2 Chronicles 31:8

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When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed His people Israel.

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  • Gen 14:19-20 : 19 He blessed Abram and said, 'Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.' And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
  • Judg 5:9 : 9 My heart is with Israel’s commanders, with the willing volunteers among the people. Praise the Lord!
  • 2 Sam 6:18 : 18 When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
  • 1 Kgs 8:14-15 : 14 Then the king turned around and gave a blessing to the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 15 He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying:'
  • 1 Kgs 8:55 : 55 He stood and blessed the entire assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
  • 1 Chr 29:10-20 : 10 David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, "Blessed are you, LORD, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting." 11 Yours, LORD, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; indeed, everything in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all. 12 Wealth and honor come from you, and you rule over everything. In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all. 13 Now, our God, we give you thanks and praise your glorious name. 14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give so generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand. 15 For we are strangers and temporary residents before you, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope. 16 LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. In the uprightness of my heart, I have freely offered all these things; and now I have seen your people, who are present here, joyfully and willingly give to you. 18 LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep these intentions and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you. 19 And give my son Solomon an undivided heart to keep your commandments, your statutes, and your decrees, and to carry out all these plans, building the temple for which I have made preparations. 20 Then David said to the whole assembly, 'Praise the LORD your God.' So the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their fathers; they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.
  • 2 Chr 6:3 : 3 Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
  • Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
  • Ps 144:15 : 15 Blessed are the people whose situation is such; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 8:16 : 16 Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
  • Phil 4:10 : 10 I greatly rejoiced in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you lacked the opportunity to show it.
  • Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 3:9 : 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has caused us to be born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 84%

    9 Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps.

    10 Azariah, the chief priest from the family of Zadok, answered, 'Since the people began to bring their contributions to the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the Lord has blessed His people; this great amount is what is left over.'

    11 Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.

  • 2 Chr 31:6-7
    2 verses
    79%

    6 The people of Israel and Judah who were living in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks, and of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God. They piled them in heaps.

    7 In the third month, they began to lay the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.

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    29 When the offering was finished, the king and all who were present with him knelt down and worshiped.

    30 King Hezekiah and the officials commanded the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. They sang praises with joy and bowed down in worship.

    31 Then Hezekiah said, 'Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.' So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were willing brought burnt offerings.

  • Isa 39:2-5
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    2 Hezekiah was pleased with them, and he showed them everything in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, all his armory, and everything in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

    3 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say, and where did they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came to me from a distant land, from Babylon."

    4 Then Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your palace?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen everything in my palace. There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them."

    5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of Armies:

  • 20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

  • 20 Early in the morning, King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

  • 23 Many brought offerings to the LORD to Jerusalem and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, so he was highly regarded by all the nations thereafter.

  • 2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites, each man according to his service—priests and Levites alike—for burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s camp.

  • Isa 37:14-15
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    14 Hezekiah received the letters from the messengers, read them, and went up to the house of the LORD. There he spread them out before the LORD.

    15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:

  • 36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had prepared for the people, for it had happened suddenly.

  • 32 The rest of the events of Hezekiah’s reign, along with his acts of kindness, are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

  • 15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.

  • 14 Then the king turned around and gave a blessing to the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

  • 2 Chr 6:3-4
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    3 Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

    4 He said, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying:

  • 18 Then they went to King Hezekiah and said, 'We have purified the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for the bread of the Presence with all its utensils.'

  • 2 When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib had come and was preparing for war against Jerusalem,

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    20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good, upright, and true before the Lord his God.

    21 In everything he undertook in the service of the house of God, in observing the law and the commandments, and in seeking his God, he worked wholeheartedly and prospered.

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    26 However, Hezekiah humbled himself, along with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so the LORD's wrath did not come upon them during Hezekiah's days.

    27 Hezekiah had great wealth and honor. He made treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable possessions.

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    13 Hezekiah listened to them and showed them his entire treasury—the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, and all the storehouse of his weapons. There was nothing in his palace or in his whole kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

    14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, "What did these men say, and where did they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from a distant land—from Babylon."

    15 "What did they see in your palace?" Isaiah asked. Hezekiah replied, "They saw everything in my palace. There is nothing in my treasuries that I did not show them."

    16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD:

  • 5 So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah.

  • 30 It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in all that he undertook.

  • 14 Hezekiah received the letters from the messengers, read them, went up to the Lord's house, and spread them out before the Lord.

  • 4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah:

  • 27 The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer reached His holy dwelling place in heaven.

  • 10 All the officials and all the people rejoiced and brought their contributions, dropping them into the chest until it was full.

  • 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good," for he thought, "There will be peace and security in my days."

  • 1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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    24 Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials provided a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. A large number of priests consecrated themselves.

    25 The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites, the whole assembly from Israel, the foreigners who had come from Israel, and those who lived in Judah.

  • 27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

  • 1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

  • 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the glory of the LORD on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped, giving thanks to the LORD, saying, "He is good; His love endures forever."

  • 20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

  • 5 When King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah,

  • 26 The rest of his acts and all of his ways, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.