2 Chronicles 31:7

7 The gifts started arriving in the third month and continued to pile up for the next four months.

2 Chronicles 31:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 31:7

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the
heaps.
&c.] The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, ( Exodus 23:16 ) , for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought:

and finished them in the seventh month;
the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil and so a proper time for bringing the tithes of all.

2 Chronicles 31:7 In-Context

5 As soon as the order was given, the people of Israel brought gifts of their finest grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and other farm produce, and they also brought the tithes of everything they had.

6 All the people who lived in the cities of Judah brought tithes of their cattle and sheep, and they also brought large quantities of gifts which they dedicated to the Lord their God.

7 The gifts started arriving in the third month and continued to pile up for the next four months.

8 When King Hezekiah and his officials saw how much had been given, they praised the Lord and praised his people Israel.

9 The king spoke to the priests and the Levites about these gifts,