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2 Chronicles 8:14

in 2 Chronicles 8

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 according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

KJV

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.

This verse in 2 Chronicles 8

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
The man of God - This phrase, so common in Kings (see the introduction to Kings, 4th note), is rare in Chronicles, and is applied only to Moses 1Ch 23:14, David, and one other prophet 2Ch 25:7, 2Ch 25:9.

This site's exposition

Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar

on 2 Chronicles 8:12-16

Solomon offers the burnt offerings by “the daily requirement” and on the Sabbaths, New Moons and three feasts. He sets priests, Levites and gatekeepers in the order of 1 Chronicles 23-26. Only once the worship stands in order does verse 16 say “the house of the LORD was completed”.

This site's exposition

the ordinances of his father David

Solomon keeps the order his father David set. Barnes observes that the title man of God, common in Kings, is rare in Chronicles. He finds it given only to Moses at 1 Chronicles 23:14, to David here, and to one prophet at 25:7 and 25:9.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

They did not depart miṣvat ha-melekh. This elides a prepositional mem: it means mi-miṣvat ha-melekh (=from the commandment of the king).
Radak: Provence, 1160–1235 · Radak on II Chronicles 8:15:1, via Sefaria, The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

29 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.

  • וַיַּעֲמֵ֣דand he appointed

    vaiyaamedH5975 →521 times

  • כְּמִשְׁפַּ֣טaccording to [the] ordinance of

    kemishpatH4941 →422 times

  • דָּֽוִיד־David

    david-H1732 →999 times

  • אָ֠בִיוfather his

    ʾavivH1 →1212 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • מַחְלְק֨וֹת[the] divisions of

    machlekotH4256 →42 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עֲבֹדָתָ֗םservice their

    ʾavodatamH5656 →145 times

  • וְהַלְוִיִּ֣םand the Levites

    vehalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָםduties their

    mishmerotomH4931 →78 times

  • לְהַלֵּ֨לto praise

    lehalelH1984 →165 times

  • וּלְשָׁרֵ֜תand to serve

    ulesharetH8334 →97 times

  • נֶ֤גֶדbefore

    negedH5048 →151 times

  • הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙the priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • לִדְבַר־to [the] matter of

    lidvar-H1697 →1440 times

  • י֣וֹםa day

    yomH3117 →2304 times

  • בְּיוֹמ֔וֹin day its

    beyomoH3117 →2304 times

  • וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥יםand the gatekeepers

    vehashoarimH7778 →37 times

  • בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖םby divisions their

    bemachlekotamH4256 →42 times

  • לְשַׁ֣עַרfor a gate

    leshaarH8179 →374 times

  • וָשָׁ֑עַרand a gate

    vashaarH8179 →374 times

  • כִּ֣יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • כֵ֔ן[was] thus

    khenH3651 →771 times

  • מִצְוַ֖ת[the] commandment of

    mitzvatH4687 →181 times

  • דָּוִ֥ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • אִישׁ־[the] man of

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 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

    Luke 1:5

    In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 24:10

      the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

    • Matthew 2:1

      After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

    • 1 Chronicles 24:19

      This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had…

    • Nehemiah 12:17

      of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;

    • Nehemiah 12:4

      Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • 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.”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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,…

  • Through

    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.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 3:6

      “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.