2 Chronicles 31
New English Translation
31 When all this was over, the Israelites[a] who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished[b] all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh.[c] Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.[d]
The People Contribute to the Temple
2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks[e]—to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary.[f]
3 The king contributed[g] some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed[h] in the law of the Lord. 4 He ordered[i] the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient[j] to the law of the Lord. 5 When the edict was issued,[k] the Israelites freely contributed[l] the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount. 6 The Israelites and people of Judah[m] who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps.[n] 7 In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps[o] and finished in the seventh month. 8 When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.[p]
9 When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps, 10 Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, “Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord’s temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains.” 11 Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord’s temple. When this was done,[q] 12 they brought in the contributions, tithes,[r] and consecrated items that had been offered.[s] Konaniah, a Levite, was in charge of all this, assisted by his brother Shimei. 13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.
14 Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items. 15 In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests[t] according to their divisions, regardless of age.[u] 16 They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records—to all who would enter the Lord’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions.[v] 17 They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions, 18 and to all the infants, wives, sons, and daughters of the entire assembly listed in the genealogical records, for they faithfully consecrated themselves. 19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities,[w] men were assigned[x] to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.
20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful. 21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.[y]
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 tn Heb “all Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 tn Or “tore down.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:3 tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”
- 2 Chronicles 31:3 tn Heb “festivals, as written.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:4 tn Heb “said to.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:4 tn Heb “might hold firmly.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:5 tn Heb “and when the word spread out.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:5 tn Heb “the sons of Israel multiplied.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:6 tn Heb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.
- 2 Chronicles 31:7 tn Heb “they began the heaps to establish.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:8 tn Heb “they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:11 tn Heb “and they prepared.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:12 tn Heb “tenth.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:12 tn Heb “and holy things in faithfulness.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 tn Heb “to their brothers.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 tn Heb “like great, like small” (i.e., old and young alike).
- 2 Chronicles 31:16 tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the Lord for a matter of a day in its day, for their service by their duties according to their divisions.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:19 tn Heb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:19 tn Heb “designated by names.”
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 tn Heb “and in all the work which he began with regard to the service of the house of God and with respect to the law and with respect to the commandment, to seek his God; with all his heart he acted and he succeeded.”
2 Paralipomeno 31
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
31 Nang matapos nga ang lahat ng ito, ang buong Israel na nakaharap ay lumabas sa mga bayan ng Juda, at pinagputolputol ang mga haligi na pinakaalaala, at ibinuwal ang mga Asera, at iginiba ang mga mataas na dako at ang mga dambana mula sa buong Juda at Benjamin, sa Ephraim man at sa Manases, hanggang sa kanilang naigibang lahat. Nang magkagayo'y ang lahat ng mga anak ni Israel ay nagsibalik, bawa't isa'y sa kaniyang pag-aari, sa kanilang sariling mga bayan.
2 At inihalal ni Ezechias ang mga bahagi ng mga saserdote, at ng mga Levita ayon sa kanilang pagkakabahagi, bawa't lalake ay ayon sa kaniyang katungkulan, ang mga saserdote at gayon din ang mga Levita, na ukol sa mga handog na susunugin at sa mga handog tungkol sa kapayapaan, upang magsipangasiwa, at upang mangagpasalamat, at upang mangagpuri sa mga pintuang-daan ng hantungan ng Panginoon.
3 Itinakda naman niya ang bahagi ng hari sa kaniyang pag-aari na ukol sa mga handog na susunugin, sa makatuwid baga'y sa mga handog na susunugin sa umaga at sa hapon, at ang mga handog na susunugin sa mga sabbath, at sa mga bagong buwan, at sa mga takdang kapistahan, na gaya ng nakasulat sa kautusan ng Panginoon.
4 Bukod dito'y inutusan niya ang bayan na tumatahan sa Jerusalem, na ibigay ang pagkain ng mga saserdote at ng mga Levita, upang magsitalaga sa kautusan ng Panginoon.
5 At paglabas ng utos, ang mga anak ni Israel ay nangagbigay na sagana ng mga unang bunga ng trigo, alak, at langis, at pulot, at sa lahat na bunga sa bukid; at ang ikasangpung bahagi ng lahat na bagay ay dinala nila na sagana.
6 At ang mga anak ni Israel at ni Juda, na nagsisitahan sa mga bayan ng Juda, sila nama'y nangagdala ng ikasangpung bahagi ng mga baka at mga tupa, at ng ikasangpung bahagi ng mga itinalagang bagay na mga itinalaga sa Panginoon nilang Dios, at inilagay ang mga yaon na bunton bunton.
7 Nang ikatlong buwan ay nangagpasimula silang naglagay ng pasimula ng mga bunton, at nangatapos sa ikapitong buwan.
8 At nang pumaroon si Ezechias at ang mga prinsipe at makita ang mga bunton, kanilang pinuri ang Panginoon, at ang kaniyang bayang Israel.
9 Nang magkagayo'y nagtanong si Ezechias sa mga saserdote at sa mga Levita tungkol sa mga bunton.
10 At si Azarias na punong saserdote sa bahay ni Sadoc, ay sumagot sa kaniya, at nagsabi, Mula ng magpasimulang magdala ang bayan ng mga alay sa bahay ng Panginoon, kami ay nagsikain at nangabusog kami, at lumabis ng sagana sapagka't pinagpala ng Panginoon ang kaniyang bayan; at ang naiwan ay ang malaking kasaganaang ito.
11 Nang magkagayo'y nagutos si Ezechias na maghanda ng mga silid sa bahay ng Panginoon; at inihanda nila.
12 At kanilang pinagdalhan ng mga alay at ng mga ikasangpung bahagi, at ng mga itinalagang bagay, na may pagtatapat. At sa mga yaon ay katiwala si Chonanias na Levita, at si Simi na kaniyang kapatid ay siyang ikalawa.
13 At si Jehiel, at si Azazias, at si Nahat, at si Asael, at si Jerimoth, at si Josabad, at si Eliel, at si Ismachias, at si Mahaath, at si Benaias, ay mga tagapangasiwa sa kapangyarihan ng kamay ni Chonanias, at ni Simi na kaniyang kapatid, ayon sa pagkahalal ni Ezechias, na hari, at ni Azarias na tagapamahala sa bahay ng Dios.
14 At si Core na anak ni Imna na Levita, na tagatanod-pinto sa silanganang pintuang-daan, ay katiwala sa mga kusang handog sa Dios, upang magbahagi ng mga alay sa Panginoon, at ng mga kabanalbanalang bagay.
15 At nasa kapangyarihan niya si Eden, at si Benjamin, at si Jeshua, at si Semaias, si Amarias, at si Sechanias, sa mga bayan ng mga saserdote, sa kanilang takdang katungkulan, upang magbigay sa kanilang mga kapatid ng ayon sa mga bahagi, gayon sa malaki na gaya sa maliit:
16 Bukod doon sa nangabilang sa mga talaan ng lahi ng mga lalake, na mula sa tatlong taong gulang na patanda, sa makatuwid baga'y sa bawa't pumapasok sa bahay ng Panginoon, ayon sa kailangan sa bawa't araw, na ukol sa kanilang paglilingkod sa kanilang mga katungkulan ayon sa kanilang mga bahagi.
17 At silang mangabilang sa pamamagitan ng talaan ng lahi ng mga saserdote ayon sa sangbahayan ng kanilang mga magulang, at ang mga Levita mula sa dalawangpung taong gulang na patanda, sa kanilang mga katungkulan ayon sa kanilang mga bahagi;
18 At silang nangabilang sa pamamagitan ng talaan ng lahi ng lahat nilang mga bata, ng kanilang mga asawa, at ng kanilang mga anak na lalake at babae, sa buong kapisanan: sapagka't sa kanilang takdang katungkulan ay nangagpakabanal:
19 Gayon din sa mga anak ni Aaron na mga saserdote, na nangasa bukiran ng mga nayon ng kanilang mga bayan, sa bawa't iba't ibang bayan, may mga lalake na nasaysay sa pangalan, upang magbigay ng mga pagkain sa lahat na lalake na saserdote, at sa lahat na nangabilang ayon sa talaan ng lahi ng mga Levita.
20 At ganito ang ginawa ni Ezechias sa buong Juda; at siya'y gumawa ng mabuti, at matuwid, at tapat sa harap ng Panginoon niyang Dios.
21 At sa bawa't gawain na kaniyang pinasimulan sa paglilingkod sa bahay ng Dios, at sa kautusan at sa mga utos, upang hanapin ang kaniyang Dios, kaniyang ginawa ng buong puso niya, at guminhawa.
2 Chronicles 31
Common English Bible
31 When all of these things were finished, all of the Israelites who were present went out to the cities of Judah, smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the sacred poles,[a] and completely destroyed the shrines and altars throughout Judah as well as Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their individual homes in their own cities.
Hezekiah’s reform
2 Hezekiah reappointed the priests and the Levites, each to their divisions and their tasks, to make entirely burned offerings and well-being sacrifices, to serve, to give thanks, and to offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s camp. 3 As his portion, the king personally contributed the entirely burned offerings for the morning and evening sacrifices, as well as the entirely burned offerings for the Sabbaths, new moons, and festivals, as written in the Lord’s Instruction. 4 He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to provide the required portion for the priests and the Levites so they could devote themselves to the Lord’s Instruction. 5 As soon as the order was issued, the Israelites generously gave the best of their grain, new wine, oil, honey, and all their crops—a tenth of everything, a huge amount. 6 The people of Israel and Judah, living in the cities of Judah, also brought in a tenth of their herds and flocks and a tenth of the items that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, stacking it up in piles. 7 They began stacking up the piles in the third month[b] and finished them in the seventh.[c] 8 When Hezekiah and the officials saw the piles, they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.
9 When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles, 10 the chief priest Azariah, who was from Zadok’s family, answered, “Ever since the people started bringing contributions to the Lord’s temple we’ve had enough to eat with plenty to spare. The Lord has definitely blessed his people! There’s a lot left over.”
11 So Hezekiah ordered them to prepare storerooms in the Lord’s temple. When they finished preparing them, 12 the priests conscientiously brought in the contributions, the tenth-part gifts, and the dedicated things. Conaniah, a Levite, was put in charge, assisted by his brother Shimei, 13 while Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah served as supervisors under them, as appointed by King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of God’s temple. 14 The Levite Kore, Imnah’s son, who was keeper of the east gate, was in charge of the spontaneous gifts to God. He was responsible for distributing the contribution reserved for the Lord and the dedicated gifts. 15 Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him regarding[d] the priests by distributing the portions to their relatives, old and young alike, by divisions. 16 Additionally, they also distributed daily rations to those males, registered by genealogy, three years old and older, all who entered the Lord’s temple to carry out their daily duties as their divisions required. 17 They also distributed to those priests registered by their families, and to Levites 20 years of age and older according to their divisional responsibilities. 18 The official genealogy included all their small children, their wives, their sons, and their daughters—the entire congregation—for they had faithfully made themselves holy. 19 As for Aaron’s descendants, the priests who lived in the outskirts of the cities, men were assigned to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records. 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, doing what the Lord his God considered good, right, and true. 21 Everything that Hezekiah began to do for the service of God’s temple, whether by the Instruction or the commands, in order to seek his God, he did successfully and with all his heart.
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 31:1 Heb asherim, perhaps objects devoted to the goddess Asherah
- 2 Chronicles 31:7 May–June, Sivan
- 2 Chronicles 31:7 September–October, Tishrei
- 2 Chronicles 31:15 Or with the assistance of, cf LXX; MT in the cities of
2 Chronicles 31
New International Version
31 When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down(A) the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
Contributions for Worship(B)
2 Hezekiah(C) assigned the priests and Levites to divisions(D)—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister,(E) to give thanks and to sing praises(F) at the gates of the Lord’s dwelling.(G) 3 The king contributed(H) from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord.(I) 4 He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion(J) due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord. 5 As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits(K) of their grain, new wine,(L) olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. 6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe(M) of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps.(N) 7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.(O) 8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed(P) his people Israel.
9 Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps; 10 and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok,(Q) answered, “Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.”(R)
11 Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done. 12 Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah,(S) a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank. 13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad,(T) Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.
14 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. 15 Eden,(U) Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns(V) of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.
16 In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records(W)—all who would enter the temple of the Lord to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 17 And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. 18 They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.
19 As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around their towns or in any other towns,(X) men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.
20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful(Y) before the Lord his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.(Z)
2 Chronicles 31
King James Version
31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.
3 He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.
4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.
5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
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.
7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14 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.
15 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
17 Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
18 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.
21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
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