2 Chronicles 23:18
in 2 Chronicles 23Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
BSB
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ASV
And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The 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 Num 18:1-7, and of the Levites alone to praise God with singing and music 1Ch 23:5; 1Ch 25:1-7.
This site's exposition
would be the LORD’s people
on 2 Chronicles 23:16-18
Jehoiada makes “a covenant between himself and the king and the people”, where Kings names the LORD, the king and the people as its parties. Jehoiada returns the temple's oversight to the Levitical priests David had appointed, with burnt offerings by the Law of Moses and song as David ordained.
This site's exposition
whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD
Jehoiada puts the temple service back into the hands that David's order assigned. Barnes follows the ancient versions in reading the priests and the Levites as two groups. Matthew Henry notes that the verse restores the law of Moses and the order of David together.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
He appointed the priests to their courses, for the due offering of sacrifices, according to the law of Moses. The singers to theirs, according to the appointment of David. The sacrifices (it should seem) were offered with rejoicing and singing, and with good reason.
Appointed - Or, as it is in the Hebrew, put the offices of the house of the Lord into the hand, that is, he restored the priests and Levites to the exercise of their office.
The continuance of David's seed and throne was what God had sworn by his holiness ( Ps. lxxxix. 35 ), and an interruption was no defeasance; the stream of government here runs again in the right channel. The instrument and chief manager of the restoration is Jehoiada, who appears to have been, 1.
The words behind it
25 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּשֶׂם֩ | vaiyasem | and he put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע | yehoyada' | Jehoiada | H3077 → | 51 times |
| פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת | pekudot | [the] oversight<s> of | H6486 → | 32 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַ֨ד | beyad | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַלְוִיִּם֮ | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | whom | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָלַ֣ק | chalak | he had assigned | H2505 → | |
| דָּוִיד֮ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָה֒ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת | lehaalot | to offer up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עֹל֣וֹת | olot | [the] burnt offerings of | H5930 → | 287 times |
| יְהוָ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כַּכָּת֛וּב | kakatuv | according to <the> [what] is written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בְּתוֹרַ֥ת | betorat | in [the] law of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֖ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה | besimchah | with joy | H8057 → | 94 times |
| וּבְשִׁ֑יר | uveshir | and with song | H7892 → | 59 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְדֵ֥י | yedei | [the] hands of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| דָוִֽיד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וַיָּשֶׂם֩and he put
vaiyasemH7760 →584 times
יְהוֹיָדָ֨עJehoiada
yehoyada'H3077 →51 times
פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת[the] oversight<s> of
pekudotH6486 →32 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַ֨דin [the] hand of
beyadH3027 →1618 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
הַלְוִיִּם֮the Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhom
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
חָלַ֣קhe had assigned
chalakH2505 →
דָּוִיד֮David
davidH1732 →999 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָה֒Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹתto offer up
lehaalotH5927 →890 times
עֹל֣וֹת[the] burnt offerings of
olotH5930 →287 times
יְהוָ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כַּכָּת֛וּבaccording to <the> [what] is written
kakatuvH3789 →224 times
בְּתוֹרַ֥תin [the] law of
betoratH8451 →219 times
מֹשֶׁ֖הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
בְּשִׂמְחָ֣הwith joy
besimchahH8057 →94 times
וּבְשִׁ֑ירand with song
uveshirH7892 →59 times
עַ֖לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
יְדֵ֥י[the] hands of
yedeiH3027 →1618 times
דָוִֽיד׃David
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests…
- 1 Chronicles 23:5
4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:4–5
David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–7
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
- 1 Chronicles 15:16–22
David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
Through
2 Chronicles 5:5and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 1 Kings 8:4
and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
- 2 Chronicles 1:3
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the…
- 1 Kings 8:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
