Eden

About Eden Written by AI

Eden is mentioned in 2 Chronicles 31:15 as one of the Levites appointed by King Hezekiah to distribute the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts to their fellow Levites in their cities. He is listed along with Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah as trustworthy individuals chosen for this task. The context of this passage is Hezekiah's reform of the religious practices in Judah. As part of his efforts to restore proper worship, Hezekiah ordered the people to bring their contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts to the temple (2 Chronicles 31:4 to 5). The response was overwhelming, and the people brought an abundance of offerings (2 Chronicles 31:6 to 8). To ensure the fair distribution of these offerings among the Levites and their families, Hezekiah appointed Eden and the other mentioned Levites to oversee the process. They were responsible for distributing the portions to their brethren in their cities, according to the divisions of the Levitical families (2 Chronicles 31:15 to 19). The appointment of Eden and the other Levites for this task highlights the importance of organization and fairness in the administration of the temple resources. It also demonstrates Hezekiah's concern for the well-being of the Levites and their families, ensuring that they received their due portions from the offerings. Apart from this brief mention, no further information is provided about Eden or his specific role in the distribution process. His inclusion in the narrative emphasizes the Levites' involvement in the practical aspects of temple administration and their role in supporting the religious reforms initiated by King Hezekiah.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Eden, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

Delight. (1.) The garden in which our first parents dewlt (Gen. 2:8-17). No geographical question has been so much discussed as that bearing on its site. It has been placed in Armenia, in the region west of the Caspian Sea, in Media, near Damascus, in Palestine, in Southern Arabia, and in Babylonia. The site must undoubtedly be sought for somewhere along the course of the great streams the Tigris and the Euphrates of Western Asia, in “the land of Shinar” or Babylonia. The region from about lat. 33 degrees 30’ to lat. 31 degrees, which is a very rich and fertile tract, has been by the most competent authorities agreed on as the probable site of Eden. “It is a region where streams abound, where they divide and re-unite, where alone in the Mesopotamian tract can be found the phenomenon of a single river parting into four arms, each of which is or has been a river of consequence.”

Among almost all nations there are traditions of the primitive innocence of our race in the garden of Eden. This was the “golden age” to which the Greeks looked back. Men then lived a “life free from care, and without labour and sorrow. Old age was unknown; the body never lost its vigour; existence was a perpetual feast without a taint of evil. The earth brought forth spontaneously all things that were good in profuse abundance.”

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.