2 Chronicles 31:7

_IN THE THIRD MONTH THEY BEGAN TO LAY THE FOUNDATION OF THE HEAPS, AND FINISHED THEM IN THE SEVENTH MONTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

Verse 2 Chronicles 31:7. _IN 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....

THE THIRD MONTH - Compare 2 Chronicles 29:3; 2Ch 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 would naturally come in then....

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

IN THE THIRD MONTH THEY BEGAN TO LAY THE FOUNDATION OF THE HEAPS..... The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, Exodus 23:16, for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought: AND FINISHED THEM IN THE SEVENTH MONTH; the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil, c. and so a proper time for bringing the tithes of all....

THIRD MONTH That is, June. SEVENTH MONTH That is, October....

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...

THIRD... SEVENTH: i.e. Sivan, Thammuz, Ah, Elul, Ethanim. TO LAY THE FOUNDATION: i.e. to begin to build up the heaps....

_the third month_ The Feast of Harvest took place at the beginning of this month and seven weeks later the Feast of Ingathering followed....