24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen 5 assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple.
31:2 Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks 6 – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. 7
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 Heb “doers of the work.”
9 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.”
10 tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the
13 tn Or “seer.”