2 Chronicles 8:15
in 2 Chronicles 8They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
KJV
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar
on 2 Chronicles 8:12-16
Solomon offers the burnt offerings at the daily rate, and on the sabbaths, new moons and the three annual feasts of unleavened bread, weeks and tabernacles, exactly as the commandment of Moses required. He sets the priests in their courses and the Levites in their charges to praise and to minister, and the porters at every gate, following the order David had already established in 1 Chronicles 23-26. Verse 14 calls David the man of God, a title Chronicles gives sparingly, elsewhere only to Moses and to one later prophet. Because the priests and Levites departed not from that commandment in any matter, the chapter can close by saying the house of the LORD was perfected, worship carried out in order rather than stone alone finishing the temple.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites,.... The priests and Levites departed not from it, not from the commandment of Solomon, according to the order of David, but in all things obeyed it: concerning any matter; which related to the office of either of them, sacrificers, singers, or porters: or concerning the treasures; such of the Levites as had the care of them were faithful to their trust, see 1Ch 26:20, &c.
He observed God's laws, and then all obeyed his orders. When the service of the temple was put into this good order, then it is said, The house of the Lord was perfected,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they departed not from the commandment of the king--that is, David, in any of his ordinances, which by divine authority he established. unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures--either in regulating the courses of the priests and Levites, or in the destination of his accumulated treasures to the construction and adornment of the temple.
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The commandment of the king - The institutions of David.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
They did not depart miṣvat ha-melekh. This elides a prepositional mem: it means mi-miṣvat ha-melekh (=from the commandment of the king).
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
until this day [from] the founding of the House of the Lord From the day of its founding until its completion.
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| סָרוּ֩ | saru | they turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| מִצְוַ֨ת | mitzvat | [the] command of | H4687 → | 181 times |
| הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דָּבָ֖ר | davar | matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| וְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃ | velaotzarot | and to the treasuries | H214 → | 79 times |
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
סָרוּ֩they turned aside
saruH5493 →299 times
מִצְוַ֨ת[the] command of
mitzvatH4687 →181 times
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְהַלְוִיִּ֛םand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
לְכָל־to any
lekholH3605 →5413 times
דָּבָ֖רmatter
davarH1697 →1440 times
וְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃and to the treasuries
velaotzarotH214 →79 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 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
- Jeremiah 24:7
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…
- Jeremiah 32:39
Through
1 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and…
- 2 Samuel 8:7–11
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
Through
1 Chronicles 9:29Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:29
as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
- 1 Chronicles 23:29
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.