2 Chronicles 31:7
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 31:7 in other translations
| BSB | In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. |
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| WEB | In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. |
| ASV | In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. |
| YLT | in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished. |
| DARBY | In the third month they began to lay the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. |
| BBE | The first store of things was put down in the third month, and in the seventh month the masses were complete. |
| Webster | In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. |
What does 2 Chronicles 31:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 31:6-7
6-7. and laid them by heaps--The contributions began to be sent in shortly after the celebration of the passover, which had taken place in the middle of the second month. Some time would elapse before the king's order reached all parts of the kingdom. The wheat harvest occurred in the third month, so that the sheaves of that grain, being presented before any other, formed "the foundation," an under-layer in the corn…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
2 Chronicles 31:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 31:7
- Leviticus 23:16-24
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord. Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord. And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the Lord. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. …
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- 2 Chronicles 31:6
And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 31:7
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 31:8
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
2 Chronicles 31:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En el mes tercero comenzaron á fundar aquellos montones, y en el mes séptimo acabaron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Au troisième mois, ils commencèrent de faire les monceaux, et au septième mois ils achevèrent. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Im dritten Monat fingen sie an, die Haufen aufzuschichten, und im siebten Monat waren sie damit fertig. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mense tertio cœperunt acervorum jacere fundamenta, et mense septimo compleverunt eos. |