Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. ] How they came to be so large, or why they let them lie where they did.
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The people began the piles in the third month and finished in the seventh month.
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When Hezekiah and his officers came and saw the piles, they praised the Lord and his people, the people of Israel.
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Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the piles.
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Azariah, the leading priest from Zadok's family, answered Hezekiah, "Since the people began to bring their offerings to the Temple of the Lord, we have had plenty to eat and plenty left over, because the Lord has blessed his people. So we have all this left over."
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Then Hezekiah commanded the priests to prepare the storerooms in the Temple of the Lord. So this was done.