KJV ORIGINAL
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
In the third month they began to pile up the foundation of these large stacks of offerings, and they finished collecting them in the seventh month.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is describing how it took four months to collect all the generous offerings that the people brought to support God's temple and priests.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes during King Hezekiah's religious reforms around 715 BC, when he restored proper worship in Judah after years of neglect. The people responded so generously to his call for tithes and offerings that the donations formed huge piles at the temple. These offerings were meant to support the priests and Levites who served in the temple.
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