2 Chronicles 5:5

5:5 The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, ¹  and all the holy items in the tent. ² 

2 Chronicles 11:14

11:14 The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord’s priests.

2 Chronicles 19:8

19:8 In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord ³  and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 20:19

20:19 Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 23:2

23:2 They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders.

They came to Jerusalem, ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 23:7

23:7 The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple ⁷  must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” ⁸ 

2 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! ⁹  Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

2 Chronicles 30:16

30:16 They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 30:27

30:27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them ¹¹  as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

2 Chronicles 35:9

35:9 Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.

[5:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[5:5]  ² tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

[19:8]  ³ tn Heb “for the judgment of the Lord.”

[19:8]  ⁴ tc Heb “and to conduct a case [or “for controversy”], and they returned [to] Jerusalem.” Some emend וַיָּשֻׁבוּ (vayyashuvu, “and they returned”) to וַיֵּשְׁבוּ (vayyeshÿvu, “and they lived [in]”). The present translation assumes an emendation to יֹשְׁבֵי (yoshÿvey, “residents of”).

[20:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “arose to praise the Lord God of Israel with a very loud voice.”

[23:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[23:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[23:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and be with the king in his coming out and in his going out.”

[29:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

[30:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “from the hand of the Levites.”

[30:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) has been accidentally omitted.