2 Chronicles 8:15

2 Chronicles 8:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
• New International Version (NIV)They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They did not depart from the command of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:15

13a certain number every day, offering them up as Moses commanded for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles). 14Now in accordance with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering and serving before the priests as every day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded. And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any respect or in regard to the storehouses or treasuries. 16Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed. 17Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the [Red] Sea in the land of Edom.

2 Chronicles 8:15 word by word

וְלֹ֣א סָרוּ֩ מִצְוַ֨ת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ עַל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם לְכָל־דָּבָ֖ר וְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they departedסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493
• not from the commandmentמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• unto the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• concerning any matterדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• or concerning the treasuresאוֹצָר'ôtsâr · treasureH214

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:15

• 2 Chronicles 30:12Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them one heart to do that which the king and the officials had commanded by the word of the Lord.
• Exodus 39:42So the Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses.
• 1 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was completed. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the utensils—and he put them in the treasuries of the Lord’s house.
• 1 Chronicles 9:29Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the [sacred] utensils of the sanctuary, as well as over the fine flour and the wine and the [olive] oil and the frankincense and the spices.
• 1 Chronicles 26:20Of the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The commandment of the king - The institutions of David.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. they departed not from the commandment of the king--that is, David, in any of his ordinances, which by divine authority he established. unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures--either in regulating the courses of the priests and Levites, or in the destination of his accumulated treasures to the construction and adornment of the temple.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 8:15

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings