2 Chronicles 31:9

Bible in Basic English

Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles.

Hebrew Names Version
Then Hizkiyahu questioned the Kohanim and the Levites concerning the heaps.

King James Version
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

English Standard Version
And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

New Century Version
Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles.

New English Translation
When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps,

Amplified Bible
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps.

New American Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

World English Bible
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Hezekiah questioned with the Priests and the Leuites concerning the heapes.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps,

Contemporary English Version
Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the large amount of offerings.

Complete Jewish Bible
When Hizkiyahu asked the cohanim and L'vi'im about the heaps,

Darby Translation
And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Hezekiah asked the priests and the Levites about the piles of things.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Hezekiah prayed for the priests and for the Levites concerning the abundance of the tithe.

Good News Translation
The king spoke to the priests and the Levites about these gifts,

Lexham English Bible
And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Literal Translation
And Hezekiah asked the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ezechias axed the prestes and Leuites concernynge the heapes.

American Standard Version
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia questioned with the priestes and the Leuites concerning the heapes.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

King James Version (1611)
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Leuites concerning the heapes.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

English Revised Version
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Ezechie axide the preestis and dekenes, whi the heepis laien so.

Update Bible Version
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

New King James Version
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

New Living Translation
"Where did all this come from?" Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites.

New Life Bible
Then Hezekiah asked the religious leaders and the Levites about all the things which had been brought.

New Revised Standard
Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then applied Hezekiah unto the priests and the Levites, concerning the heaps.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites, why the heaps lay so.

Revised Standard Version
And Hezeki'ah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.

Young's Literal Translation
and Hezekiah inquireth at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Contextual Overview

¹ Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, till all were gone. Then all the children of Israel went back to their towns, every man to his property. ² Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house. ³ And he gave the king's part of his private property for the burned offerings, that is, for the morning and evening offerings, and the offerings for the Sabbath and the new moons and the regular feasts, as it is recorded in the law of the Lord. ⁴ In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord. ⁵ And when the order was made public, straight away the children of Israel gave, in great amounts, the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey, and of the produce of their fields; and they took in a tenth part of everything, a great store. ⁶ And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses. ⁷ The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete. ⁸ And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods, they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel. ⁹ Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods. ¹⁰ And Azariah, the chief priest, of the family of Zadok, said in answer, From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had food enough, and more than enough: for the blessing of the Lord is on his people; and there is this great store which has not been used.

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Reciprocal: Joshua 3:8 - command

Cross-References

Genesis 31:1
Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

Genesis 31:16
For the wealth which God has taken from him is ours and our children's; so now, whatever God has said to you, do.

Psalms 50:10
For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

Proverbs 13:22
The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.

Matthew 20:15
Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. How they came to be so large, or why they let them lie where they did.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

“Hezekiah questioned” in order to know whether the ministering priests and Levites had had their maintenance out of the tithes, and whether the accumulation which he saw was clear surplus.