2 Chronicles 31:6

And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.

And laid them by heaps. The contributions began to be sent in shortly after the celebration of the Passover, which had taken place in the middle of the second month. Some time would elapse before the king's order reached all parts of the kingdom. The wheat harvest occurred in the third month, so that the sheaves of that grain, being presented before any other, formed "the foundation" - an under-layer in the grain stores of the temple; and the first-fruits of their land produce being successively sent in all the summer until the close of the fruit and vintage season - i:e., the seventh month-continued to raise heap upon heap.