2 Chronicles 31:8
Good News Translation
When King Hezekiah and his officials saw how much had been given, they praised the LORD and praised his people Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.

Contemporary English Version
When Hezekiah and his officials saw these offerings, they thanked the LORD and the people.

New American Bible
When Hezekiah and the princes had come and seen the piles, they blessed the LORD 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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

blessed

Genesis 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, by whose protection, the enemies are in thy hands. And he gave him the tithes of all.

Judges 5:9 My heart loveth the princes of Israel: O you, that of your own good will offered yourselves to danger, bless the Lord.

1 Kings 8:14,15 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood. . . .

1 Chronicles 29:10-20 And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity. . . .

Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,

2 Corinthians 8:16 And thanks be to God, who hath given the same carefulness for you in the heart of Titus.

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:

Philippians 4:10,19 Now I rejoice in the Lord exceedingly that now at length your thought for me hath flourished again, as you did also think; but you were busied. . . .

1 Thessalonians 3:9 For what thanks can we return to God for you, in all the joy wherewith we rejoice for you before our God,

1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy hath regenerated us unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:

and his people

2 Chronicles 6:3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the multitude of Israel for all the multitude stood attentive and he said:

Genesis 14:19 Blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram by the most high God, who created heaven and earth.

2 Samuel 6:18 And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

1 Kings 8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

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7In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps, and in the seventh month, they finished them. 8And when Ezechias and his princes came in, they saw the heaps, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.9And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites, why the heaps lay so.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed art thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.

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

2 Chronicles 31:9
And Ezechias asked the priests and the Levites, why the heaps lay so.

Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.

Psalm 144:15
They have called the people happy, that hath these things: but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.

2 Chronicles 31:7
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