2 Chronicles 7:6

7:6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. 1  (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, “Certainly his loyal love endures.”) 2  Opposite the Levites, 3  the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

2 Chronicles 24:12

24:12 The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen 4  assigned to the Lord’s temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord’s temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord’s temple.

2 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 Amaziah assembled the people of Judah 5  and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age 6  equipped with spears and shields. 7 

2 Chronicles 31:16

31:16 They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records – to all who would enter the Lord’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions. 8 

1 tn Heb “and the priests were standing at their posts, and the Levites with the instruments of music of the Lord.”

2 tn Heb “which David the king made to give thanks to the Lord, for lasting is his loyal love, when David praised by them.”

3 tn Heb “opposite them”; the referent (the Levites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Heb “doers of the work.”

5 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy here for the people of Judah.

6 tn Heb “young men going out to war.”

7 tn Heb “holding a spear and a shield.”

8 tn Heb “in addition enrolling them by males from a son of three years and upwards, to everyone who enters the house of the Lord for a matter of a day in its day, for their service by their duties according to their divisions.”