2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ¹  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ²  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ³  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ⁴ 

Ezra 3:4

3:4 They observed the Festival of Temporary Shelters ⁵  as required ⁶  and offered the proper number of ⁷  daily burnt offerings according to the requirement for each day.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

³ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

⁴ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew phrase אֶת חַג־הַסֻּכּוֹת (’et khag-hassukot, “festival of huts” [or “shelters”]) is traditionally known as the Feast of Tabernacles. The rendering “booths” (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV) is probably better than the traditional “tabernacles” in light of the meaning of the term סֻכָּה (sukkah, “hut; booth”), but “booths” are frequently associated with trade shows and craft fairs in contemporary American English. The nature of the celebration during this feast as a commemoration of the wanderings of the Israelites after they left Egypt suggests that a translation like “temporary shelters” is more appropriate.

⁶ tn Heb “according to what is written.”

⁷ tn Heb “by number.”