2 Chronicles 23:6
23:6 No one must enter the
Lord’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the
Lord.
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
1 the law of Moses and the edict of David.
2 Chronicles 24:5
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.
2 Chronicles 26:20
26:20 When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at
2 him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king
3 himself wanted to leave quickly because the
Lord had afflicted him.
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.
4 The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.
2 Chronicles 29:21
29:21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah.
5 The king
6 told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the
Lord.
2 Chronicles 31:2
The People Contribute to the Temple
31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks 7 – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. 8
2 Chronicles 31:19
31:19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities,
9 men were assigned
10 to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records.
2 Chronicles 35:14
35:14 Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
1 tn Heb “as it is written in.”
1 tn Heb “turned toward.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Heb “in the temple of the Lord.”
1 sn Perhaps these terms refer metonymically to the royal court, the priests and Levites, and the people, respectively.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Heb “and Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each in accordance with his service for the priests and for the Levites.”
2 tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”
1 tn Heb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”
2 tn Heb “designated by names.”