1 Chronicles 27:26

27:26 Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land. 1 

1 Chronicles 29:6

29:6 The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly.

1 Chronicles 9:13

9:13 Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple. 2 

1 Chronicles 23:4

23:4 David said, 3  “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

1 Chronicles 28:13

28:13 He gave him the regulations 4  for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple.

1 Chronicles 6:49

6:49 But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. 5  They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered. 6 

1 Chronicles 9:19

9:19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. 7  Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place. 8 

1 Chronicles 26:30

26:30 As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the Lord’s work and the king’s service.

1 Chronicles 28:20

28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 9  For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished.

1 tn Heb “with respect to the work of the land.” The phrase refers to agricultural labor; see HALOT 776-77 s.v. עֲבֹדָה.

2 tn Heb “capable [for] the work of the task of the house of God.”

3 tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.

4 tn The words “he gave him the regulations” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

5 tn Heb “for all the work of the holy of holies.”

6 tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”

6 tn Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”

7 tn Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord, guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.

7 tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”