2 Chronicles 31:17

both the registering of the priests, by their ancestral houses, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward,—in their watches, in their courses;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;

In Context

16besides registering them by males, from three years old and upward, unto every one that entered into the house of Yahweh, in the need of a day upon its day,—by their service, in their watches, according to their courses:

18even to the registering of all their little ones, their wives and their sons and their daughters, unto all the convocation,—for, in their trust, they hallowed themselves in holiness;

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are they—the families of the Levites by their ancestral houses.

Numbers 4:38And they who were numbered of the sons of Gershon,—by their families, and by their ancestral house;

Numbers 4:46All they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel did number, even the Levites, by their families and by their ancestral house;

Numbers 17:2Speak unto the sons of Israel and take of them one staff each for an ancestral house of all their princes, by their ancestral houses, twelve staves,—each man’s name, shalt thou write upon his staff;

1 Chronicles 23:27For, by the last words of David, the same, were the number of the sons of Levi,—from twenty years old, and upwards.

2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, and the Levites, over their courses, every man according to the requirements of his service, both priests and Levites, for ascending-sacrifice and for peace-offerings,—to be in attendance and to give thanks and to offer praise, in the gates of the camps of Yahweh;

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 31:12-21

The Maintenance of the Priests. ( b. c. 720.) 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord ; and they prepared them, 12 And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the… Read the whole commentary →

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