{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/tsk/ch2031.htm","path":"bib/cmt/tsk/ch2031.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/tsk/ch2031.htm","text":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880]\nOverview\nCh2 31:1, The people is forward in destroying idolatry; Ch2 31:2, Hezekiah orders the courses of the priests and Levites, and provides for their work and maintenance; Ch2 31:5, The people's forwardness in offerings and tithes; Ch2 31:11, Hezekiah appoints officers to dispose of the tithes; Ch2 31:20, The sincerity of Hezekiah.\nNow when: 2Chr. 30:1-27\nall Israel: Kg1 18:38-40; 2Kings 23:2-20\npresent: Heb. found, Gen 19:15; Est 4:16\nbrake: Ch2 14:3, Ch2 23:17, Ch2 32:12, Ch2 34:3-7; Exo 23:24; Deu 7:5; Kg2 18:4\nimages: Heb. statues, Ch2 30:14\nin Ephraim: Ch2 30:1, Ch2 30:18, Ch2 34:6, Ch2 34:7; Kg2 17:2, Kg2 18:4, Kg2 23:15\nuntil: etc. Heb. until to make an end\nthe courses: Ch2 5:11, Ch2 8:14, Ch2 23:8; Ch1 16:37, Ch1 16:40, 23:1-26:32; Ezr 6:18; Luk 1:5\nto give thanks: Ch2 29:24-26; Ch1 16:4-6, Ch1 16:41, Ch1 23:30, Ch1 25:1-3; Neh 11:17; Psa 134:1-3; Psa 135:1-3; Jer 33:11\nin the gates of the tents of the Lord: Beshaarey machanoth Yehowah, \"within the gates of the camps of Jehovah;\" which comprehended the whole of the buildings that surrounded the temple, in which the priests and Levites were stationed, and which resembled military encampments.\nthe king's: Ch2 30:24; Ch1 26:26; Eze 45:17, Eze 46:4-7, Eze 46:12-18\nfor the morning: Exo 29:38-42; Num 28:3-8\nthe burnt: Num 28:9, Num 28:10\nfor the new moons: Num. 28:11-31, 29:1-40; Deut. 16:1-17; Psa 81:1-4; Col 2:16, Col 2:17\nthe set feasts: Lev. 23:2-44\nthe portion: Ch2 31:16; Lev 27:30-33; Num 18:8-21, Num 18:26-28; Mal 3:8-10\nthat they might: Neh 13:10-13; Co1 9:9-14; Gal 6:6\nthe law: Mal 2:7\nas soon: Ch2 24:10, Ch2 24:11; Exo 35:5, Exo 35:20-29, Exo 36:5, Exo 36:6; Co2 8:2-5\ncame abroad: Heb. brake forth, the first fruits, Exo 22:29, Exo 23:19, Exo 34:22, Exo 34:26; Num 18:12; Neh 10:35-39, Neh 12:44, Neh 13:12, Neh 13:31; Pro 3:9; Co1 15:20; Jam 1:18; Rev 14:4\nhoney: or, dates, The word devash generally denotes the honey produced by bees; but as we have already observed (on Gen 43:11), the Jewish doctors are of opinion that it here signifies dates, of the fruit of the palm tree; which the Arabians call daboos, and the honey produced from them, dibs. \"This liquor,\" says Dr. Shaw, \"which has a more luscious sweetness than honey, is of the consistence of a thin syrup, but quickly grows tart and ropy, acquiring an intoxicating quality, and giving by distillation an agreeable spirit, or araky, according to the general name of these people for all hot liquors, extracted by the alembic.\" Though Jehovah forbad any devash, or honey, to offered to him upon the altar, yet it appears it might be presented as first-fruits, or in the way of tithes, which were designed for the sustenance of the priests.\nthe children: Ch2 11:16, Ch2 11:17\nthe tithe: Lev 27:30; Deu 14:28\nby heaps: Heb. heaps and heaps.\nblessed: Gen 14:20; Jdg 5:9; Kg1 8:14, Kg1 8:15; Ch1 29:10-20; Ezr 7:27; Co2 8:16; Eph 1:3; Phi 4:10, Phi 4:19; Th1 3:9; Pe1 1:3\nand his people: Ch2 6:3; Gen 14:19; Sa2 6:18; Kg1 8:55\nAzariah: Ch2 26:17; Kg1 2:35; Ch1 6:8, Ch1 6:14; Eze 44:15\nSince: Pro 3:9; Hag 2:18; Mal 3:10; Ti1 4:8\nwe have had: Kg2 4:43, Kg2 4:44; Mat 15:37; Phi 4:18\nthe Lord: Gen 26:12, Gen 30:27-30, Gen 39:5, Gen 39:23; Lev 25:21, Lev 26:4, Lev 26:5; Deu 28:8; Pro 10:22; Co2 9:8-11\nchambers: or, store-houses, Neh 10:38, Neh 10:39, Neh 13:5, Neh 13:12, Neh 13:13\nthe dedicated: Kg2 12:15\nover which: Ch1 26:20-26\nunder: Heb. at\nat the commandment: Ch2 31:4, Ch2 31:11, Ch2 30:12\nAzariah: Ch2 31:10; Ch1 9:11, Ch1 24:5; Neh 11:11\nthe porter: Ch1 26:12, Ch1 26:14, Ch1 26:17\nthe freewill: Lev 22:18, Lev 23:38; Num 29:39; Deu 12:6, Deu 12:17, Deu 16:10; Ezr 1:4, Ezr 3:5, Ezr 7:16; Psa 119:108\nto distribute: Neh 13:13\nthe most: Lev 2:10, Lev 6:16, Lev 6:17, Lev 7:1-6, Lev 10:12, Lev 10:13, Lev 27:28\nnext him: Heb. at his hand, Ch2 31:13 *marg.\nMiniamin: Instead of Miniamin, Benjamin is the reading of three manuscripts, and of the Syriac, Arabic, LXX, and Vulgate.\nthe cities: Jos 21:9-19; Ch1 6:54-60\nset office: or, trust, Ch1 9:22 *marg.\nas well: Ch1 25:8\nhis daily: Lev 21:22, Lev 21:23\ngenealogy: Num 3:15, Num 3:20, Num 4:38, Num 4:42, Num 4:46, Num 17:2, Num 17:3; Ezr 2:59\ntwenty: Num 4:3, Num 8:24; Ch1 23:24, Ch1 23:27\nby their courses: Ch2 31:2; Ch1 24:20-31, 25:1-26:32\nset office: or, trust, Ch2 31:15; Ch1 9:22 *marg.\nthey sanctified: Isa 5:16; Rom 15:16\nthe fields: Ch2 31:15; Lev 25:34; Num 35:2-5; Ch1 6:54, Ch1 6:60\nthe men: Ch2 31:12-15, Ch2 28:15\nwrought: Kg1 15:5; Kg2 20:3, Kg2 22:2; Joh 1:47; Act 24:16; Th1 2:10; Jo3 1:5\nhe did it: Deu 6:5, Deu 10:12; Kg1 2:4; Ch1 22:19; Ecc 9:10; Jer 29:13\nprospered: Ch2 14:7, Ch2 20:26, Ch2 26:5; Jos 1:7, Jos 1:8; Ch1 22:13; Psa 1:3; Mat 6:33, Mat 7:24-27","title":"Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge: 2 Chronicles: 2 Chronicles Chapter 31","type":"page"}