2 Chronicles 31:4

31:4 He ordered ¹  the people living in Jerusalem ²  to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient ³  to the law of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 31:19

31:19 As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, ⁴  men were assigned ⁵  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.

2 Chronicles 10:16

10:16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, “We have no portion in David – no share in the son of Jesse! ⁶  Return to your homes, O Israel! ⁷  Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!” ⁸  So all Israel returned to their homes. ⁹ 

2 Chronicles 28:21

28:21 Ahaz gathered riches ¹⁰  from the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help.

2 Chronicles 31:15-16

31:15 In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests ¹¹  according to their divisions, regardless of age. ¹²  31:16 They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records – to all who would enter the Lord’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions. ¹³ 

2 Chronicles 31:3

31:3 The king contributed ¹⁴  some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed ¹⁵  in the law of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:22

30:22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, ¹⁶  who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. ¹⁷  They feasted for the seven days of the festival, ¹⁸  and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors.

2 Chronicles 31:5

31:5 When the edict was issued, ¹⁹  the Israelites freely contributed ²⁰  the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount.

2 Chronicles 7:7

7:7 Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, ²¹  and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings. ²² 

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. ²³  The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

¹ tn Heb “said to.”

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³ tn Heb “might hold firmly.”

⁴ tn Heb “the priests in the fields of the pastureland of their cities in every city and city.”

⁵ tn Heb “designated by names.”

⁷ sn The people’s point seems to be that they have no familial relationship with David that brings them any benefits or places upon them any obligations. They are being treated like outsiders.

⁸ tn Heb “each one to your tents, Israel.” The word “return” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “Now see your house, David.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “went to their tents.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “divided up,” but some read חִלֵּץ (khillets, “despoiled”).

¹³ tn Heb “to their brothers.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “like great, like small” (i.e., old and young alike).

¹⁶ tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the Lord for a matter of a day in its day, for their service by their duties according to their divisions.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “the portion of the king [was].”

²⁰ tn Heb “as written.”

²² 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.

²³ tn Heb “who demonstrated skill [with] good skill for the Lord.”

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ tn Heb “and when the word spread out.”

²⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Israel multiplied.”

²⁸ tc The Hebrew text omits reference to the grain offerings at this point, but note that they are included both in the list in the second half of the verse (see note on “offerings” at the end of this verse) and in the parallel account in 1 Kgs 8:64. The construction וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה (vÿ’et-hamminkhah; vav [ו] + accusative sign + noun with article; “grain offerings”) was probably omitted accidentally by homoioarcton. Note the וְאֶת (vÿ’et) that immediately follows.

²⁹ tn Heb “to hold the burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.” Because this is redundant, the translation employs a summary phrase: “all these offerings.”

³¹ tn Or “seer.”