2 Chronicles 8:15

The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including taking care of the storerooms.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

In Context

14Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God very well, had commanded.

16They did all the work of building the temple that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple.

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Cross References

1 Kings 7:51So Solomon’s workers finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items.

1 Chronicles 26:20Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to Yahweh, money that the people brought to the temple.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 8:13-18

Solomon's Devotion. ( b. c. 992.) 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord , which he had built before the porch, 13 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the… Read the whole commentary →

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