2 Chronicles 31

^{1 !} The people destroye idolatrie.

^{1 a} According to the commandement of the Lord, {Deut. 7,25},{josh. 7,1}, {2 Mac. 12:40}

^{1 b} That is, all they which came to the Passeouer.

^{2 !} Hezekiah appointeth Priests & Leuites.

^{2 c} That is, in the Temple where thei assembled as in a tent.

^{4 !} And prouideth for their liuing.

^{4 d} The tithes & first frutes for the maintenance of the Priests and Leuites.

^{4 e} That their mindes might not be intangled with prouision of wordely things, but that they might wholy & cherefully serue the Lord.

^{5 /} Or, published.

^{6 g} For the relief of the Priests, Leuites, widowes, pupilles, fatherlesse, strangers & suche as were in necessitie.

^{6 f} Which they had dedicate to the Lord by a vowe.

^{8 h} Thei praised the Lord, and praied for all prosperitie to his people.

^{10 i} He sheweth that this plenteous liberalitie is expedient for the maintenance of the ministers and that God therefore prospereth his people, & increaseth, by his blessing that which is giuen.

^{13 /} Ebr. by the hand.

^{13 !} He ordeineth ouerseers to distribute in euerie one his portion.

^{16 k} Who had also aportion & alowance in this distribution.

^{18 l} Meaning, that ether by the faithful distributions of the officers, euerie one had their parte in the things that were offred, or els that their wiues & children were relieued, because the Leuites were faithful in their office, and so depended on them.