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2 Chronicles 31:11

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What does 2 Chronicles 31:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them.
2 Chronicles 31:11 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 31

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.
9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [the people] began to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Jehovah hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah; and they prepared them.
12And they brought in the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.
13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east [gate], was over the freewill-offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of Jehovah, and the most holy things.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord, etc.] Either to build new ones, or fit up those that were built: and they prepared [them]; got them ready to lay up the stores in.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“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 exception…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“chambers: or, store-houses, Neh 10:38, Neh 10:39, Neh 13:5, Neh 13:12, Neh 13:13 2 Chronicles 31:12”
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