1So when everything was done, all the peeps in Israel bounced to Judah, smashed the idols, took down the groves, and wrecked the high places and altars in Judah and Benjamin, also in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they were totally gone. Then all the kids of Israel went back to their own spots, straight to their cities.

2Hezekiah set up the priests and Levites, giving each their roles, with the priests and Levites handling burnt offerings and peace offerings, to vibe and give thanks, and to praise at the gates of the Lord's tents.

3He also gave the king's share for the burnt offerings, you know, for morning and evening sacrifices, and for the sabbaths, new moons, and set feasts, just like it says in the Lord's law.

4Plus, he told the people in Jerusalem to hook up the priests and Levites, so they could feel encouraged in the Lord's law.

5As soon as the word got out, the kids of Israel brought in mad firstfruits of corn, wine, oil, honey, and all the harvest; they brought in the tithe of everything like it was no cap.

6And the folks from Israel and Judah living in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the holy stuff set apart for the Lord, stacking it up in heaps.

7In the third month, they started laying down the foundation for the heaps, and wrapped it up in the seventh month.

8When Hezekiah and the princes rolled up and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and his squad, Israel.

9Then Hezekiah hit up the priests and Levites about the heaps.

10Azariah, the chief priest of the Zadok fam, answered him, saying, "Since the people started bringing offerings to the Lord's house, we've had enough to eat and even leftover; the Lord has blessed his people, and what’s left is a whole lot."

11Then Hezekiah told them to prep some chambers in the Lord's house, and they got that done.

12They brought in the offerings, tithes, and dedicated stuff like champs: Cononiah the Levite was in charge, and his bro Shimei was right there with him.

13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were the overseers under Cononiah and Shimei, all on Hezekiah's orders, and Azariah was the boss of the house of God.

14Kore, son of Imnah the Levite, was the east-side porter, handling the freewill offerings for God, distributing the Lord's gifts and the holy stuff.

15Next to him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the priests' cities, doing their thing to give to their crew by courses, from the big dogs to the little ones:

16Besides their male genealogy, from three years old and up, everyone entering the Lord's house got their daily portion for their service according to their roles;

17Both for the priests' genealogy by their fams, and the Levites from twenty years and up, doing their thing by their courses;

18And for all their little ones, wives, sons, and daughters, through the whole congregation: they set themselves apart in holiness for their roles;

19Also, from the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields by their city limits, every city had the men named to give portions to all the males among the priests and those counted in the Levites' genealogies.

20And Hezekiah did this all over Judah, doing what was good, right, and true before the Lord his God.

21And in every project he started in the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he went all in with his heart, and things popped off.

1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

2And Hezekiah appointed the courses 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 thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

3He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.

4Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.

5And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.

6And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.

7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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

9Then Hezekiah questioned with 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 offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,

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

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 Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.

15And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

16Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;

17Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

18And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

19Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men 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.

20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God.

21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.