¶ Now when¹ all this was finished, all Israel² that were present³ went out to the cities of Judah, and brake⁴ the images⁵ in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim⁶ also and Manasseh, until⁷ they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

And Hezekiah appointed the courses⁸ of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks⁹, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD¹⁰.

He appointed also the king's¹¹ portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning¹² and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt¹³ offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons¹⁴, and for the set feasts¹⁵, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion¹⁶ of the priests and the Levites, that they might¹⁷ be encouraged in the law¹⁸ of the LORD.

And as soon¹⁹ as the commandment came abroad²⁰, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey²¹, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

And concerning the children²² of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe²³ of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps²⁴.

²⁵In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed²⁶ the LORD, and his people²⁷ Israel.

Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

¶ And Azariah²⁸ the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since²⁹ the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had³⁰ enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD³¹ hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

¶ Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers³² in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated³³ things faithfully: over which³⁴ Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.

And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under³⁵ the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah³⁶ the ruler of the house of God.

And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter³⁷ toward the east, was over the freewill³⁸ offerings of God, to distribute³⁹ the oblations of the LORD, and the most⁴⁰ holy things.

And next him⁴¹ were Eden, and Miniamin⁴², and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities⁴³ of the priests, in their set office⁴⁴, to give to their brethren by courses, as well⁴⁵ to the great as to the small:

Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily⁴⁶ portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

Both to the genealogy⁴⁷ of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty⁴⁸ years old and upward, in their charges by their courses⁴⁹;

And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office⁵⁰ they sanctified⁵¹ themselves in holiness:

Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields⁵² of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men⁵³ that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

¶ And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought⁵⁴ that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law⁵⁵, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it⁵⁶ with all his heart, and prospered⁵⁷.