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2 Chronicles 8:14

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8:14As his father David had decreed, Solomon15 appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks,16 and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates.17 This was what David the man of God had ordered.18

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Footnotes

  1. 15 Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 16 Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”
  3. 17 Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”
  4. 18 Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

According to the ordinances of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, of the Levites over their responsibilities to offer praise and to minister before the priests following the daily requirement, and of the gatekeepers by their divisions with respect to each temple gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

NLTNew Living Translation

In assigning the priests to their duties, Solomon followed the regulations of his father, David. He also assigned the Levites to lead the people in praise and to assist the priests in their daily duties. And he assigned the gatekeepers to their gates by their divisions, following the commands of David, the man of God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And in accord with the ordinance of David his father he appointed working groups of priests for their service, Levites for their responsibilities for praise and cultic service before the priests according to the daily requirement, and the gatekeepers in their working groups, gate by gate. For thus David the man of God had commanded.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.