Tree of Life Version
2 Chronicles 35:4
4Prepare youselves by your ancestral houses in your divisions, according to the writing of King David of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon.
2 Chronicles 35:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
- New International Version (NIV)Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, following the written instruction of David king of Israel and the written instruction of Solomon his son.
Context of 2 Chronicles 35:4
2He reinstated the kohanim to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the House of Adonai. 3He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were consecrated to Adonai, “Put the holy Ark in the House which Solomon the son of King David of Israel built. Since it is no longer a burden on your shoulders now, serve Adonai your God and His people Israel. Prepare youselves by your ancestral houses in your divisions, according to the writing of King David of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon. 5Stand in the holy place by the divisions of the ancestral houses, by sons of the people and by divisions of ancestral houses of the Levites. 6Now sanctify yourselves, slaughter the Passover lamb and prepare it for your kinsmen, according to the word of Adonai by the hand of Moses.”
Read all of 2 Chronicles 352 Chronicles 35:4 word by word
וְהָכִ֥ינוּ לְבֵית־אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בִּכְתָ֗ב דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And prepareכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
- by the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- of your fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
- after your coursesמַחֲלֹ֫קֶתmachălôqeth · divisionH4256
- according to the writingכְּתָבkâthâb · writingH3791
- of Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- and according to the writingמִכְתָּבmiktâb · writingH4385
- of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
- his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 35:4
- 1 Chronicles 9:10From the kohanim: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
- Nehemiah 11:10Of the kohanim: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin,
- 1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14Following the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the kohanim for their avodah and the Levites for their duties—to praise and minister alongside the kohanim according to the daily assignment—and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate, because this is what David the man of God had commanded.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35:4
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The priests and Levites followed the instructions of David and Solomon (2 Chronicles 8:14–15; 1 Chronicles 24–26). Usually, the person offering the Passover animal would slaughter it (Deuteronomy 16:5–6). However, because the offerers did not have time to purify themselves, Josiah continued Hezekiah's practice of having the Levites slaughter the Passover animals (see 2 Chronicles 30:13–20). During Josiah’s time, the large number of participants might have…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses--Each course or division was to be composed of those who belonged to the same fathers' house. according to the writing of David and ... Solomon--Their injunctions are recorded (2Ch 8:14; 1Ch 23:1-26:32).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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