2 Chronicles 8:14

2 Chronicles 8:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
• New International Version (NIV)In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.
• English Standard Version (ESV)According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.

Context of 2 Chronicles 8:14

12Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar that he had built. The altar was outside the entrance of the temple. 13He offered the sacrifices every day that Moses had told them to do. There were rules about sacrifices on Sabbath days, on festivals for each new moon and on the three special festivals each year. Those were the Festival of Flat Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Huts. Solomon gave jobs to each group of priests as his father David had commanded. He also gave the Levites their jobs to do each day. They led the music to worship God and they helped the priests with their work. He gave each group of guards a job to watch the gates of the temple. He told them all to do this in the way that God's servant David had commanded. 15All the priests and the Levites were careful to do exactly what the king had commanded. That included the rooms where they stored valuable things. 16Solomon's workers did all the jobs that he told them to do. They started on the day when they built the foundation of the Lord's temple. They continued to work until they had finished everything. In that way, work on the Lord's temple was complete.

2 Chronicles 8:14 word by word

וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד כְּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּֽוִיד־אָ֠בִיו אֶת־מַחְלְק֨וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים עַל־עֲבֹדָתָ֗ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם עַל־מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָם לְהַלֵּ֨ל וּלְשָׁרֵ֜ת נֶ֤גֶד הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לִדְבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַר כִּ֣י כֵ֔ן מִצְוַ֖ת דָּוִ֥יד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he appointedעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: appointH5975
• according to the orderמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• the coursesמַחֲלֹ֫קֶתmachălôqeth · divisionH4256
• of the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• to their serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · service: ministryH5656
• and the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• to their chargesמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• to praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• and ministerשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334
• as the dutyדָּבָרdâbâr · word: promisedH1697
• of every dayיוֹםyôm · day: dailyH3117
• the portersשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• at every gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• commandedמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 8:14

• 2 Chronicles 5:11Then the priests came out of the Holy Place. All the different groups of priests who were there had made themselves clean to serve God.
• 2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah put the priests and the Levites into several groups. Each group had special work to do. Their different jobs were to offer burnt offerings and friendship offerings, and to serve God in other ways. Some of them would thank the Lord and sing songs to praise him at the gates of his temple.
• 1 Chronicles 24:1Aaron's descendants, the priests, were in the following groups. Aaron's four sons were: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
• Luke 1:5There was a man whose name was Zechariah. He lived when Herod was king of Judea. Zechariah was a priest and he belonged to a group of priests from the family of Abijah. He had a wife called Elizabeth. She also was from the family of the priest called Aaron.
• 2 Chronicles 35:10Everything was ready for the Passover to begin. The priests and the Levites stood in their places, group by group, as the king had commanded.
• 1 Chronicles 6:31After David put God's Covenant Box in the Lord's house, he chose some men to lead the music there.
• 1 Chronicles 15:16David told the leaders of the Levites to choose some of their relatives to be musicians. Some would sing songs. Some would make music with lyres, harps and cymbals. They would sing loud and happy songs.
• 1 Chronicles 16:4Then David chose some Levites to serve the Lord at the Covenant Box. They would lead prayers and songs to thank the Lord, Israel's God, and to praise him.
• 1 Chronicles 23:1David was old and his life had nearly finished. He chose his son Solomon to rule over Israel as king.
• 1 Chronicles 24:20The leaders of the other Levite families included: Shubael, from Amram's descendants. Jehdeiah, from Shubael's descendants.
• 1 Chronicles 25:1David and the army officers chose some Levites to serve God as musicians. They belonged to the families of Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun. They chose these men to speak messages from God while they made music with harps, lyres and cymbals. Here is a list of the men that they chose for this work:
• Ezra 6:18They decided how each group of priests and Levites should work in God's temple in Jerusalem. Moses had written in his book how they should do this.
• 1 Chronicles 9:17The Levite guards at the gates of the temple were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.
• 1 Chronicles 26:1These are the groups of guards for the entrances of the temple: From Korah's descendants there was Kore's son Meshelemiah, who was a descendant of Asaph.
• Deuteronomy 33:1Before his death, God's servant Moses spoke this blessing to all the Israelites.
• 2 Samuel 23:2‘The Spirit of the Lord gives me his message. I speak what he tells me to say.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 8:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The man of God - This phrase, so common in Kings (see the introduction to Kings, 4th note), is rare in Chronicles, and is applied only to Moses 1 Chronicles 23:14, David, and one other prophet 2 Chronicles 25:7, 2 Chronicles 25:9.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 8:14

• Priest
• Prophets
• Solomon

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• David
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• man of God
• Course
• Perfect
• Porter
• Solomon
• Tadmor
• Duty

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