4. And now he instructed the people living in Jerusalem that they were to give portions to the priests and Levites, so that they would be able to attend to the law of the Lord.
5. And when this had reached the ears of the multitude, the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain, wine, and oil, and also honey. And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.
6. Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah, brought tithes of oxen and sheep, and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God. And carrying all these things, they made many stacks.
7. In the third month, they began to lay out the foundations of the stacks. And in the seventh month, they finished them.
8. And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered, they saw the stacks, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.
9. And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites, as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.
10. Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him, saying: "Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord, we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains. For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance, which you see."
11. And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,