2 Chronicles 31:4–18

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.”

¹¹Then Hezekiah ordered them to prepare ^arooms in the house of Yahweh, and they prepared them.

¹²And they faithfully brought in the contribution and the tithe and the holy things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer over ^athem and his brother Shimei was second.

¹³Now Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers ¹assisting at the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and ^aAzariah was the chief officer of the house of God.

¹⁴And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the contributions for Yahweh and the most holy things.

¹⁵Now assisting ¹by his hand were ^aEden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah in ^bthe cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully their portions to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small,

¹⁶without regard to their genealogical record, to the males from ^1athirty years old and upward—everyone who entered the house of Yahweh ^bfor his daily obligations—for their service in their responsibilities according to their divisions;

¹⁷as well as the priests who were recorded genealogically according to their fathers’ households, and the Levites ^afrom twenty years old and upwards, by their responsibilities and their divisions.

¹⁸The genealogical record included ¹all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, for the whole assembly, for they set themselves apart ²faithfully in holiness.