1 ¶ Now when all this was finished, all the Israelites who were there went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin, and also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned to their own cities, every man to his own property.

2 And Hezekiah reappointed the priests and the Levites to their divisions, each man according to the work he had to do, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, service, giving thanks, and praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.

3 He also set aside part of the king’s possessions for burnt offerings, for the morning and evening sacrifice, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and the new moons, and for the established feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

4 Moreover he instructed the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the priests and Levites the portion due them, so that they might devote themselves to the law of the LORD.

5 And as soon as the command went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of corn, wine, oil, honey, and all the increase of the field; and the tenth of everything in large quantity.

6 And the people of Israel and Judah, who lived in the towns of Judah, also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them in heaps.

7 In the third month they started piling them up, and in the seventh month they finished.

8 And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

9 Then Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps.

10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have much left over: for the LORD has blessed his people; and this great amount is left over.

11 ¶ Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was manager, and Shimei his brother was assistant.

13 And Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the direction of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, appointed by Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the manager of the temple of God.

14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east gate, was over the freewill offerings made to God, to distribute the contributions made to the LORD, and the most holy gifts.

15 And under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, were to faithfully distribute it, under his authority, to all their brethren young as well as old, by their divisions:

16 Besides those Levites registered as males, from three years old and older, who were consecrated to service in the house of the LORD, for their daily portion for their service in their offices according to their divisions;

17 And to the priests listed by the house of their fathers, and to the Levites from twenty years old and older, in what they were responsible for by their divisions;

18 And there was a registration of all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office they were to faithfully consecrate themselves for holy service:

19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were appointed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were registered among the Levites.

20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the LORD his God.

21 And in every thing that he started in the service of the house of God, in keeping with the law, and the commandments, seeking God’s help, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.