2 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ¹  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ²  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ³  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 23:8

23:8 The Levites and all the men of Judah ⁵  did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties.

2 Chronicles 23:14

23:14 Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. ⁶  Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple. ⁷ 

2 Chronicles 24:5

24:5 He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!” But the Levites delayed.

2 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 King Hezekiah ⁸  stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, ⁹  and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)

2 Chronicles 34:4

34:4 He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, ¹⁰  and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

³ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

⁴ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”

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

⁶ tn Heb “ranks.”

⁷ tn Heb “for the priest had said, ‘Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.’”

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (King Hezekiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “seer.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and they tore down before him the altars of the Baals.”