2 Chronicles 8:12-16

8:12 Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built in front of the temple’s porch. ¹  8:13 He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations – the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters. ²  8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ³  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, ⁴  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ⁵  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ⁶  8:15 They did not neglect any detail of the king’s orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries. ⁷ 

8:16 All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid until it was finished; the Lord’s temple was completed.

[8:12]  ¹ tn Heb “the porch.”

[8:13]  ² tn The Hebrew phrase הַסֻּכּוֹת[חַג] (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.

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ⁴ 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.”

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

[8:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they did not turn aside from the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to any matter and with regard to the treasuries.”