Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites.

Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.

Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses.

David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

the ten movable stands with their ten basins,

Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.

His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel.

He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord’s temple.

So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.

The temple attendants were living on Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them.

King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up.

“Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both,

although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?