Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
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Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
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Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
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Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and…
2Ch 31:9 Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
Ver. 9. Concerning the heaps.] See on 2Ch 31:7.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain How it came to pass that no more of…
How it came to pass that no more of their provision was spent, and that there yet remained such great heaps of it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites…
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.
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.
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2 Chronicles 31:10
ch2 31:10
ch2 31:10
ch2 31:10And 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, Ch2 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 Levites, and their families, had partaken of them, and eat to satiety, and yet there was great plenty remaining:
for the Lord hath blessed his people: the Targum is,"the Word of the Lord has blessed them,''given them large crops this year, and a ready willing mind to bring in what is due for the service of the temple:
and that which is left is this great store; the heaps the king and princes saw, and inquired about; or what is left is for the great multitude of the priests and Levites, and their families, both at Jerusalem, and in the cities in the country; so Kimchi interprets it.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Questioned - How it came to pass that no…
Questioned - How it came to pass that no more of their provision was spent and that there yet remained such great heaps of it.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 31:9-10. Hezekiah questioned with the priests, &c. —…
2Ch 31:9-10. Hezekiah questioned with the priests, &c. — How it came to pass that no more of their provision was spent, and that there remained yet such great heaps of it? The chief priest answered, Since the people began to bring the offerings — Which they did from the beginning of the harvest, according to the custom; we have had enough to eat — We have made use of all we had occasion for, for the maintenance of ourselves and families. And we have not hoarded these heaps for covetousness, but to show what plentiful provision God has made for us. For the Lord hath blessed his people — In an extraordinary degree.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain “Hezekiah questioned” in order to know whether the ministering…
“Hezekiah questioned” in order to know whether the ministering priests and Levites had had their maintenance out of the tithes, and whether the accumulation which he saw was clear surplus.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning…
Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps--The object of his enquiries was to ascertain whether the supplies afforded the prospect of a sufficient maintenance for the members of the sacred order.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the…
(9) Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites.—And Hezekiah asked the priests, &c. The construction is dârash ‘al. (Comp. 2Sa_11:3; 1Sa_28:7.) The king wished to know how it was the heaps of offerings were so large.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The questioning had no doubt to do with the…
The questioning had no doubt to do with the subject how the superabundant contributions should be utilized or preserved.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 of the house of Zadok
of the house of Zadok
Here "house" represents a family or descendants. AT: "a descendant of Zadok" (See: Metonymy)
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What was left over is this large amount here
The chief priest would have been pointing to the large heaps.
translationWords
Azariah
chief priests
house
Zadok
sacrifice
house of God
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