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¹When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.

Contributions for Worship

²Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s dwelling. ³The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord. ⁴He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to the Law of the Lord. ⁵As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. ⁶The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps. ⁷They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. ⁸When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed his people Israel.
⁹Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps; ¹⁰and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered, “Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.”
¹¹Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done. ¹²Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank. ¹³Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah were assistants of Konaniah and Shimei his brother. All these served by appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the official in charge of the temple of God.
¹⁴Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions made to the Lord and also the consecrated gifts. ¹⁵Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.
¹⁶In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records—all who would enter the temple of the Lord to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. ¹⁷And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions. ¹⁸They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.
¹⁹As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farm lands around their towns or in any other towns, men were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among them and to all who were recorded in the genealogies of the Levites.
²⁰This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. ²¹In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.

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Y-Hêsêkia Jao Kan Phung Lêvi

¹Tơlah lĕ nau kan nây lôch jêh, lĕ rngôch phung Israel văch tât jêh ta ƀon Yêrusalem dâk hăn ăp ƀon tâm n'gor Yuda, jêh ri mbang chah lơi meh jrŏng rup brah jêh ri kăl lơi rup Asêrim jêh ri nklưh lơi ntŭk prêh, rôk lĕ nơng tâm lam n'gor Yuda, Benjamin, Êphraim, jêh ri Manasê, kŏ tât khân păng hŏ ƀư rai lĕ ƀhiau ndơ nây. Pô nây, lĕ rngôch phung ƀon lan Israel plơ̆ sĭt ma ƀon khân păng nơm, êng ƀon êng sĭt ma neh păng.

Y-Hêsêkia Pă Êng Êng Mpôl Phung N'gâng Kan Ƀư Brah jêh ri Phung Lêvi

²Y-Hêsêkia tâm pă mpôl êng êng phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah jêh ri phung Lêvi, ăp mpôl tĭng nâm kan khân păng, gay nhhơr mpa nhhơr gŭch jêh ri ndơ nhhơr nau đăp mpăn, gay tâm rnê, nau mŏt ton jêh ri mprơ tâm rnê Kôranh Brah ta mpông pêr nkual ntŭk njưh Yêhôva. ³Ndơ hađăch nơm nhhơr bơh ndơ păng prăp ma mpa nhhơr gŭch geh: mpa nhhơr gŭch ma ôi jêh ri mhaơ, jêh ri mpa nhhơr gŭch ma nar sabat, ma nar mhe luh, jêh ri ma nar sông sa khlay nal jêh, tĭng nâm bu chih jêh tâm ndrom sămƀŭt nau vay Yêhôva. ⁴Păng ntĭnh ma bunuyh ƀon lan gŭ ta ƀon Yêrusalem ăn nhhơr kơl ma phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah jêh ri phung Lêvi, gay ma khân păng dơi jao khân păng nơm mray nau vay Yêhôva. ⁵Tơlah nau hađăch ntrŭnh tăng lam jêh, phung ƀon lan Israel nhhơr ma nau âk rmeh ndơ bôk rah tă bơh ba, tă bơh dak play kriăk ƀâu, bơh dak sŭt, bơh dak play Ôlivơ, jêh ri lĕ rngôch ndô ndơ êng luh bơh mir; khân păng leo njŭn tât nhhơr du kô̆ tâm jê̆t tâm ăp ntil dŭt âk râk. ⁶Phung Israel jêh ri phung Yuda gŭ tâm ăp ƀon n'gor Yuda, ăt djôt leo tât nhhơr du kô̆ tâm jê̆t bă ndrôk jêh ri biăp tâm ban lĕ; jêh ri nhhơr ndơ khân păng prăp êng jêh ma Yêhôva Brah Ndu khân păng, jêh ri bun êng êng tĭng mbŭch ndơ nhhơr nây. ⁷Khay rơh pe, khân păng kuak rgum tĭng mbŭch, tât khay pơh mơ lĕ. ⁸Tơlah Y-Hêsêkia jêh ri phung kôranh văch tât, uănh saơ âk mbŭch bu bun ndơ nhhơr khân păng tâm rnê ma Yêhôva jêh ri ma phung ƀon lan Israel. ⁹Y-Hêsêkia ôp ma phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah jêh ri phung Lêvi ma nau bun mbŭch ndơ nhhơr nây. ¹⁰Y-Asaria, n'gâng kan ƀư brah toyh, noi deh Y-Sadôk, plơ̆ lah ma păng: "Ntơm bơh nar phung ƀon lan ntơm leo ndơ nhhơr tâm ngih Yêhôva, hên geh sông sa tŏng jêh, jêh ri geh âk ndơ rmeh; yorlah Yêhôva hŏ ăn jêh nau ueh uĭn ma ƀon lan Păng; pôri yơh hên geh âk ndơ aơ hôm e."
¹¹Y-Hêsêkia ntăm ma khân păng nkra an jrô tâm ngih Yêhôva; jêh ri khân păng nkra đŏng, ¹²jêh ri djôt nglăp sŏng brăng lĕ ndô ndơ, nhhơr du kô̆ jê̆t, ndơ prăp êng ma Yêhôva. Kôranh mât chiă ndơ nây jêng Y-Kênania, phung Lêvi, ndrel ma Y-Simei oh păng jêng nơm groi kâp kơl: ¹³dôl Y-Jêhiêl, Y-Asasia, Y-Nahat, Y-Asahel, Y-Jêrimôt, Y-Jôsabat, Y-Êliêl, Y-Ismachhia, Y-Mahat, jêh ri Y-Bênaya jêng phung kôranh chiă uănh kơl Y-Kênania jêh ri Y-Simei oh păng, tĭng nâm nau Hađăch Hêsêkia jêh ri Y-Asaria kôranh chiă uănh ngih Brah Ndu ¹⁴Y-Kôrê kon bu klâu Y-Imma du huê Lêvi, nơm chiă uănh mpông pêr palơ, jêng nơm mât ndơ nhhơr ma Brah Ndu ma nau ŭch, gay tâm pă ndơ bu nhhơr prăp jêh ma Yêhôva jêh ri ndơ nhhơr kloh ueh lơn. ¹⁵Y-Êden, Y-Miniamin, Y-Jêsna, Y-Sêmay a, Y-Amaria, jêh ri Y-Sêkania ma nau răp jăp kơl Y-Kôrê tâm lĕ rngôch ƀon phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah, gay tâm pă tâm ban ndơ nây ma phung oh nau khân păng, mâu lah phung buranh nđâp phung mom tĭng nâm mpôl khân păng, ¹⁶phung bu mâu chih ôh amoh tâm ndrom sămƀŭt noi deh, ntơm pe năm rlet kalơ, jêng đơ phung tĭng nâm mbŭch khân păng lăp ngih Yêhôva gay pah tĭng nâm kan khân păng, moh nar pah kan kơp tĭng nar nây. ¹⁷Tâm pă đŏng ăn ma phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah hŏ tĭng jêh ntil mpôl păng dơi chih amoh ndrel noi deh, jêh ri ăn phung Lêvi ntơm bar jê̆t năm rlet kalơ, tĭng nâm kan pah jêh ri mbŭch khân păng. ¹⁸Ăt tâm pă đŏng ăn ma lĕ rngôch kon jê̆ khân păng, ur khân păng, kon bu klâu jêh ri kon bu ur khân păng, nâm bu ntĭt lĕ rngôch phung tâm rƀŭn hŏ chih amoh jêh ndrel ma noi deh; yorlah khân păng gŭ răp jăp mât săk nơm jêng kloh ueh. ¹⁹Bi ma kon sau Y-Arôn, nâm bu ntĭt đơ phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah gŭ tâm neh mir; gŭ chah rai tâm âk rplay ƀon khân păng, geh nơm tâm ăp ƀon đơ phung geh amoh bu kuăl, gay tâm pă rnoh ăn ma lĕ rngôch phung buklâu tâm phung n'gâng kan ƀư brah jêh ri ăn ma ăp nơm tâm phung Lêvi hŏ geh chih amoh sãk ndrel ma noi deh.
²⁰Pô nây, Y-Hêsêkia ƀư lam n'gor Yuda. Păng ƀư nau ueh jêh ri di n'hêl nanê̆ ta năp Yêhôva Brah Ndu păng. ²¹Lĕ rngôch nau păng ndâk njêng tâm kan ngih Brah Ndu, mâu lah tâm nau vay nđâp ma nau ntăm gay tĭng joi Brah Ndu păng, păng ƀư ma lĕ rngôch nuih n'hâm, jêh ri păng dơi chăt jêng.