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 

2 Chronicles 30:5-6

30:5 So they sent an edict ⁵  throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people ⁶  to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. ⁷  30:6 Messengers ⁸  delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah.

This royal edict read: ⁹  “O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return ¹⁰  to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. ¹¹ 

2 Chronicles 35:24

35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, ¹²  where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; ¹³  all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

[8:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  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.”

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

[30:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they caused to stand a word to cause a voice to pass through.”

[30:5]  ⁶ tn The words “summoning the people” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[30:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “because not for abundance had they done as written.”

[30:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “the runners.”

[30:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and according to the command of the king, saying.”

[30:6]  ¹¹ tn The jussive with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[30:6]  ¹² tn Heb “to the survivors who are left to you from the palm of the kings of Assyria.”

[35:24]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[35:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fathers.”