2 Chronicles 31:8
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New International Version (©2011)
When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and blessed his people Israel.

New Living Translation (©2007)
When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw these huge piles, they thanked the LORD and his people Israel!

English Standard Version (©2001)
When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the piles, they praised the LORD and His people Israel.

International Standard Version (©2012)
When Hezekiah and the officials arrived and saw the piles of gifts, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel,

NET Bible (©2006)
When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and pronounced blessings on his people Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When Hezekiah and the leaders saw the heaps, they praised the LORD and his people Israel.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

American King James Version
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

American Standard Version
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Ezechias and his princes came in, they saw the heaps, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.

Darby Bible Translation
And Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, and they blessed Jehovah, and his people Israel.

English Revised Version
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

World English Bible
When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Yahweh, and his people Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
And Hezekiah and the heads come in and see the heaps, and bless Jehovah and His people Israel,

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps,.... Of the tithes and firstfruits:

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Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament

When Hezekiah and the priests saw these heaps, they praised the Lord and His people Israel.

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Geneva Study Bible

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they {h} blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

(h) They praised the Lord and prayed for all prosperity to his people.

Wesley's Notes

31:8 Blessed the Lord - Both for giving such plentiful provisions to his land and for giving his people such liberal hearts. And they praised the people for their forwardness and faithfulness in it.

2 Chronicles 31:8 Parallel Commentaries
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…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. 9Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

Deuteronomy 33:29 Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights."
2 Chronicles 31:7 They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 31:9 Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps;
Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.
Psalm 144:15 Blessed is the people of whom this is true; blessed is the people whose God is the LORD.