2 Chronicles 31:10

2Ch 31:10 And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left [is] this great store.

Ver. 10. And Azariah the chief priest.] The same, saith Lyra, that withstood Uzziah, with so much zeal and courage.

For the Lord hath blessed his people.] That is, His priests and people, saith Lavater, who have rightly used and not wasted God’s plenty.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

31:10 The people’s great generosity is reminiscent of when the Tabernacle was first constructed (Exod 36:3-5).

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He showeth that this plenteous liberality is expedient for the maintenance of the ministers, and that God therefore prospereth his people, and increaseth by his blessing that which is given.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Azariah . . . answered . . . we have had enough--This is probably the person mentioned (Ch2 26:17), and his reply was to the following purport: There has been an abundant harvest, and a corresponding plenty in the incoming of first-fruits and tithes; the people have testified their gratitude to Him who has crowned the year with His goodness by their liberality towards His servants.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

(10) Azariah.—Possibly the Azariah of 2Ch_26:17. If not, he is otherwise unknown.

Since the people began to bring the offerings.—Since they began to bring the Tĕrûmâh: a word which the Authorised Version usually renders “heave offering.” (See Note on 2Ch_31:6.)

To bring.—In the Hebrew a contracted form, recurring in Jer_39:7.

We have had enough to eat, and have left plenty.—Literally, Eating and being satisfied, and leaving over, even unto abundance (exclamatory infinitives). (Comp. Hos_4:2 for this construction.)

The Lord hath blessed his people.—So that they were able to give liberally.

That which is left.—After the maintenance o the priests has been subtracted.

This great store.—In the Hebrew these words are in the accusative case. Probably, therefore, the right reading is, “and there is left this great store” (omitting the article, and reading wĕ-nôthâr, with Kamp-hausen).

Chambers.—Cells; lĕshâkôth. (See Notes on 1Ch_9:26; 1Ch_23:28.) The preparation intended is probably nothing but the clearance and cleansing of some of these cells for the reception of the stores.

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10. Azariah the chief priest] Not mentioned in connexion with Hezekiah’s previous arrangements: he may have been only just appointed.

of the house of Zadok] Cp. 1Ch_24:1-4. There were two main families of priests, (1) the descendants of Eleazar the third son of Aaron, whose chief representative in David’s day was Zadok (hence they are here called “the house of Zadok”), (2) the descendants of Ithamar the fourth son of Aaron, represented in David’s time by Ahimelech (Saul’s victim) or by Abiathar (David’s protégé). The Chronicler prefers to name the descendants of Ithamar after Ahimelech (1Ch_24:3).

the offerings] R.V. the oblations (so also 2Ch_31:12). The Heb. word tìrûmâh denotes the heave offering (Lev_7:32), which the priest heaved (“lifted on high”) and was allowed to keep for himself.

we have had enough to eat) R.V. we have eaten and had enough.

hath blessed his people] Cp. Mal_3:10.

and that which is left is this great store] LXX., καὶ κατελίπομεν ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος τοῦτο, “we leave (‘have left’) this great store and more.” An apparently superfluous particle (eth) in the Heb. has troubled the translators and commentators.

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Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord,.... Either to build new ones, or fit up those that were built:

and they prepared them; got them ready to lay up the stores in.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

If this Azariah was the same as he who resisted Uzziah 2Ch 26:17-20, he must have held his office at least 33 years. Compare 2Ch 27:1; 2Ch 28:1.

The Lord hath blessed his people - i. e. God has made the harvest unusually abundant, and hence the great amount of tithes and first-fruits.

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Sadoc, being his grandson, (1 Paralipomenon vi. 12.; C.) or the father of Sellum. Junius --- People, with abundance; so that more would belong to the priests. C.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The chief priest of the house of Zadok; either,

1. The high priest, called also Zadok, 1Ch 6:12, because he was of his line and family. Or,

2. The chief priest, or the head of that family of Zadok, or of Eleazar; as there was another chief priest of the family of Abiathar, or of Ithamar; see 2Sa 8:17; 1Ch 24:3; but both subject to the high priest.

Since the people began to bring the offerings; which they did from the beginning of the harvest, according to the manner.

The Lord hath blessed his people in an extraordinary degree.

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Azariah chief priest of the house of Zadok. Though this Azariah be of the house of Zadok, he is not of the line of Jozadak; and we cannot be certain that he is one with him of 2Ch_26:17, 2Ch_26:20; in which case his grandson Jotham (2Ch_27:1) would be grandfather of Hezekiah, inferring a long term both for his office and his life.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And Azariah...said to him He lived in the days of Uzziah.

“From the beginning of bringing the heave-offering We have surely eaten, and not an incidental meal but we ate, were satisfied, and left over. Now what you are surprised about, that we ate four months, and nevertheless, their stacks are so large - this is because the Lord blessed His people and gave them abundant grains; therefore, they increased our heave-offerings and tithes.

and what is left over from this eating of ours.

is this abundance that you see: many stacks.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.