The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed his people Israel.

and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, 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.”