What Does 2 Chronicles 31:10 Mean?
And Azariah the head priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the lifted gifts into the house of the LORD, we have eaten and been filled, and we have left much over, for the LORD has blessed his people, and what remains is this great mass.
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King James wording
King James Version
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.THE KEY
The word for “offerings” carries the sense of lifted contributions, and the proof of blessing is physical: people eat to satisfaction, with a great remainder still in store.
THE MEANING
What is brought into the LORD’s house becomes nourishment that satisfies and leaves more than immediate need consumes. Azariah (עֲזַרְיָהוּ, ʿAzaryahu, “Yah has helped”) answers from the house of Zadok (צָדוֹק, Tsadoq, “aligned”), so help and alignment echo through this report of provision. Here, the LORD’s blessing takes the concrete shape of food, fullness, and surplus.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
Blessing is only an invisible favor: this verse names it in food people eat, fullness they experience, and a surplus that remains.
THE ROOT
הַתְּרוּמָה
ha-terumah
GROWS FROM
רוּם
rum
To rise, be high, or lift up.
“lifted gifts” in this verse is ha-terumah. Terumah names a contribution as something lifted up. The root adds a sense of elevation to what is brought into the LORD’s house, where it becomes sustenance for those who serve.
ALSO GROWS
ram: High or elevated.
רָם
This branch shares the root’s sense of height and gives the lifted contribution a direction.
marom: A height or high place.
מָרוֹם
It extends the image of rising found in the contribution brought into the house.
בֵּרַךְ
berakh
GROWS FROM
ברך
barakh
To bless; the same root also carries the sense of kneeling or bending the knee.
“blessed” in this verse is berakh. The root connects blessing with the knee, giving it an embodied quality. Here, blessing is visible in nourishment, satisfaction, and what remains.
ALSO GROWS
berekh: Knee.
בֶּרֶךְ
This branch ties the language of blessing to the body’s posture of bending.
berakhah: Blessing or favor.
בְּרָכָה
It is the noun from the same root, linking the LORD’s blessing here to the people’s tangible provision.
הַנּוֹתָר
hanotar
GROWS FROM
יתר
yatar
To remain, be left over, or exceed.
“left much over” in this verse is hanotar. This root holds both what remains and what exceeds. The remainder here is evidence that need has been met and provision extends beyond the immediate meal.
ALSO GROWS
yeter: Remainder, excess, or surplus.
יֶתֶר
It shares the root’s sense of what remains beyond what has been used.
yitron: Advantage or profit.
יִתְרוֹן
This branch shows how what exceeds immediate need can carry value beyond the present moment.
THE PATTERN
Provision expresses blessing as nourishment that satisfies and still leaves a remainder.
When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.And all ate and were filled; and they lifted up the overflow of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.And God is able to make all favor overflow toward you, so that you, always holding all you need in everything, may overflow into every good work.THE THREAD
When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.Deuteronomy shares the same sequence of eating, fullness, and blessing found here. This verse adds the remainder, making the abundance visible in what stays after people are satisfied.
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