Chapter-A-Day Audio Bible - 2 Chronicles 31

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1:00audio Bible listening, smart search, and tools to highlight bookmark and take notes. All designed to keep your Bible Studies simple and organized. Best of all, it's free to download in the Google Play Store, growing your faith every day. Search for Key James Bible Study KJV and download the app today. You're listening to the chapter a day, audio Bible. I'm John Stongy, and today we're in 2 Chronicles chapter 31, and we'll be reading from the new living translation. When the festival ended, the Israelites who attended went to all the towns of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, and they smashed all the sacred pillars, cut down the Ashera poles, and removed the pagan shrines and altars. After this, the Israelites returned to their own towns and homes. Hezekiah then organized the priests and Levites into divisions to offer the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to worship and give thanks and praise to the Lord at the gates of the temple.

2:03The King also made a personal contribution of animals for the daily morning and evening burnt offerings, the weekly Sabbath festivals, the monthly Numun festivals, and the annual festivals as prescribed in the Law of the Lord. In addition, he required the people in Jerusalem to bring a portion of their goods to the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves fully to the Law of the Lord. When the people of Israel heard these requirements, they responded generously by bringing the first share of their grain, new wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a large quantity, a tithe of all they produced. The people who had moved to Judah from Israel and the people of Judah themselves brought in the tithes of their cattle, sheep, and goats, and a tithe of the things that had been dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them up in great heaps. They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.

3:09When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the Lord and his people Israel. Where did all this come from? Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites, and as Araya the high priest from the family of Zadok replied, since the people began bringing their gifts to the Lord's temple, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare. The Lord has blessed his people, and all this is left over. Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the temple of the Lord. When this was done, the people faithfully brought all the gifts, tithes, and other items dedicated for use in the temple. Conaniah the Levite was put in charge, assisted by his brother, Shimai. The supervisors under them were Jheal, Azazia, Nehath, Azahel, Jaramoth, Josephad, Elil, Ismakaya, Mehath, and Benaya. These appointments were made by King Hezekiah and Azaraya,

4:15the chief official in the temple of God. Core, son of Imna the Levite, who was the gatekeeper at the East Gate, was put in charge of distributing the voluntary offerings given to God, the gifts, and the things that had been dedicated to the Lord. His faithful assistants were Eden, Miniamine, Joshua, Shemaya, Amaraya, and Shekhanaya. They distributed the gifts among the families of priests in their towns by their divisions, dividing the gifts fairly among old and young alike. They distributed the gifts to all males three years old or older, regardless of their place in the genealogical records. The distribution went to all who would come to the Lord's temple to perform their daily duties according to their divisions. They distributed gifts to the priests who were listed by their families in the genealogical records, and to the Levites twenty years old or older who were listed according to their jobs

5:17and their divisions. Food allotments were also given to the families of all those listed in the genealogical records, including their little babies, wives, sons, and daughters. For they had all been faithful in purifying themselves. As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who were living in the open villages around the towns, men were appointed by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests, and all the Levites listed in the genealogical records. In this way, King Hezekiah handled the distribution throughout all Judah, doing what was pleasing and good in the sight of the Lord His God. In all that He did in the service of the temple of God, and in His efforts to follow God's laws and commands, Hezekiah sought His God wholeheartedly. As a result, He was very successful. Let's pray. Lord, we thank You for Your Word, and we thank You for the privilege of being able to look at it

6:20together today. And we thank You, Lord, for the testimony of Hezekiah's life, how He was intent on doing what was pleasing and good in Your sight, how He made certain that the needs of the temple were met, and how He sought to follow Your laws and Your commands wholeheartedly, as one who genuinely believed in You. And, Lord, we pray that that would be the kind of mindset and attitude You would foster within us as well. Lord, we're grateful that You have revealed to us our need to trust in Your Son, Jesus Christ, and it's our desire, Lord, to follow You wholeheartedly. But we know that the temptations and the tugs of this world can have a very strong influence on our heart. So we pray, Lord, that You would keep us strong, that we would focus on You, and that with our entire hearts, we would worship You, we would value what You value, and we would put You first. Thank You, Lord, for Your presence with us today. We commit this day to Your care, and we pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.