2 Chronicles 31:7
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New International Version (©2011)
They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They began piling them up in late spring, and the heaps continued to grow until early autumn.

English Standard Version (©2001)
In the third month they began to pile up the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
In the third month they began building up the piles, and they finished in the seventh month.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They began to make these piles of gifts during the third month, and it took them until the seventh month to finish.

NET Bible (©2006)
In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
In the third month they started piling them up, and in the seventh month they finished.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

American King James Version
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

American Standard Version
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps, and in the seventh month, they finished them.

Darby Bible Translation
In the third month they began to lay the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

English Revised Version
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

World English Bible
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Young's Literal Translation
in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

31:1-21 Hezekiah destroys idolatry. - After the passover, the people of Israel applied with vigour to destroy the monuments of idolatry. Public ordinances should stir us up to cleanse our hearts, our houses, and shops, from the filth of sin, and the idolatry of covetousness, and to excite others to do the same. The after-improvement of solemn ordinances, is of the greatest importance to personal, family, and public religion. When they had tasted the sweetness of God's ordinance in the late passover, they were free in maintaining the temple service. Those who enjoy the benefit of a settled ministry, will not grudge the expense of it. In all that Hezekiah attempted in God's service, he was earnest and single in his aim and dependence, and was prospered accordingly. Whether we have few or many talents intrusted to us, may we thus seek to improve them, and encourage others to do the same. What is undertaken with a sincere regard to the glory of God, will succeed to our own honour and comfort at last.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 7. - The third month... the heaps... the seventh month. The grain harvest closed with the Feast of Weeks, about the sixth day of the third month so that tithe in kind would be paid. The seventh month brought the Feast of Ingathering, when the vintage was over. For illustration of the despatch with which Hezekiah proceeded in his reforming works, comp. our 2 Chronicles 29:3; 2 Chronicles 30:2, 13.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps..... The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, Exodus 23:16, for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought:

and finished them in the seventh month; the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil, &c. and so a proper time for bringing the tithes of all.

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…6And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelled in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. 7In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. …

2 Chronicles 31:6 The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the LORD their God, and they piled them in heaps.
2 Chronicles 31:8 When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel.