2 Chronicles 32:28

He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of livestock, and pens for the flocks.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The chronicler documents Hezekiah’s post-victory economic preparations, listing his construction of agricultural storage and animal enclosures alongside his accumulated valuables.

The words — The text specifies מִסְכְּנוֹת (misḳənōt, storehouses) and אֻרָוֹת (ʾurāwōt, stalls) as physical structures built to hold the grain, wine, oil, and livestock yielded by the land.

The thread — This inventory of storage and animal husbandry parallels Solomon’s chariot stalls in 1 Kings 4:26 and Uzziah’s desert towers and cisterns in 2 Chronicles 26:10.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that material infrastructure and agricultural management are recorded as direct outcomes of divine provision, demanding practical stewardship rather than passive gratitude.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִ֨סְכְּנ֔וֹתu./Mis.ke.Notand/ storehouses לִתְבוּאַ֥תli/t.vu.'Atfor/ [the] yield of דָּגָ֖ןda.Gangrain וְתִיר֣וֹשׁve./ti.Ro.oshand/ new wine וְיִצְהָ֑רve./yitz.Harand/ fresh oil וְאֻֽרָוֹת֙ve./'u.ra.Votand/ stalls לְכָל־le./kholfor/ all בְּהֵמָ֣הbe.he.Mahlivestock וּבְהֵמָ֔הu./ve.he.Mahand/ livestock וַעֲדָרִ֖יםva./'a.da.Rimand/ flocks לָאֲוֵרֽוֹת׃la./'a.ve.Rotfor the/ stalls

King James Version

Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

Cross-references

2 Samuel 7:8 Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
1 Kings 4:26 Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
2 Chronicles 26:10 Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.