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

²Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions , every man according to his service , both the priests and the Levites , for burnt offerings and for peace offerings , to minister , to give thanks , and to praise in the gates of the LORD ’s camp .

³He also appointed the king ’s portion of his possessions for the burnt offerings : for the morning and evening burnt offerings , and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths , for the new moons , and for the set feasts , as it is written in the LORD ’s law .

⁴Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites , that they might give themselves to the LORD ’s law .

⁵As soon as the commandment went out , the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain , new wine , oil , honey , and of all the increase of the field ; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly .

⁶The children of Israel and Judah , who lived in the cities of Judah , also brought in the tithe of cattle and sheep , and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated to the LORD their God , and laid them in heaps .

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

⁸When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps , they blessed the LORD and his people Israel .

⁹Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites about the heaps .

¹⁰Azariah the chief priest , of the house of Zadok , answered him and said, “Since people began to bring the offerings into the LORD ’s house , we have eaten and had enough , and have plenty left over , for the LORD has blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great store .”

¹¹Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the LORD ’s house , and they prepared them .

¹²They brought in the offerings , the tithes , and the dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them , and Shimei his brother was second .

¹³Jehiel , Azaziah , Nahath , Asahel , Jerimoth , Jozabad , Eliel, Ismachiah , Mahath , and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of God ’s house .

¹⁴Kore the son of Imnah the Levite , the gatekeeper at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God , to distribute the LORD ’s offerings and the most holy things .

¹⁵Under him were Eden , Miniamin , Jeshua , Shemaiah , Amariah, and Shecaniah , in the cities of the priests , in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions , to the great as well as to the small ;

¹⁶in addition to those who were listed by genealogy of males , from three years old and upward , even everyone who entered into the LORD ’s house , as the duty of every day required , for their service in their offices according to their divisions ;

¹⁷and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses , and the Levites from twenty years old and upward , in their offices by their divisions ;

¹⁸and those who were listed by genealogy of all their little ones , their wives, their sons , and their daughters , through all the congregation ; for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness .

¹⁹Also for the sons of Aaron the priests , who were in the fields of the pasture lands of their cities , in every city , there were men who were mentioned by name to give portions to all the males amongst the priests and to all who were listed by genealogy amongst the Levites .

²⁰Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah ; and he did that which was good , right , and faithful before the LORD his God .

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