2 Chronicles 31 · Verse 9

2 Chronicles 31:9

Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
2 Chronicles 31:9, King James Version

2 Chronicles 31:9 in other translations

BSBThen Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps,
WEBThen Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps.
ASVThen Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
YLTand Hezekiah inquireth at the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps,
DARBYAnd Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
BBEThen Hezekiah put questions to the priests and Levites about the store of goods.
WebsterThen Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

What does 2 Chronicles 31:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps--The object of his enquiries was to ascertain whether the supplies afforded the prospect of a sufficient maintenance for the members of the sacred order.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

2 Chronicles 31:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּדְרֹ֣שׁvai.yid.Roshand he enquiredH1875
יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396
עַל\־'al-toH5921
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֛יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָעֲרֵמֽוֹת\׃ha.'a.re.Motthe heapsH6194

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 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 31:9

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

  • 2 Chronicles 31:10

    And 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.

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2 Chronicles 31:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y preguntó Ezechîas á los sacerdotes y á los Levitas acerca de los montones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Ézéchias s’informa auprès des sacrificateurs et des lévites au sujet des monceaux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Jehiskia befragte die Priester und die Leviten wegen der Haufen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Interrogavitque Ezechias sacerdotes et Levitas, cur ita jacerent acervi.