3tnHeb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”
4tnHeb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”
5tnHeb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”
6tnHeb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”
7tnHeb “the portion of the king [was].”
8tnHeb “as written.”
9tnHeb “said to.”
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11tnHeb “might hold firmly.”
12tnHeb “and when the word spread out.”
13tnHeb “the sons of Israel multiplied.”
14tnHeb “and the sons of Israel and Judah.”
15tnHeb “heaps, heaps.” Repetition of the noun draws attention to the large number of heaps.
16tnHeb “they began the heaps, to establish.”
17tnHeb “they blessed the Lord and his people Israel.”
18tnHeb “and they prepared.”
19tnHeb “tenth.”
20tnHeb “and holy things in faithfulness.”
21tnHeb “to their brothers.”
22tnHeb “like great, like small” (i.e., old and young alike).
23tnHeb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the Lord for a matter of a day in its day, for their service by their duties according to their divisions.”
24tnHeb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”
25tnHeb “designated by names.”
26tnHeb “and in all the work which he began with regard to the service of the house of God and with respect to the law and with respect to the commandment, to seek his God; with all his heart he acted and he succeeded.”