Revised Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 23:18
18Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Yhwh by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yhwh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yhwh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.1
2 Chronicles 23:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
- New International Version (NIV)Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Jehoiada posted watchmen for the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests and the Levites whom David had organized to be in charge of the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the Lord to the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was established by David.
Context of 2 Chronicles 23:18
16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be Yhwh's people. 17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Yhwh by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yhwh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yhwh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. 19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Yhwh, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. 20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Yhwh: and they came through the high gate into the king’s house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 232 Chronicles 23:18 word by word
וַיָּשֶׂם֩ יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה בְּיַ֨ד הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָלַ֣ק דָּוִיד֮ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוָה֒ לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת עֹל֣וֹת יְהוָ֗ה כַּכָּת֛וּב בְּתוֹרַ֥ת מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה וּבְשִׁ֑יר עַ֖ל יְדֵ֥י דָוִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
- Also Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehôyâdâ‛ · JehoiadaH3077
- appointedשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
- the officesפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
- of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- of Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- by the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- of the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
- whom Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- had distributedחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
- to offerעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
- the burnt offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
- writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
- in the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- of Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- with rejoicingשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057
- and with singingשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 23:18
- 1 Chronicles 23:1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
- Numbers 28:1And Yhwh spake unto Moses, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of Yhwh with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of Yhwh by his prophets.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The priests the Levites - Rather, with the versions, “the priests and the Levites.” It was the duty of the priests alone to offer the burnt offerings Numbers 18:1-7, and of the Levites alone to praise God with singing and music 1 Chronicles 23:5; 1 Chronicles 25:1-7.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19Jehoiada the priest helped Joash become king, restoring David's dynasty and bringing back temple worship as David instructed.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. 2 Chronicles 23:18 as it was…: Heb. by the hands of David. ↩
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23
- 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
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