2 Chronicles 31:9

THE MESSAGE

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.

Bible in Basic English
Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.

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 After the Passover celebration, they all took off for the cities of Judah and smashed the phallic stone monuments, chopped down the sacred Asherah groves, and demolished the neighborhood sex-and-religion shrines and local god shops. They didn't stop until they had been all through Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then they all went back home and resumed their everyday lives. ² Hezekiah organized the groups of priests and Levites for their respective tasks, handing out job descriptions for conducting the services of worship: making the various offerings, and making sure that thanks and praise took place wherever and whenever God was worshiped. ³ He also designated his personal contribution for the Whole-Burnt-Offerings for the morning and evening worship, for Sabbaths, for New Moon festivals, and for the special worship days set down in The Revelation of God . ⁴ In addition, he asked the people who lived in Jerusalem to be responsible for providing for the priests and Levites so they, without distraction or concern, could give themselves totally to The Revelation of God . ⁵As soon as Hezekiah's orders had gone out, the Israelites responded generously: firstfruits of the grain harvest, new wine, oil, honey—everything they grew. They didn't hold back, turning over a tithe of everything. They also brought in a tithe of their cattle, sheep, and anything else they owned that had been dedicated to God . Everything was sorted and piled in mounds. They started doing this in the third month and didn't finish until the seventh month. ⁸When Hezekiah and his leaders came and saw the extent of the mounds of gifts, they praised God and commended God's people Israel. Hezekiah then consulted the priests and Levites on how to handle the abundance of offerings. ¹⁰ Azariah, chief priest of the family of Zadok, answered, "From the moment of this huge outpouring of gifts to The Temple of God , there has been plenty to eat for everyone with food left over. God has blessed his people—just look at the evidence!"

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Joshua 3:8 - command

Cross-References

Genesis 31:1
Jacob learned that Laban's sons were talking behind his back: "Jacob has used our father's wealth to make himself rich at our father's expense." At the same time, Jacob noticed that Laban had changed toward him. He wasn't treating him the same.

Proverbs 13:22
A good life gets passed on to the grandchildren; ill-gotten wealth ends up with good people.

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.