2 Chronicles 31:2–10

Hezekiah Sets Up Priests for Service

²And Hezekiah set up ^athe divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, ^bfor burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of Yahweh.

³He also appointed ^athe king’s portion of his goods for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed times, ^bas it is written in the law of Yahweh.

⁴Also he said to the people who lived in Jerusalem to give ^athe portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in ^bthe law of Yahweh.

⁵As soon as the word spread forth, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly ^athe tithe of all.

⁶Now the sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and ^athe tithe of the holy gifts which were made holy to Yahweh their God, and put them in heaps.

⁷In the third month they began to ¹make the heaps, and completed them by the seventh month.

⁸Then Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Yahweh and ^aHis people Israel.

⁹Then Hezekiah inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

¹⁰And Azariah the chief priest ^aof the house of Zadok said to ¹him, “^bSince the contributions began to be brought into the house of Yahweh, there has been much to eat and be satisfied with and have left over, for Yahweh has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.”