Now when all this was finished, all Yisra᾽el that were present went out to the cities of Yehuda, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the asherim, and broke down the high places and the altars out of all Yehuda and Binyamin, in Efrayim also and Menashshe, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Yisra᾽el returned, every man to his possession, to their own cities.

And when all this was ended, all of Israel who were found [in Jerusalem] went out to the cities of Judah, and they broke the monuments and uprooted the asherim and razed the high places and the altars from all of Judah and Benjamin and Ephraim and Menasheh until they were completely destroyed. And all the men of Israel returned, each to his holding, to their cities.

And Yeĥizqiyyahu anointed the duty watches of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, the priests and the 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.

And Yechizkiyahu established the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions [i.e., their customary watches], each according to his service for the priests and the Levites, for the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, to minister and to thank and to praise in the gates of the camps of the L rd [i.e., in the Temple].

He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, that is, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the appointed seasons, as it is written in the Tora of the Lord.

And the king's portion [i.e., his gift] from his revenues [went for] burnt-offerings: the burnt-offerings of the morning and the evening, and the burnt-offerings of Sabbaths and New Moons and festivals, as prescribed in the Torah of the L rd.

Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Yerushalayim to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might adhere firmly to the Tora of the Lord.

And he told the people, the dwellers of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites [(terumah and ma'aser)], so that they could strengthen themselves in the Torah of the L rd.

And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Yisra᾽el brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things in plenty.

And when this was under way, the children of Israel increased [their offerings of] the first of corn [(terumah)], wine, oil, and honey, and all the produce of the field; and tithes of all did they bring in abundance.

And concerning the children of Yisra᾽el and Yehuda, who dwelt in the cities of Yehuda, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the Lord their God, and laid them up by heaps.

And the children of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah, they, too, brought tithes of cattle and sheep and tithes of the consecrated things that they consecrated to the L rd their G d [(though these are exempt from tithes)], making heaps and heaps (of them).

In the the third month the heaps began to pile up, and in the seventh month they were finished.

In the third month the heaps began to take form, and in the seventh month they were completed.

And Yeĥizqiyyahu and the princes came and saw the heaps, and they blessed the Lord, and his people Yisra᾽el.

And Yechizkiyahu and the officers came and they saw the heaps and they blessed the L rd and His people Israel.

Then Yeĥiz­qiyyahu questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

And Yechizkiyahu inquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps [(wondering how they could be so large if the priests and the Levites had taken their share from them)].

And ῾Azaryahu the chief priest of the house of Żadoq 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 has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

And Azaryahu the priest, the head [(the high-priest] of the house of Tzaddok, said to him: From the beginning of the bringing of the terumah to the house of the L rd, [we have] eaten, and been sated, and left over in abundance, for the L rd has blessed His people, and this abundance is what is left over.

Then Yeĥizqiyyahu commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them.

And Yechizkiyahu directed that they prepare chambers in the house of the L rd [(for the storing of terumah)], and they prepared (them).

And they brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Kananyahu the Levite was ruler, and Shim῾i his brother was second.

And they brought the terumah and the ma'aser and the consecrations [to the chambers] in good faith; and over them, the administrator, Kenanyahu the Levite, and Shim'i his brother, (his) second.

And Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Azazyahu, and Naĥat, and ῾Asa᾽el, and Yerimot, and Yozavad, and Eli᾽el, and Yismakhyahu, and Maĥat, and Benayahu, were overseers under the hand of Kananyahu and Shim῾i his brother, at the commandment of Yeĥizqiyyahu the king, and ῾Azaryahu the ruler of the house of God.

And Yechiel and Azazyahu and Nachath and Asahel and Yerimoth and Yozavad and Eliel and Yismachyahu and Machath and Benayahu, appointees of Menanyahu and Shim'i his brother, by order of King Yechizkiyahu and Azaryahu, chief [i.e., high-priest] of the house of G d.

And Qore the son of Yimna the Levite, the gatekeeper towards the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the offerings of the Lord, and the most holy things.

And Korei the son of Yimnah the Levite, keeper of the eastern gate, over the gifts of [(i.e., prescribed by)] G d, to give the terumah of the L rd [to the priest] and the [flesh of the] holy of holies.

And next to him, were ῾Eden, and Minyamin, and Yeshua, and Shema῾yahu, Amaryahu and Shekhanyahu, in the cities of the priests, faithfully entrusted to give their portions to their brethren by divisions, old and young alike;

And, under him, Eden and Minyamin and Yeshua and Sh'mayahu, Amaryahu and Shechanyahu, in the cities of the priests, entrusted with giving [the priestly gifts] to their brethren in the divisions, great and small alike.

besides their duty to register the males for their service in their charges according to their divisions, from three years old and upward, including everyone who entered into the house of the Lord for the service of each day;

Aside from [what they gave to] those who traced themselves [to priestly families], to the males, from three years old upwards, to all who came to the house of the L rd, for (their) daily allotment for their service in their watches according to their divisions.

and to register the priests by the houses of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old upwards, in their charges by their divisions;

And [they distributed terumah] to the priests who traced themselves to their fathers' houses, and [ma'aser to] the Levites, from twenty years old upwards in their watches in their divisions,

they had also the duty of registering them by genealogy with all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

and [to] those traced (to them), of all their infants, their wives, their sons and their daughters, of all the congregation [of the Levites]; for in their faith, they guarded what was holy [from defilement].

Also for the sons of Aharon the priests, who were in the fields of pasture land belonging to their cities, in every city, there were men who were expressly named, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

And for the sons of Aaron the priests, in the fields of the open lands of their cities, in every city, [there were appointed] the aforementioned men to give portions to every male among the priests and to all who were traced to the Levites.

And thus did Yeĥizqiyyahu do throughout all Yehuda, and he did that which was good and right and true before the Lord his God.

And Yechizkiyahu did thus in all of Judah, and he did what was good and just and true before the L rd his G d.

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

And every act that he began, in the service of the house of G d and in Torah and in mitzvah, to seek his G d, he wrought with all his heart and he succeeded.