2 Chronicles 35:4
in 2 Chronicles 35Prepare 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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 35
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd 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 writing of David king of Israel
on 2 Chronicles 35:4-6
The Levites prepare by courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel and the writing of Solomon his son, the same courses David organized in 1 Chr 23-26 and the same kind of claim 28:19 makes for the temple's plans, that David had them in writing by the LORD's hand upon him. Passover runs here as an executed plan rather than an improvised gathering, Levites assigned by family to serve the people the text calls their brethren, and everyone doing what the hand of Moses commanded. Chronicles treats its own earlier chapters as the working manual for this single day.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָכִ֥ינוּ | vehikonu | and prepare | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | kemachlekoteichem | according to divisions your | H4256 → | 42 times |
| בִּכְתָ֗ב | bikhtav | by [the] writing of | H3791 → | |
| דָּוִיד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מֶ֣לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּבְמִכְתַּ֖ב | uvemikhtav | and by [the] writing of | H4385 → | 9 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| בְנֽוֹ׃ | veno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
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 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
1 Chronicles 24:1These 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.
- 1 Chronicles 23:6
Through
2 Chronicles 8:14In 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.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil, The Books of the Chronicles.