2 Chronicles 31:16

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;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
genealogy	הִתְיַחְשָׂ֣ם hit.yach.Sam	H3187	to enroll by pedigree · verb, hithpael infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
males	לִזְכָרִ֗ים liz.kha.Rim	H2145	properly · preposition + adjective, masculine plural absolute
three	שָׁל֤וֹשׁ sha.Lo.osh	H7969	three · noun, common both genders singular absolute
years	שָׁנִים֙ sha.Nim	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
old	מִבֶּ֨ן mi.Ben	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
upward	וּלְמַ֔עְלָה u.le.Ma'.lah	H4605	properly · conjunction + preposition + cardinal number, both genders singular absolute + directional suffix
entereth	הַבָּ֥א ha.Ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · definite article + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
house	לְבֵית le.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
daily	י֣וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
portion	לִדְבַר lid.var-	H1697	a word · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
service	לַעֲב֣וֹדָתָ֔ם la.'a.Vo.da.Tam	H5656	work of any kind · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
charges	בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖ם be.mish.me.ro.Tam	H4931	watch · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
courses	כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם ke.mach.le.ko.tei.Hem	H4256	a section (of Levites · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the…
Leviticus 21:22-23 He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
1 Chronicles 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight tho…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 31:11–end

Here we have, I. Two particular instances of the care of Hezekiah concerning church matters, having put them into good order, to keep them so. The tithes and other holy things being brought in, he provided, 1. That they should be carefully laid up, and not left exposed in loose heaps, liable to be wasted and embezzled. He ordered chambers to be made ready in some of the courts of the temple for store-chambers (Ch2 31:11), and into them the offerings were brought and there kept under lock and key, Ch2 31:12, Ch2 31:13. Treasures or store-keepers were appointed, who had the oversight of them, to see that moth and rust did not corrupt them nor thieves break through to steal. This wisdom of layi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 31:11

HEZEKIAH APPOINTS OFFICERS TO DISPOSE OF THE TITHES. (Ch2 31:11-19) Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord--storehouses, granaries, or cellars; either the old ones, which had been allowed through neglect to fall into decay, were to be repaired, or additional ones built. Private individuals brought their own first-fruits to the temple; but the tithes were levied by the Levites, who kept a faithful account of them in their several places of abode and transmitted the allotted proportion to the priests. Officers were appointed to distribute equal rations to all in the cities of the priests who, from age or other reasons, could not repair to the temple. With the exceptio…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 31:15

And Miniamin - Instead of מנימן, Miniamin, בנימן, Benjamin, is the reading of three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS.; and this is the reading of the Vulgate, Syriac, Septuagint, and Arabic.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 31:16

Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upwards,.... Their office was not only to give to the priests, but to those of their males in their genealogy, who were three years old and upwards; for under that age, according to Kimchi, they were not fit to come into the temple; nor have they knowledge to keep what is put into their hands; nor fit to handle offerings, lest they should defile them; but at that age they might be taught how to hold them, and be used to it; but as for females, he says, they were not admitted at any age: even unto everyone that entereth into the house of the Lord; of the said age, and in the genealogy and register of the priests: his daily portion fo…

Dictionary and topics

Amariah · 4. A Levite, who assisted in distributing temple gifts — 4. A Levite, who assisted in distributing temple gifts
Church And State · .Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service — .Hezekiah, in reorganizing temple service
Hezekiah · .Restores the true forms of worship — .Restores the true forms of worship
Levites, The · Services of: Taking charge of the tithes, offerings, &c — Services of: Taking charge of the tithes, offerings, &c
Pension · Of Levites — Of Levites

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 31:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 31:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 31:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 31:15

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 31:16

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 31:16

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 31:11–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 31:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 31:15

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 31:16

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 31:2–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 31:14-19

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 31:11