What Does 2 Chronicles 31:8 Mean in the King James?

And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 31:8 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The heaps turn into blessing directed both upward to the LORD and outward to Israel.

THE MEANING

When provision becomes visible, praise does not stop at its source. The LORD is blessed, and the people are blessed too: gratitude moves Godward while goodwill reaches through the community.

THE ROOT

וַיְבָרֲכוּ

vayevarkhu from barakh

GROWS FROM

ברך

To bless or invoke favor; the same consonants are also associated with kneeling.

“blessed” in this verse is vayevarkhu from barakh. The Hebrew verb is from ⁨ברך⁩, a word-family that holds blessing alongside the bodily image of bending the knee. Here the blessing has two directions: the LORD is honored, and Israel receives goodwill.

ALSO GROWS

berakhah: Blessing

בְּרָכָה

This noun shares the root and shows blessing as something named or bestowed, not only praise spoken upward.

berekh: Knee

בֶּרֶךְ

This related form preserves the bodily image of kneeling within the same consonants, linking blessing with a posture of humility.

THE PATTERN

Visible provision becomes shared blessing, returning gratitude to God and extending good among people.

When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

Deuteronomy 8:10 · KJVBeing full and seeing provision leads directly to blessing the LORD.

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

2 Corinthians 9:11 · KJVAbundance becomes thanksgiving to God through generosity that reaches others.

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

1 Timothy 6:18 · KJVMaterial plenty becomes good shared with other people.

THE THREAD

And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 12:2 · KJV

Genesis uses the same root ⁨ברך⁩ for being blessed and becoming a blessing. That root connection opens this verse’s movement: blessing is received, then extends to others, as the princes bless both the LORD and Israel.

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