1	Now when all this was finished# , all Israel that were present# went out# to the cities of Judah, and brake# the images in pieces# , and cut down# the groves, and threw down# the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed# them all. Then all the children of Israel returned# , every man to his possession, into their own cities. [present: Heb. found] [images: Heb. statues] [until...: Heb. until to make an end]
			2	And Hezekiah appointed# the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister# , and to give thanks# , and to praise# in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
			3	He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit , for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written# in the law of the LORD.
			4	Moreover he commanded# the people that dwelt# in Jerusalem to give# the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged# in the law of the LORD.
			5	And as soon as the commandment came abroad# , the children of Israel brought# in abundance# the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought# they in abundantly. [came...: Heb. brake forth] [honey: or, dates]
			6	And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt# in the cities of Judah, they also brought in# the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated# unto the LORD their God, and laid# them by heaps# . [by heaps: Heb. heaps, heaps]
			7	In the third month they began# to lay the foundation# of the heaps, and finished# them in the seventh month.
			8	And when Hezekiah and the princes came# and saw# the heaps, they blessed# the LORD, and his people Israel.
			9	Then Hezekiah questioned# with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
			10	And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered# him, 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: for the LORD hath blessed# his people; and that which is left# is this great store.
			11	Then Hezekiah commanded# to prepare# chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared# them , [chambers: or, storehouses]
			12	And brought in# the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
			13	And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. [under...: Heb. at the hand]
			14	And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute# the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
			15	And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give# to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: [next...: Heb. at his hand] [set...: or, trust]
			16	Beside their genealogy# of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth# into the house of the LORD, his daily# portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
			17	Both to the genealogy# of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
			18	And to the genealogy# of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified# themselves in holiness: [set...: or, trust]
			19	Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed# by name, to give# portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies# among the Levites.
			20	And thus did# Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought# that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
			21	And in every work that he began# in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek# his God, he did# it with all his heart, and prospered# .