2 Chronicles 5:11

5:11 The priests left the holy place. ¹  All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. ² 

2 Chronicles 23:4

23:4 This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

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 ³  – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 31:1

31:1 When all this was over, the Israelites ⁵  who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished ⁶  all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. ⁷  Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 24:1-19

Joash’s Reign

24:1 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. ⁹  His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. 24:2 Joash did what the Lord approved ¹⁰  throughout the lifetime ¹¹  of Jehoiada the priest. 24:3 Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters.

24:4 Joash was determined to repair the Lord’s temple. ¹²  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, ¹³  and said to him, “Why have you not made ¹⁴  the Levites collect ¹⁵  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?” ¹⁶  24:7 (Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God’s temple and used all the holy items of the Lord’s temple in their worship of the Baals.) 24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. ¹⁷  24:9 An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God’s servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness. ¹⁸  24:10 All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full. 24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.

24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen ¹⁹  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. 24:13 They worked hard and made the repairs. ²⁰  They followed the measurements specified for God’s temple and restored it. ²¹  24:14 When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord’s temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada’s lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord’s temple.

24:15 Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130. ²²  24:16 He was buried in the City of David ²³  with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple.

24:17 After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. ²⁴  The king listened to their advice. ²⁵  24:18 They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, ²⁶  and worshiped ²⁷  the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. 24:19 The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. ²⁸  They warned ²⁹  the people, but they would not pay attention.

Luke 1:5

Birth Announcement of John the Baptist

1:5 During the reign ³⁰  of Herod ³¹  king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to ³²  the priestly division of Abijah, ³³  and he had a wife named Elizabeth, ³⁴  who was a descendant of Aaron. ³⁵ 

Luke 1:8

1:8 Now ³⁶  while Zechariah ³⁷  was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, ³⁸ 

[5:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and when the priests went from the holy place.” The syntactical relationship of this temporal clause to the following context is unclear. Perhaps the thought is completed in v. 14 after a lengthy digression.

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “Indeed [or “for”] all the priests who were found consecrated themselves without guarding divisions.”

[31:2]  ³ 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.”

[31:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the gates of the encampments of the Lord.”

[31:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “all Israel.”

[31:1]  ⁶ tn Or “tore down.”

[31:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the high places and the altars from all Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and in Manasseh until finished.”

[31:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the sons of Israel returned, each to his possession to their cities.”

[24:1]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and Joash did what was proper in the eyes of the Lord.”

[24:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the days of.”

[24:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and it was, later, there was with the heart of Joash to repair the house of the Lord.”

[24:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “Jehoiada the head”; the word “priest” not in the Hebrew text but is implied.

[24:6]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “sought.”

[24:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “bring.”

[24:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the tent of testimony.”

[24:8]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”

[24:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and they gave voice in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the Lord the tax of Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.”

[24:12]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “doers of the work.”

[24:13]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and the doers of the work worked, and the repairs went up for the work by their hand.”

[24:13]  ²¹ tn Heb “and they caused the house of God to stand according to its measurements and they strengthened it.”

[24:15]  ²² tn Heb “and Jehoiada grew old and was full of days and died; [he was] one hundred thirty years old when he died.”

[24:16]  ²³ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[24:17]  ²⁴ tn Heb “came and bowed down to the king.”

[24:17]  ²⁵ tn Heb “to them.”

[24:18]  ²⁶ tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 24).

[24:18]  ²⁷ tn Heb “served.”

[24:19]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and he sent among them prophets to bring them back to the Lord.”

[24:19]  ²⁹ tn Heb “testified among.”

[1:5]  ³⁰ tn Grk “It happened that in the days.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[1:5]  ³¹ sn Herod was Herod the Great, who ruled Palestine from 37 b.c. until he died in 4 b.c. He was known for his extensive building projects (including the temple in Jerusalem) and for his cruelty.

[1:5]  ³² tn Grk “of”; but the meaning of the preposition ἐκ (ek) is more accurately expressed in contemporary English by the relative clause “who belonged to.”

[1:5]  ³³ sn There were twenty-four divisions of priesthood and the priestly division of Abijah was eighth on the list according to 1 Chr 24:10.

[1:5]  ³⁴ tn Grk “and her name was Elizabeth.”

[1:5]  ³⁵ tn Grk “a wife of the daughters of Aaron.”

[1:8]  ³⁶ tn Grk “Now it happened that.” The introductory phrase ἐγένετο (egeneto, “it happened that”), common in Luke (69 times) and Acts (54 times), is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[1:8]  ³⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Zechariah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:8]  ³⁸ tn Grk “serving as priest in the order of his division before God.”