2 Chronicles 31:5-12

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:1-10

We have here an account of what was done after the passover. What was wanting in the solemnities of preparation for it before was made up in that which is better, a due improvement of it after. When the religious exercises of a Lord's day or a communion are finished we must not think that then the work is done. No, then the hardest part of our work begins, which is to exemplify the impressions of the ordinance upon our minds in all the instances of a holy conversation. So it was here; when all... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:11-21

Here we have, I. Two particular instances of the care of Hezekiah concerning church matters, having put them into good order, to keep them so. The tithes and other holy things being brought in, he provided, 1. That they should be carefully laid up, and not left exposed in loose heaps, liable to be wasted and embezzled. He ordered chambers to be made ready in some of the courts of the temple for store-chambers (2 Chron. 31:11), and into them the offerings were brought and there kept under lock... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:5

And as soon as the commandment came abroad ,.... Not only was published in the city of Jerusalem, but the report of it, or rather that itself, was spread throughout the cities of Judah: the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey ; the three first of these are expressed in the law, Deuteronomy 18:4 but not honey; wherefore the Targum here, and the Jewish writers in general, interpret it of the "dubsa" of the palm tree, as they call it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:6

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah ,.... As for the supplement "concerning", I see no need of it; the sense is, that when the king's edict was known by the inhabitants of the cities in the country, as well as at Jerusalem: they also brought in the tithes of oxen, and sheep ; according to the law in Leviticus 27:32 . and the tithe of holy things, which were consecrated unto the Lord their God ; which Jarchi understands of the second... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:7

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps ..... The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, Exodus 23:16 , for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought: and finished them in the seventh month ; the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:8

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, .... Of the tithes and firstfruits: they blessed the Lord ; for the great increase of the fruits of the earth, and for making the people so willing to bring in the dues to the priests and Levites: and his people Israel ; wished all happiness and prosperity to them, being found in the way of their duty. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:9

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. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:10

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him ,.... Who was the high priest of the family of Eleazar, in the line of Zadok, made high priest in Solomon's time, when Abiathar was thrust out; Jarchi takes him to be the same Azariah that was in the days of Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:17 , and said, since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty ; which were now four mouths since; and the priests and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:11

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. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 31:12

And brought in the offerings, and the tithes, and the dedicated things, faithfully ,.... Kept nothing back for their own private use, but faithfully delivered in and laid up the whole that was brought which remained; this was done by the priests and Levites, in whose hands and care they were: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next ; these two had the charge and care of the whole, the one as deputy to the other. read more

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