¹Cumque hæc fuissent rite celebrata, egressus est omnis Israël qui inventus fuerat in urbibus Juda,And when these things had been celebrated according to ritual, all of Israel who had been found in the cities of Judah went forth,et fregerunt simulacra, succideruntque lucos,and they broke apart the idols and cut down the sacred groves.demoliti sunt excelsa, et altaria destruxerunt,They demolished the high places and destroyed the altars,non solum de universo Juda et Benjamin,not only out of all Judah and Benjamin,sed et de Ephraim quoque et Manasse,but also out of Ephraim as well as Manasseh,donec penitus everterent:until they utterly destroyed them.reversique sunt omnes filii Israël in possessiones et civitates suas.And all the sons of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.

¹Cumque hæc fuissent rite celebrata, egressus est omnis Israël qui inventus fuerat in urbibus Juda,And when these things had been celebrated according to ritual, all of Israel who had been found in the cities of Judah went forth,et fregerunt simulacra, succideruntque lucos,and they broke apart the idols and cut down the sacred groves.demoliti sunt excelsa, et altaria destruxerunt,They demolished the high places and destroyed the altars,non solum de universo Juda et Benjamin,not only out of all Judah and Benjamin,sed et de Ephraim quoque et Manasse,but also out of Ephraim as well as Manasseh,donec penitus everterent:until they utterly destroyed them.reversique sunt omnes filii Israël in possessiones et civitates suas.And all the sons of Israel returned to their possessions and cities.

²Ezechias autem constituit turmas sacerdotales et Leviticas per divisiones suas,Then Hezekiah appointed the companies of the priests and Levites by their divisions,unumquemque in officio proprio,each man in his proper office,tam sacerdotum videlicet quam Levitarum,certainly as much for the priests as for the Levites,ad holocausta et pacifica,for the sake of holocausts and peace offerings,ut ministrarent et confiterentur,so that they might minister and confess and sing,canerentque in portis castrorum Domini.at the gates of the camp of the Lord.

²Ezechias autem constituit turmas sacerdotales et Leviticas per divisiones suas,Then Hezekiah appointed the companies of the priests and Levites by their divisions,unumquemque in officio proprio,each man in his proper office,tam sacerdotum videlicet quam Levitarum,certainly as much for the priests as for the Levites,ad holocausta et pacifica,for the sake of holocausts and peace offerings,ut ministrarent et confiterentur,so that they might minister and confess and sing,canerentque in portis castrorum Domini.at the gates of the camp of the Lord.

³Pars autem regis erat,Now the portion of the king,ut de propria ejus substantia offerretur holocaustum,from his own substance,mane semperwas such that they could offer a holocaust always,et vespere:in morning and in evening,sabbatis quoque,also on the Sabbaths,et calendis,and the new moons,et solemnitatibus ceteris,and the other solemnities,sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi.just as it was written in the law of Moses.

³Pars autem regis erat,Now the portion of the king,ut de propria ejus substantia offerretur holocaustum,from his own substance,mane semperwas such that they could offer a holocaust always,et vespere:in morning and in evening,sabbatis quoque,also on the Sabbaths,et calendis,and the new moons,et solemnitatibus ceteris,and the other solemnities,sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi.just as it was written in the law of Moses.

⁴Præcepit etiam populo habitantium Jerusalem ut darent partes sacerdotibus et Levitis,And now he instructed the people living in Jerusalem that they were to give portions to the priests and Levites,ut possent vacare legi Domini.so that they would be able to attend to the law of the Lord.

⁴Præcepit etiam populo habitantium Jerusalem ut darent partes sacerdotibus et Levitis,And now he instructed the people living in Jerusalem that they were to give portions to the priests and Levites,ut possent vacare legi Domini.so that they would be able to attend to the law of the Lord.

⁵Quod cum percrebruisset in auribus multitudinis,And when this had reached the ears of the multitude,plurimas obtulere primitias filii Israël frumenti,the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain,vini,wine,et olei:and oil,mellis quoque,and also honey.et omnium quæ gignit humus, decimas obtulerunt.And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.

⁵Quod cum percrebruisset in auribus multitudinis,And when this had reached the ears of the multitude,plurimas obtulere primitias filii Israël frumenti,the sons of Israel brought an abundance of first-fruits of grain,vini,wine,et olei:and oil,mellis quoque,and also honey.et omnium quæ gignit humus, decimas obtulerunt.And they offered a tenth part of all that the soil brings forth.

⁶Sed et filii Israël et Juda qui habitabant in urbibus Juda,Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah,obtulerunt decimas boum et ovium,brought tithes of oxen and sheep,decimasque sanctorum quæ voverant Domino Deo suo:and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God.atque universa portantes,And carrying all these things,fecerunt acervos plurimos.they made many stacks.

⁶Sed et filii Israël et Juda qui habitabant in urbibus Juda,Then too, the sons of Israel and Judah, who were living in the cities of Judah,obtulerunt decimas boum et ovium,brought tithes of oxen and sheep,decimasque sanctorum quæ voverant Domino Deo suo:and tithes of the holy things that they had vowed to the Lord their God.atque universa portantes,And carrying all these things,fecerunt acervos plurimos.they made many stacks.

⁷Mense tertio cœperunt acervorum jacere fundamenta,In the third month, they began to lay out the foundations of the stacks.et mense septimo compleverunt eos.And in the seventh month, they finished them.

⁷Mense tertio cœperunt acervorum jacere fundamenta,In the third month, they began to lay out the foundations of the stacks.et mense septimo compleverunt eos.And in the seventh month, they finished them.

⁸Cumque ingressi fuissent Ezechias et principes ejus,And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered,viderunt acervos,they saw the stacks,et benedixerunt Domino ac populo Israël.and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.

⁸Cumque ingressi fuissent Ezechias et principes ejus,And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered,viderunt acervos,they saw the stacks,et benedixerunt Domino ac populo Israël.and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.

⁹Interrogavitque Ezechias sacerdotes et Levitas,And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites,cur ita jacerent acervi.as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.

⁹Interrogavitque Ezechias sacerdotes et Levitas,And Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites,cur ita jacerent acervi.as to why the stacks were laid out in this way.

¹⁰Respondit illi Azarias sacerdos primus de stirpe Sadoc,Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him,dicens:saying:Ex quo cœperunt offerri primitiæ in domo Domini, comedimus,“Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord,et saturati sumus, et remanserunt plurima,we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains.eo quod benedixerit Dominus populo suo: reliquarum autem copia est ista,For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance,quam cernis.which you see.”

¹⁰Respondit illi Azarias sacerdos primus de stirpe Sadoc,Azariah, the high priest from the stock of Zadok, answered him,dicens:saying:Ex quo cœperunt offerri primitiæ in domo Domini, comedimus,“Since the first-fruits began to be offered in the house of the Lord,et saturati sumus, et remanserunt plurima,we have eaten and been satisfied, and much remains.eo quod benedixerit Dominus populo suo: reliquarum autem copia est ista,For the Lord has blessed his people. Then what was left over is this great abundance,quam cernis.which you see.”

¹¹Præcepit igitur Ezechias ut præpararent horrea in domo Domini.And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord.Quod cum fecissent,And when they had done so,

¹¹Præcepit igitur Ezechias ut præpararent horrea in domo Domini.And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord.Quod cum fecissent,And when they had done so,

¹²intulerunt tam primitias quam decimas,they faithfully brought in the first-fruits,et quæcumque voverant, fideliter.as well as the tithes and all that they had vowed.Fuit autem præfectus eorum Chonenias Levita,Now the overseer of these things was Conaniah, a Levite;et Semei frater ejus secundus,and his brother, Shimei, was second.

¹²intulerunt tam primitias quam decimas,they faithfully brought in the first-fruits,et quæcumque voverant, fideliter.as well as the tithes and all that they had vowed.Fuit autem præfectus eorum Chonenias Levita,Now the overseer of these things was Conaniah, a Levite;et Semei frater ejus secundus,and his brother, Shimei, was second.

¹³post quem Jahiel,And after him, there was Jehiel,et Azarias,and Azariah,et Nahath,and Nahath,et Asaël,and Asaahel,et Jerimoth,and Jerimoth,Jozabad quoque,and also Jozabad,et Eliel,and Eliel,et Jesmachias,and Ismachiah,et Mahath,and Mahath,et Banaias,and Benaiah,præpositi sub manibus Choneniæ et Semei fratris ejus,who were overseers under the hands of Conaniah, and his brother, Shimei,ex imperio Ezechiæ regis et Azariæ pontificis domus Dei,by the authority of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah,ad quos omnia pertinebant.the high priest of the house of God, to whom all these things belonged.

¹³post quem Jahiel,And after him, there was Jehiel,et Azarias,and Azariah,et Nahath,and Nahath,et Asaël,and Asaahel,et Jerimoth,and Jerimoth,Jozabad quoque,and also Jozabad,et Eliel,and Eliel,et Jesmachias,and Ismachiah,et Mahath,and Mahath,et Banaias,and Benaiah,præpositi sub manibus Choneniæ et Semei fratris ejus,who were overseers under the hands of Conaniah, and his brother, Shimei,ex imperio Ezechiæ regis et Azariæ pontificis domus Dei,by the authority of Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah,ad quos omnia pertinebant.the high priest of the house of God, to whom all these things belonged.

¹⁴Core vero filius Jemna Levites,Yet truly, Kore, the son of Imnah,et janitor orientalis portæ,a Levite and the porter of the eastern gate,præpositus erat iis quæ sponte offerebantur Domino,was the overseer of the things that were being offered freely to the Lord,primitiisque et consecratis in Sancta sanctorum.and of the first-fruits, and of the things consecrated for the Holy of Holies.

¹⁴Core vero filius Jemna Levites,Yet truly, Kore, the son of Imnah,et janitor orientalis portæ,a Levite and the porter of the eastern gate,præpositus erat iis quæ sponte offerebantur Domino,was the overseer of the things that were being offered freely to the Lord,primitiisque et consecratis in Sancta sanctorum.and of the first-fruits, and of the things consecrated for the Holy of Holies.

¹⁵Et sub cura ejus Eden,And under his charge were Eden,et Benjamin,and Benjamin,Jesue,Jeshua,et Semeias,and Shemaiah,Amarias quoque,and also Amariah,et Sechenias in civitatibus sacerdotum,and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests,ut fideliter distribuerent fratribus suis partes,so that they would distribute faithfully to their brothers,minoribus atque majoribus:the small as well as the great, their portions

¹⁵Et sub cura ejus Eden,And under his charge were Eden,et Benjamin,and Benjamin,Jesue,Jeshua,et Semeias,and Shemaiah,Amarias quoque,and also Amariah,et Sechenias in civitatibus sacerdotum,and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests,ut fideliter distribuerent fratribus suis partes,so that they would distribute faithfully to their brothers,minoribus atque majoribus:the small as well as the great, their portions

¹⁶exceptis maribus ab annis tribus et supra,(except for the males from three years old and upward) for all who were entering the temple of the Lord,cunctis qui ingrediebantur templum Domini,and for whatever was needed for the ministry,et quidquid per singulos dies conducebat in ministerio,throughout each day,atque observationibus juxta divisiones suas,as well as for the observances according to their divisions.

¹⁶exceptis maribus ab annis tribus et supra,(except for the males from three years old and upward) for all who were entering the temple of the Lord,cunctis qui ingrediebantur templum Domini,and for whatever was needed for the ministry,et quidquid per singulos dies conducebat in ministerio,throughout each day,atque observationibus juxta divisiones suas,as well as for the observances according to their divisions.

¹⁷sacerdotibus per familias,And so, for the priests, by their families,et Levitis a vigesimo anno et supra,and for the Levites, from the twentieth year and upward,per ordines et turmas suas,by their orders and companies,

¹⁷sacerdotibus per familias,And so, for the priests, by their families,et Levitis a vigesimo anno et supra,and for the Levites, from the twentieth year and upward,per ordines et turmas suas,by their orders and companies,

¹⁸universæque multitudini tam uxoribus quam liberis eorum utriusque sexus,and for the entire multitude,fideliter cibi de his quæ sanctificata fuerant,as much for the wives as for their children of both sexes,præbebantur.provisions were offered faithfully from whatever had been sanctified.

¹⁸universæque multitudini tam uxoribus quam liberis eorum utriusque sexus,and for the entire multitude,fideliter cibi de his quæ sanctificata fuerant,as much for the wives as for their children of both sexes,præbebantur.provisions were offered faithfully from whatever had been sanctified.

¹⁹Sed et filiorum Aaron per agros,Then too,et suburbana urbium singularum,men were appointed of the sons of Aaron,dispositi erant viri,throughout the fields and the suburbs of each city,qui partes distribuerent universo sexui masculino de sacerdotibus et Levitis.who would distribute portions to all the males among the priests and Levites.

¹⁹Sed et filiorum Aaron per agros,Then too,et suburbana urbium singularum,men were appointed of the sons of Aaron,dispositi erant viri,throughout the fields and the suburbs of each city,qui partes distribuerent universo sexui masculino de sacerdotibus et Levitis.who would distribute portions to all the males among the priests and Levites.

²⁰Fecit ergo Ezechias universa quæ diximus in omni Juda:Therefore,operatusque est bonum et rectum,Hezekiah did all these things (which we have said) in all of Judah.et verum coram Domino Deo suo,And he worked what is good and upright and true before the Lord his God,

²⁰Fecit ergo Ezechias universa quæ diximus in omni Juda:Therefore,operatusque est bonum et rectum,Hezekiah did all these things (which we have said) in all of Judah.et verum coram Domino Deo suo,And he worked what is good and upright and true before the Lord his God,

²¹in universa cultura ministerii domus Domini,for the whole service of the ministry of the house of the Lord,juxta legem et cæremonias,in accord with the law and the ceremonies,volens requirere Deum suum in toto corde suo:desiring to seek his God with his whole heart.fecitque,And he did so,et prosperatus est.and he prospered.

²¹in universa cultura ministerii domus Domini,for the whole service of the ministry of the house of the Lord,juxta legem et cæremonias,in accord with the law and the ceremonies,volens requirere Deum suum in toto corde suo:desiring to seek his God with his whole heart.fecitque,And he did so,et prosperatus est.and he prospered.