2 Chronicles 35:8

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Summary

And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

His princes

Willingly

2 Corinthians 8:12

2 Corinthians 9:7

Rulers

Acts 5:26

Bible References

His princes

After this, Hezekiah announced, "Now that you've consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring your sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the LORD's Temple." So the assembly brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and everyone who was willing to do so brought burnt offerings.

So the leaders of the ancestral households presented their voluntary offerings, as did the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the officials in charge of the king's business.

So all of their neighbors equipped the travelers with silver, gold, equipment, pack animals, and valuable goods, in addition to voluntary offerings.

When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families contributed toward building the Temple of God on its former site.

together with all of the silver and gold that you can raise in the province of Babylon, plus the freewill offerings given by the people and the priests, contributed for the Temple of their God, which is in Jerusalem.

and divided between them the silver, the gold, the vessels, and the offering for the Temple of our God which the king had offered, along with his advisors, his senior officials, and all of Israel assembled there.

Some of the heads of the families contributed to the work. The governor contributed 1,000 gold drachmas to the treasury, along with 50 basins, and 530 priestly garments.

The daughter of Tyre will come with a wedding gift; wealthy people will entreat your favor.

All the believers were united and shared everything with one another.

since none of them needed anything, because everyone who had land or houses would sell them and bring the money received for the things sold

Willingly

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you do not have.

Each of you must give what you have decided in your heart, not with regret or under compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.

Rulers

Eleazar's son Phinehas used to be Commander-in-Chief over them the LORD was with him.

More leaders were located among Eleazar's descendants than among those of Ithamar, so sixteen leaders were appointed from the leaders of the ancestral households of Eleazar's descendants and eight from those of Ithamar.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Because you sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, to Maaseiah's son Zephaniah the priest and to all the priests

While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the commander of the Temple guards, and the Sadducees came to them.

So the commander of the Temple guards went with his men to bring them back without force, because they were afraid of being stoned to death by the people.