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2 Chronicles 31:7

2 Chronicles 31:7
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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, Exo 23:16, for then…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The third month - Compare 2Ch 29:3; 2Ch 30:2, 2Ch 30:13. The events hitherto described - the destruction of the high places, the re-appointment of the courses, and the re-establishment of the tithes…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

In the third month - "The month Sivan; the seventh, Tisri." - Targum.

The heaps - The vast collections of grain which they had from the tithes over and above their own consumption; see Ch2 31:10.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 31:1-10

We have here an account of what was done after the passover. What was wanting in the solemnities of preparation for it before was made up in that which is better, a due improvement of it after. When…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

the third month The Feast of Harvest took place at the beginning of this month and seven weeks later the Feast of Ingathering followed.

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