1 En toe dit alles ten einde was, het al die aanwesige Israeliete na die stede van Juda uitgetrek en die klippilare verbrysel en die heilige boomstamme omgekap en die hoogtes en die altare uit die hele Juda en Benjamin en in Efraim en Manasse afgebreek totdat hulle dit vernietig het. Daarna het al die kinders van Israel teruggegaan, elkeen na sy besitting, na hulle stede toe.
2 En Hisk¡a het die afdelings van die priesters en die Leviete vasgestel volgens hulle afdelings, elkeen volgens sy diens -- as priesters of as Leviete vir die brandoffers en dankoffers, om te dien en te loof en te prys in die poorte van die laers van die HERE.
3 En die bydrae van die koning uit sy goed vir die brandoffers was: die môre-- en die aandbrandoffers en die brandoffers vir die sabbatte en die nuwemane en die feestye, soos voorgeskrywe is in die wet van die HERE.
4 En hy het die volk, die inwoners van Jerusalem, bevel gegee om die aandeel van die priesters en die Leviete te gee, sodat hulle aan die wet van die HERE al hulle krag kon wy.
5 En toe die bevel verbrei is, het die kinders van Israel baie eerstelinge van koring, mos en olie en heuning en van elke opbrings van die land ingelewer en die tiendes van alles in menigte ingebring.
6 En die kinders van Israel en Juda wat in die stede van Juda woonagtig was, hulle het ook die tiendes ingebring van beeste en kleinvee en die tiendes van die heilige gawes wat aan die HERE hulle God geheilig was, en dit op hope neergelê.
7 In die derde maand het hulle die hope begin opstapel, en in die sewende maand was hulle daarmee gereed.
8 Toe Jehisk¡a en die owerstes kom en die hope sien, het hulle die HERE en sy volk Israel geseën.
9 En toe Jehisk¡a by die priesters en die Leviete ondersoek doen na die hope,
10 het die hoëpriester As rja, van die huis van Sadok, met hom gespreek en gesê: Vandat hulle die offergawe na die huis van die HERE begin bring het, eet ons tot versadiging en hou nog oorvloedig oor; want die HERE het sy volk geseën, sodat ons hierdie menigte oorgehou het.
11 Toe gee Jehisk¡a bevel om kamers in die huis van die HERE in te rig; en hulle het dit ingerig
12 en die offergawes en die tiendes en die heilige gawes getrou ingebring; en daaroor was Kon nja, die Leviet, as hoof aangestel, en sy broer S¡me‹as tweede.
13 En J,hiël en As sja en Nahat en Asahel en J,rimot en Josabad en Âliël en Jism gja en Mahat en Ben ja was opsigters, onder toesig van Kon nja en sy broer S¡me‹, volgens die bevel van koning Jehisk¡a en As rja, die vors oor die huis van God.
14 En Kore, die seun van Jimna, die Leviet, die poortwagter teen die ooste, was oor die vrywillige gawes aan God, om die offergawe aan die HERE en die hoogheilige gawes uit te deel.
15 En onder sy leiding was Eden en M¡njamin en J,sua en Sem ja, Am rja en Seg nja, om getrou uit te deel in die stede van die priesters aan hulle broers volgens die afdelings, aan groot sowel as klein;
16 behalwe die manspersone wat in hulle geslagsregister opgeneem was, van drie jaar oud en daarbo, almal naamlik wat in die huis van die HERE gekom het, na die eis van elke dag, om te dien in hulle ampsverpligtinge volgens hulle afdelings.
17 En wat die geslagsregister van die priesters betref, dit was ingerig volgens families; maar die van die Leviete, van twintig jaar oud en daarbo, volgens hulle ampsverpligtinge in hulle afdelings.
18 En hulle moes in die geslagsregister opgeneem word met al hulle kindertjies, hul vroue en hul seuns en hul dogters, naamlik die hele stand; want volgens hulle getrouheid was hulle werksaam met die heilige dinge.
19 Ook vir die seuns van A„ron, die priesters, buite op die weiveld van hulle stede, was daar in elke stad afsonderlik manne wat met hulle name aangewys was om aan elke manspersoon onder die priesters en aan elkeen van die Leviete wat in die geslagsregister opgeneem was, dele te gee.
20 En so het Jehisk¡a in die hele Juda gedoen: hy het gedoen wat goed en reg en trou was voor die aangesig van die HERE sy God.
21 En in elke werk wat hy begin het insake die diens van die huis van God en insake die wet en die gebod om sy God te soek, het hy met sy hele hart gehandel en voorspoed gehad.
1 Now when all this was over, all the men of Israel who were present went out into the towns of Judah, causing the stone pillars to be broken up and the wood pillars to be cut down, pulling down the high places and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, till all were gone. Then all the children of Israel went back to their towns, every man to his property.
2 Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house.
3 And he gave the king's part of his private property for the burned offerings, that is, for the morning and evening offerings, and the offerings for the Sabbath and the new moons and the regular feasts, as it is recorded in the law of the Lord.
4 In addition, he gave orders to the people of Jerusalem to give to the priests and Levites that part which was theirs by right, so that they might be strong in keeping the law of the Lord.
5 And when the order was made public, straight away the children of Israel gave, in great amounts, the first-fruits of their grain and wine and oil and honey, and of the produce of their fields; and they took in a tenth part of everything, a great store.
6 And the children of Israel and Judah, who were living in the towns of Judah came with the tenth part of their oxen and sheep, and a tenth of all the holy things which were to be given to the Lord their God, and put them in great masses.
7 The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete.
8 And when Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw all the store of goods, they gave praise to the Lord and to his people Israel.
9 Then Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.
10 And Azariah, the chief priest, of the family of Zadok, said in answer, From the time when the people first came with their offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had food enough, and more than enough: for the blessing of the Lord is on his people; and there is this great store which has not been used.
11 Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.
12 And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.
13 And Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah were overseers, under the directions of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the order of Hezekiah the king and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God.
14 And Kore, the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the east door, had control of the offerings freely given to God, and the distribution of the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.
15 And under him were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah and Amariah and Shecaniah, in the towns of the priests, who were made responsible for giving it to all their brothers, by divisions, to small and great:
16 As well as to all the males, of three years old and over, listed by their families, who went into the house of the Lord to do what was needed day by day, for their special work with their divisions.
17 And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;
18 And in the lists were all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters, through all the people: they made themselves holy in the positions which they were given.
19 And as for the sons of Aaron, the priests, living in the country on the outskirts of their towns, every different town there were men, marked out by name, to give their part of the goods to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed among the Levites.
20 This Hezekiah did through all Judah; he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God.
21 And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.