1 Chronicles 26:32

26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. ¹  King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. ² 

1 Chronicles 28:2

28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. ³  I have made the preparations for building it.

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¹ tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”

² tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”

³ tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for a stool of the feet of our God.”