8:16 So the people went out and brought these things 4 back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple 5 of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.
10:28 “Now the rest of the people – the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples 6 because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand –
10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families 7 at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.
11:3 These are the provincial leaders 9 who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities,
11:22 The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God.
1 tn Or “forest.” So HALOT 963 s.v. פַּרְדֵּס 2.
2 tc One medieval Hebrew
3 tn The Hebrew text does not include the expression “these requests,” but it is implied.
4 tn The words “these things” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “the house.”
6 tn Heb “from the peoples of the lands.” Cf. vv. 30, 31.
7 tn Heb “the house of our fathers.”
8 tn Heb “And the priest the son of Aaron.”
9 tn Heb “the heads of the province.”