2 Chronicles 31:1-10

2 Chronicles 31:1-10

[1] Now when all this was finished,  all Israel  that were present  went out  to the cities  of Judah,  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] 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  [3] He appointed also the king's  portion  of his substance  for the burnt offerings,  to wit, for the morning  and evening  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.  [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.  [7] In the third  month  they began  to lay the foundation  of the heaps,  and finished  them in the seventh  month.  [8] and the princes  came  and saw  the heaps,  they blessed  the LORD,  and his people  Israel.  [9] questioned  with the priests  and the Levites  concerning the heaps.  [10] And Azariah  the chief  priest  of the house  of Zadok  answered  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.