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2 Chronicles 35:4

in 2 Chronicles 35

Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 35

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And prepare yourselves,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that they be ready to do it, and diligent in it, and perform it according to the law of God: by the houses of your fathers, after your courses; such of them whose turn in course it was to officiate: according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son; who had given in writing directions in what manner their courses should be observed, see 1Ch 23:1.

This site's exposition

according to the instructions written by David king of Israel

on 2 Chronicles 35:4-6

The Levites prepare by families in their divisions, “according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son”. These are the courses of 1 Chronicles 23 to 26. Each family of Levites serves its kinsmen “to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses”.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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;

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The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהָכִ֥ינוּand prepare

    vehikonuH3559 →217 times

  • לְבֵית־to [the] house of

    leveit-H1004 →2046 times

  • אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖םancestors your

    ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times

  • כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיכֶ֑םaccording to divisions your

    kemachlekoteichemH4256 →42 times

  • בִּכְתָ֗בby [the] writing of

    bikhtavH3791 →

  • דָּוִיד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וּבְמִכְתַּ֖בand by [the] writing of

    uvemikhtavH4385 →9 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֥הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • בְנֽוֹ׃son his

    venoH1121 →4930 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Chronicles 24:1

    These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 23:6

      Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

    • Exodus 6:23

      And Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

    • Numbers 26:60

      Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,

    • Exodus 28:1

      “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 9:17

      These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.

    • Ezra 6:18

      They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

    • Nehemiah 12:24

      The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other,…

    • Nehemiah 12:36

      and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.