2 Chronicles 31:1–21
Read the passage.
Before the Passover, the people had cleansed Jerusalem of the altars and idols that people had set up in previous years. After the extended Passover feasts, the men of Israel and Judah who had attended went throughout the land to break apart the Asherah poles and altars. So great was their zeal for the Lord that they searched through every corner of the Promised Land until they destroyed them all. Considering that not all of the people from the northern kingdom came to worship the Lord at Passover, these iconoclasts probably met with some resistance. However it went down, the believers were successful in taking down the altars and idols, and they returned to their own towns, homes, and fields.
In the meantime, Hezekiah gets the priests organized and ready to offer service to the Lord on behalf of the people on a daily basis. They read from the Law of the Lord how the priestly duties are supposed to be divide up between the various families throughout the year so that no one gets burnt out and everyone gets a chance to serve. Additionally, the king commands the people to give the tithe so that the priests serving in the temple do not have to work any fields for their own food. The people respond so abundantly that the Levites and priests can’t actually use it all. The goods are piled up in heaps for several months, until Hezekiah orders them placed in the storage rooms of the temple. Azariah the chief priest correctly credits the Lord with blessing the people with the abundance.
The rest of the chapter is concerned with the details of the distribution of the tithe to the priestly cities throughout Judah, and the men in charge of this work. The families of the priests and Levites were counted so that none would be left out. Finally, we hear a good report of the priests, how they kept themselves holy and ready to offer service to the Lord, a far cry from what we had read of them previously.
You are the one who moves our hearts to generosity towards Your people, blessing us to be able to bless others.