Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to him, "Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over."The tithe for the Temple has just been re-instated. Life is good in Judah, and the people have given generously. Therefore, the gifts to God at the Temple have exceeded anything they could need. They have more than enough, and have piled the excess in the Temple courts.
There were two elements to this bounty. First, God has blessed the people with much more than needed, given the amount they brought. Second, they were generous to God. They fulfilled the tithe, but then brought more. They apparently had more then enough already, and gave from their excess. I don't think this was sacrificial giving, it was giving back what bounty God had given them. This doesn't diminish the giving in the least, however.
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