2 Chronicles 19:11

19:11 You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord’s law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. ¹  The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! ²  May the Lord be with those who do well!”

2 Chronicles 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah ³  did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

2 Chronicles 23:18

23:18 Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord’s temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord’s temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to ⁴  the law of Moses and the edict of David.

2 Chronicles 24:5-6

24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

24:6 So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, ⁵  and said to him, “Why have you not made ⁶  the Levites collect ⁷  from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord’s servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?” ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 29:12

29:12 The following Levites prepared to carry out the king’s orders: ⁹ 

From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah;

from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel;

from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

2 Chronicles 29:16

29:16 The priests then entered the Lord’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the Lord’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. ¹⁰  The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

2 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 King Hezekiah ¹¹  stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, ¹²  and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

2 Chronicles 30:21-22

30:21 The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. ¹³  30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ¹⁴  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ¹⁵  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ¹⁶  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 34:9

34:9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God’s temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of ¹⁷  Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of ¹⁸  Judah and Benjamin and the residents of ¹⁹  Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:12

34:12 The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

2 Chronicles 35:15

35:15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. ²⁰  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

¹ tn Heb “and look, Amariah the chief priest is over you with respect to every matter of the Lord, and Zebadiah…with respect to every matter of the king.”

² tn Heb “Be strong and act!”

³ tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.

⁵ tn Heb “as it is written in.”

⁷ tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

⁸ tn Heb “sought.”

⁹ tn Heb “bring.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”

⁹ tn Heb “and the Levites arose.”

¹¹ tn Heb “in the temple of the Lord.”

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Or “seer.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and they were praising the Lord day by day, the Levites and the priests with instruments of strength to the Lord.” The phrase בִּכְלֵי־עֹז (bikhley-’oz, “with instruments of strength”) might refer to loud sounding musical instruments (NASB “with loud instruments”; NEB “with unrestrained fervour”). The present translation assumes an emendation to בְּכָל־עֹז (bÿkhol-’oz, “with all strength”); see 1 Chr 13:8, as well as HALOT 805 s.v. I עֹז and BDB 739 s.v. עֹז).

¹⁷ tn Heb “and Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites.” On the meaning of the idiom “speak to the heart of” here, see HALOT 210 s.v. II דבר 8.d.

¹⁸ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “and they ate [during] the appointed time [for] seven days.” מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “appointed time”) is probably an adverbial accusative of time referring to the festival. However, some understand it as metonymically referring to the food eaten during the festival. See BDB 417 s.v.

¹⁹ tn Heb “from Manasseh and Ephraim.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Manasseh and Ephraim” here by metonymy for the people of Manasseh and Ephraim.

²⁰ tn Heb “all Judah and Benjamin.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the names “Judah and Benjamin” here by metonymy for the people of Judah and Benjamin.

²¹ tc The Hebrew consonantal text (Kethib) assumes the reading, “and the residents of.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “and they returned.”

²¹ tn Or “seer.”