Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. New Living Translation They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn. English Standard Version In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. Berean Standard Bible In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. King James Bible In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. New King James Version In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. New American Standard Bible In the third month they began to make the heaps, and they finished them by the seventh month. NASB 1995 In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month. NASB 1977 In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month. Legacy Standard Bible In the third month they began to make the heaps, and completed them by the seventh month. Amplified Bible In the third month [at the end of wheat harvest] they began to make the heaps, and they finished them in the seventh month. Christian Standard Bible In the third month they began building up the piles, and they finished in the seventh month. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the third month they began building up the piles, and they finished in the seventh month. American Standard Version In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And in the third month the first fruits were found that was a great abundance, and in the seventh month Hezekiah took and distributed it to the Priests and to the Levites. Brenton Septuagint Translation In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished. Contemporary English Version The people started bringing their offerings to Jerusalem in the third month, and the last ones arrived four months later. Douay-Rheims Bible In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps, and in the seventh month, they finished them. English Revised Version In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. GOD'S WORD® Translation In the third month they started piling them up, and in the seventh month they finished. Good News Translation The gifts started arriving in the third month and continued to pile up for the next four months. International Standard Version They began to make these piles of gifts during the third month, and it took them until the seventh month to finish. JPS Tanakh 1917 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. Literal Standard Version In the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished. Majority Standard Bible In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. New American Bible It was in the third month that they began to establish these heaps, and they completed them in the seventh month. NET Bible In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month. New Revised Standard Version In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. New Heart English Bible In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. Webster's Bible Translation In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. World English Bible In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. Young's Literal Translation in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Contributions for Worship…6And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps. 7In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. 8When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 31:6 And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps. 2 Chronicles 31:8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel. Treasury of Scripture In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. Leviticus 23:16-24 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD… Jump to Previous Begun Complete Finished First Foundation Heaps Lay Masses Month Pile Seventh Store ThirdJump to Next Begun Complete Finished First Foundation Heaps Lay Masses Month Pile Seventh Store Third2 Chronicles 31 1. The people go forward in destroying idolatry2. Hezekiah orders the courses of the priests and Levites, 4. and provides for their work and maintenance 5. The people's forwardness in offerings and tithes 11. Hezekiah appoints officers to dispose of the tithes 20. The sincerity of Hezekiah (7) In the third month.--And so at the end of wheat-harvest, the third month (Sivan) answering to our May--June. Pentecost, the Feast of Harvest, or Firstfruits, fell in this month. To lay the foundation.--To found, or lay. Heb., lisod, a curious form only met with here. (Comp. lisod, Isaiah 51:16.) In the seventh month.--Tisri (September to October), in which was held the great Feast of Tabernacles, after all the fruits had been gathered in, and the vintage was over. Verse 7. - The third month... the heaps... the seventh month. The grain harvest closed with the Feast of Weeks, about the sixth day of the third month so that tithe in kind would be paid. The seventh month brought the Feast of Ingathering, when the vintage was over. For illustration of the despatch with which Hezekiah proceeded in his reforming works, comp. our 2 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 30:2, 13.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In the thirdהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֔י (haš·šə·li·šî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) month בַּחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month they began הֵחֵ֥לּוּ (hê·ḥêl·lū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play building up לְיִסּ֑וֹד (lə·yis·sō·wḏ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 3245: To set, to found, to sit down together, settle, consult the heaps, הָעֲרֵמ֖וֹת (hā·‘ă·rê·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 6194: A heap, a sheaf and they finished כִּלּֽוּ׃ (kil·lū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent in the seventh הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number) month. וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (ū·ḇa·ḥō·ḏeš) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month Links 2 Chronicles 31:7 NIV2 Chronicles 31:7 NLT 2 Chronicles 31:7 ESV 2 Chronicles 31:7 NASB 2 Chronicles 31:7 KJV 2 Chronicles 31:7 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 31:7 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 31:7 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 31:7 French Bible 2 Chronicles 31:7 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 31:7 In the third month they began (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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