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New King James Version

2 Chronicles 31:11

Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Hezekiah;   Levites;   Priest;   Tithes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Levites, the;   Offerings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Hezekiah;   Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Tithe, Tithing;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Firstfruits;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Azariah;   Shecaniah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Araunah;   Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Shimei;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Heave-Offering;   Tithe;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Hezekiah told them to prepare chambers in the Lord’s temple, and they prepared them.
Hebrew Names Version
Then Hizkiyahu commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them.
King James Version
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord ; and they prepared them,
English Standard Version
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord , and they prepared them.
New Century Version
Then Hezekiah commanded the priests to prepare the storerooms in the Temple of the Lord . So this was done.
New English Translation
Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord 's temple. When this was done,
Amplified Bible
Then Hezekiah told them to prepare rooms [for storage] in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.
New American Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.
World English Bible
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh; and they prepared them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lorde: and they prepared them,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah ordered them to prepare rooms in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
Contemporary English Version
So the king gave orders for storerooms to be built in the temple, and when they were completed,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Hizkiyahu ordered storerooms prepared in the house of Adonai . After preparing them,
Darby Translation
And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared [them],
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Hezekiah commanded the priests to make storerooms ready in the Lord 's Temple. So this was done.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Hezekiah commanded that storehouses be prepared in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
Good News Translation
On the king's orders they prepared storerooms in the Temple area
Lexham English Bible
And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh, and they were prepared.
Literal Translation
And Hezekiah ordered them to build rooms in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then commaunded the kynge, that they shulde prepare chestes in the house of the LORDE. And they prepared them,
American Standard Version
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them;
Bible in Basic English
Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Hezekia bade prepare the chambers in the house of the Lord: And they did prepare them,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them.
King James Version (1611)
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,
English Revised Version
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Ezechie comaundide, that thei schulden make redi bernes in the hows of the Lord; and whanne thei hadden do this thing,
Update Bible Version
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Yahweh; and they prepared them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared [them],
New Living Translation
Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Temple of the Lord . When this was done,
New Life Bible
Then Hezekiah told them to make rooms ready in the house of the Lord, and they made them ready.
New Revised Standard
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare store-chambers in the house of the Lord ; and they prepared them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Hezekiah gave word to prepare chambers, in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,
Revised Standard Version
Then Hezeki'ah commanded them to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them.
Young's Literal Translation
And Hezekiah saith to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah, and they prepare,
THE MESSAGE
Hezekiah then ordered storerooms to be prepared in The Temple of God . When they were ready, they brought in all the offerings of tithes and sacred gifts. They put Conaniah the Levite in charge with his brother Shimei as assistant. Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were project managers under the direction of Conaniah and Shimei, carrying out the orders of King Hezekiah and Azariah the chief priest of The Temple of God. Kore son of Imnah the Levite, security guard of the East Gate, was in charge of the Freewill-Offerings of God and responsible for distributing the offerings and sacred gifts. Faithful support out in the priestly cities was provided by Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah. They were even-handed in their distributions to their coworkers (all males thirty years and older) in each of their respective divisions as they entered The Temple of God each day to do their assigned work (their work was all organized by divisions). The divisions comprised officially registered priests by family and Levites twenty years and older by job description. The official family tree included everyone in the entire congregation—their small children, wives, sons, and daughters. The ardent dedication they showed in bringing themselves and their gifts to worship was total—no one was left out.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.

Contextual Overview

11 Now Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them. 12 Then they faithfully brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things; Cononiah the Levite had charge of them, and Shimei his brother was the next. 13 Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, 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 Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of the LORD and the most holy things. 15 And under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, his faithful assistants in the cities of the priests, to distribute allotments to their brethren by divisions, to the great as well as the small. 16 Besides those males from three years old and up who were written in the genealogy, they distributed to everyone who entered the house of the LORD his daily portion for the work of his service, by his division, 17 and to the priests who were written in the genealogy according to their father's house, and to the Levites from twenty years old and up according to their work, by their divisions, 18 and to all who were written in the genealogy--their little ones and their wives, their sons and daughters, the whole company of them--for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness. 19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the common-lands of their cities, in every single city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were listed by genealogies among the Levites. 20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

chambers: or, store-houses, Nehemiah 10:38, Nehemiah 10:39, Nehemiah 13:5, Nehemiah 13:12, Nehemiah 13:13

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:25 - the charge 1 Kings 6:5 - built 1 Chronicles 23:28 - for the service 1 Chronicles 26:20 - dedicated things 2 Chronicles 31:13 - at the commandment Nehemiah 10:37 - to the chambers Nehemiah 12:44 - some Jeremiah 35:2 - into one Ezekiel 40:7 - General Ezekiel 40:17 - there were Ezekiel 40:29 - the little Malachi 3:10 - the storehouse

Cross-References

Genesis 18:1
Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, [fn] as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,
Genesis 22:1
Hebrews 11:17-19">[xr] Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am."
Genesis 31:5
and said to them, "I see your father's countenance, that it is not favorable toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
Genesis 31:7
Yet your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
Genesis 31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you made a vow to Me. Now arise, get out of this land, and return to the land of your family."'
Genesis 31:15
Are we not considered strangers by him? For he has sold us, and also completely consumed our money.
Genesis 31:16
For all these riches which God has taken from our father are really ours and our children's; now then, whatever God has said to you, do it."
Exodus 3:4
So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am."
1 Samuel 3:4
that the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, "Here I am!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord,.... Either to build new ones, or fit up those that were built:

and they prepared [them]; got them ready to lay up the stores in.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 31:11. To prepare chambers — To make granaries to lay up this superabundance.


 
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