Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 31:7
In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the completion of a five-month collection period by the people of Judah and Israel during King Hezekiah’s religious restoration. This moment follows the initial gathering of tithes and consecrated goods and precedes Hezekiah’s official inspection of the stored offerings.
The words — The Hebrew verb כִּלּוּ (ki.lu) translates literally as "they finished," closing the action initiated by הֵחֵלּוּ (he.Che.lu), "they began," in the third month. These paired terms emphasize the deliberate, time-bound execution of the people's obedience.
The thread — The structured accumulation of tithes and holy things continues the temple support system outlined in Leviticus 27:30-32 and mirrors the post-exilic tithe reforms documented in Nehemiah 10:37-39. The text explicitly ties this storage practice to the ongoing covenantal requirement to sustain the house of God.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that sustained, orderly obedience produces visible results that leadership can verify and bless. It calls the reader to treat corporate worship as a disciplined process rather than a sporadic event.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 23:16 You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.