31:1 Now
when
all
this
was
finished,
all
Israel
who
were
present
went
out
to
the
cities
of
Judah
and
broke
in
pieces
the
pillars
and
cut
down
the
Asherim
and
broke
down
the
high
places
and
the
altars
throughout
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
in
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
until
they
had
destroyed
them
all.
Then
all
the
people
of
Israel
returned
to
their
cities,
every
man
to
his
possession.
31:2 And
Hezekiah
appointed
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
division
by
division,
each
according
to
his
service,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
for
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings,
to
minister
in
the
gates
of
the
camp
of
the
LORD
and
to
give
thanks
and
praise.
31:3 The
contribution
of
the
king
from
his
own
possessions
was
for
the
burnt
offerings:
the
burnt
offerings
of
morning
and
evening,
and
the
burnt
offerings
for
the
Sabbaths,
the
new
moons,
and
the
appointed
feasts,
as
it
is
written
in
the
Law
of
the
LORD.
31:4 And
he
commanded
the
people
who
lived
in
Jerusalem
to
give
the
portion
due
to
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
that
they
might
give
themselves
to
the
Law
of
the
LORD.
31:5 As
soon
as
the
command
was
spread
abroad,
the
people
of
Israel
gave
in
abundance
the
firstfruits
of
grain,
wine,
oil,
honey,
and
of
all
the
produce
of
the
field.
And
they
brought
in
abundantly
the
tithe
of
everything.
31:6 And
the
people
of
Israel
and
Judah
who
lived
in
the
cities
of
Judah
also
brought
in
the
tithe
of
cattle
and
sheep,
and
the
tithe
of
the
dedicated
things
that
had
been
dedicated
to
the
LORD
their
God,
and
laid
them
in
heaps.
31:7 In
the
third
month
they
began
to
pile
up
the
heaps,
and
finished
them
in
the
seventh
month.
31:8 When
Hezekiah
and
the
princes
came
and
saw
the
heaps,
they
blessed
the
LORD
and
his
people
Israel.
31:9 And
Hezekiah
questioned
the
priests
and
the
Levites
about
the
heaps.
31:10 Azariah
the
chief
priest,
who
was
of
the
house
of
Zadok,
answered
him,
"Since
they
began
to
bring
the
contributions
into
the
house
of
the
LORD,
we
have
eaten
and
had
enough
and
have
plenty
left,
for
the
LORD
has
blessed
his
people,
so
that
we
have
this
large
amount
left."
31:11 Then
Hezekiah
commanded
them
to
prepare
chambers
in
the
house
of
the
LORD,
and
they
prepared
them.
31:12 And
they
faithfully
brought
in
the
contributions,
the
tithes,
and
the
dedicated
things.
The
chief
officer
in
charge
of
them
was
Conaniah
the
Levite,
with
Shimei
his
brother
as
second,
31:13 while
Jehiel,
Azaziah,
Nahath,
Asahel,
Jerimoth,
Jozabad,
Eliel,
Ismachiah,
Mahath,
and
Benaiah
were
overseers
assisting
Conaniah
and
Shimei
his
brother,
by
the
appointment
of
Hezekiah
the
king
and
Azariah
the
chief
officer
of
the
house
of
God.
31:14 And
Kore
the
son
of
Imnah
the
Levite,
keeper
of
the
east
gate,
was
over
the
freewill
offerings
to
God,
to
apportion
the
contribution
reserved
for
the
LORD
and
the
most
holy
offerings.
31:15 Eden,
Miniamin,
Jeshua,
Shemaiah,
Amariah,
and
Shecaniah
were
faithfully
assisting
him
in
the
cities
of
the
priests,
to
distribute
the
portions
to
their
brothers,
old
and
young
alike,
by
divisions,
31:16 except
those
enrolled
by
genealogy,
males
from
three
years
old
and
upward--all
who
entered
the
house
of
the
LORD
as
the
duty
of
each
day
required--for
their
service
according
to
their
offices,
by
their
divisions.
31:17 The
enrollment
of
the
priests
was
according
to
their
fathers'
houses;
that
of
the
Levites
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward
was
according
to
their
offices,
by
their
divisions.
31:18 They
were
enrolled
with
all
their
little
children,
their
wives,
their
sons,
and
their
daughters,
the
whole
assembly,
for
they
were
faithful
in
keeping
themselves
holy.
31:19 And
for
the
sons
of
Aaron,
the
priests,
who
were
in
the
fields
of
common
land
belonging
to
their
cities,
there
were
men
in
the
several
cities
who
were
designated
by
name
to
distribute
portions
to
every
male
among
the
priests
and
to
everyone
among
the
Levites
who
was
enrolled.
31:20 Thus
Hezekiah
did
throughout
all
Judah,
and
he
did
what
was
good
and
right
and
faithful
before
the
LORD
his
God.
31:21 And
every
work
that
he
undertook
in
the
service
of
the
house
of
God
and
in
accordance
with
the
law
and
the
commandments,
seeking
his
God,
he
did
with
all
his
heart,
and
prospered.