the courses of the priests, after David's arrangement, which had been abandoned during the preceding apostasy, was once more settled. What was needed for the public sacrifices of the congregation was willingly given, as well as other things, by the king and the people. “For the personal support of the ministering priests and Levites nothing more was required than the re-enactment of the ancient provision of firstfruits, tithes, and firstlings ...

2 Chronicles 29:1 to 2 Chronicles 32:33. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (see notes on 2 Kings 18:2 f., 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 20:1). The Chronicler in this long section writes, from his own point of view, much that is quite unhistorical. The three main subjects treated by him here are Hezekiah's reopening of the Temple, the Passover, and the appointment of the Temple officials. In...

TITHE. Authorized Version, 1611, read "tithes" (plural) GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BY HEAPS. Hebrew "heaps, heaps". great heaps. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._...

_And_concerning _the children_ R.V. AND THE CHILDREN. Cp. 2 Chronicles 11:16. _holy_things] R.V. DEDICATED THINGS (as 2 Chronicles 31:12)....

14. THE REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (29-32) TEXT 2 Chronicles 29:1. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah 2. And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. 3. He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them. 4. And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, 5. and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 6. For our fathers have trespassed, and done that

REIGN OF HEZEKIAH (CONTINUED) This chapter gives an account of Hezekiah's reorganisation of the Temple service....