Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,

Then Ezechias commanded to prepare storehouses in the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,

And Hezekiah saith to prepare chambers in the house of Jehovah, and they prepare,

Then Hezekiah said that store-rooms were to be made ready in the house of the Lord; and this was done.

And so Hezekiah instructed that they should prepare storage places for the house of the Lord. And when they had done so,

To prepare chambers - To make granaries to lay up this superabundance.

Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord,.... Either to build new ones, or fit up those that were built:
and they prepared them; got them ready to lay up the stores in.

HEZEKIAH APPOINTS OFFICERS TO DISPOSE OF THE TITHES. (2-Chronicles 31:11-19)
Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord--storehouses, granaries, or cellars; either the old ones, which had been allowed through neglect to fall into decay, were to be repaired, or additional ones built. Private individuals brought their own first-fruits to the temple; but the tithes were levied by the Levites, who kept a faithful account of them in their several places of abode and transmitted the allotted proportion to the priests. Officers were appointed to distribute equal rations to all in the cities of the priests who, from age or other reasons, could not repair to the temple. With the exception of children under three years of age--an exception made probably from their being considered too young to receive solid food--lists were kept of the number and age of every male; of priests according to their fathers' house, and Levites from twenty years (see Numbers 4:3; Numbers 28:24; 1-Chronicles 23:24). But, besides, provision was also made for their wives, daughters, and servants.