2 Chronicles

When all this was over, all the Israelites who were there set off for the towns of Judah to smash the pillar, cut down the sacred trunks, and wreck the high places and the altars. So they did throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh and did away with them. Then, all the Israelites returned to their towns, each man to his home.

Hezekiah reestablished the priestly and Levitical orders, each man in his proper order according to his duties, whether priest or Levite, whether for burnt offering, peace offering, liturgical service, thanksgiving or praise, within the gates of the camp of the Lord.

The king set aside some of his possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings. The burnt offerings of Sabbath, New Moon, and solemn feast, as laid down in the law of the Lord.

He then told the people of Jerusalem to give the priests and the Levites their share so that they might devote themselves to the law of the Lord.

As soon as the order had been published, the Israelites gathered in the first fruits of their grain, wine, oil, honey, and all agricultural produce and brought in a generous gift of everything.

The Israelites and people of Judah living in other towns of Judah also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep and the tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, piling them up, heap after heap.

They began making these heaps in the third month and finished them in the seventh.

When Hezekiah and his officials saw how much had been given, they praised the Lord. They praised his people, Israel.

Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps,

and Azariah, the chief priest of the family of Zadok, answered him: “Since the contributions were first brought to the Lord’s house, we have had enough to eat and still have plenty leftover, for the Lord has blessed his people. This huge pile is what is left.”

Hezekiah then ordered them to have storerooms prepared in the Lord’s house. They did this

and then brought in the contributions, tithes, and consecrated things to keep them in a safe place. Conaniah, the Levite, was their officer-in-charge, with Shimei, his brother, as his assistant.

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahat, and Benaiah were appointed supervisors under the command of Conaniah and his brother Shimei by order of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the High Priest.

Kore, son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the eastern gate, was made responsible for the voluntary offerings to God. He provided the portion for the Lord and the most holy offerings.

Under his command, he had Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, who resided permanently in the towns of the priests to distribute these gifts to their relatives, great or small, according to their orders.

In addition to this, there was the organization by related groups of all those men thirty years old or older who went to the Lord’s house, by daily rotation, to perform the ritual duties appropriate to their orders.

There was also the organization of priests by families and that of Levites twenty years old or older by duties and orders.

There was also the organization of all their families for the assembly since they were busy with the holy ministry.

Regarding the priests, the sons of Aaron, who lived in the pasturelands belonging to their towns or in the towns themselves, appointed men who distributed the food to every male among the priests and the inscribed Levites who were enrolled.

Hezekiah enforced these arrangements throughout Judah. He did what is good, right, and loyal before the Lord his God.

He was successful because he did everything he did for the temple or in observance of the law as one seeking God with all his heart.