2 Chronicles 31:5

And, as soon as the thing spread abroad, the sons of Israel caused to abound the firstfruit of corn, new wine, and oil, and honey, and all the increase of the field,-yea, the tithe of all—in abundance, brought they in.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And he bade the people who were dwelling in Jerusalem give the portion of the priests and the Levites,—to the end they might persevere in the law of Yahweh.

6And, as for the sons of Israel and Judah who were dwelling in the cities of Judah, even they, a tithe of oxen, and sheep, and a tithe of hallowed things, which had been hallowed unto Yahweh their God, did bring in and pile up—heaps, heaps.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:29Thy fulness and thine outflow, shalt thou not delay,—the firstborn of thy sons, shalt thou give to me.

Exodus 34:22And the festival of weeks, shalt thou make to thee, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest,—and the festival of ingathering, at the closing in of the year:

Exodus 35:5Take ye from among you, a heave-offering to Yahweh, every one whose heart is willing shall bring it in, even the heave-offering of Yahweh, gold and silver and bronze:

Exodus 36:5and spake unto Moses, saying, More than enough, are the people bringing in,—[more] than is needed for the service pertaining to the work; which Yahweh hath commanded to be done.

Numbers 18:12All the best of oil, and all the best of new-wine and corn,—the firstfruits thereof which they shall give unto Yahweh, unto thee, have I given them.

2 Chronicles 24:10And all the rulers and all the people rejoiced,—and brought in and cast into the chest, until they had finished.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 31:2-11

Hezekiah Destroys Idolatry. ( b. c. 726.) 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. 2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their… Read the whole commentary →

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