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- 2 Chronicles
- Chapter 23
- Verse 18
2 Chronicles 23:18
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
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Barnes' Notes
The priests the Levites - Rather, with the versions, “the priests and the Levites.” It was the duty of the priests alone to offer the burnt offerings Num 18:1-7, and of the Levites alone to praise God…
Here we have, I. The people pleased, Ch2 23:12, Ch2 23:13. When the king stood at his pillar, whose right it was to stand there, all the people of the land rejoiced to see a rod sprung out of the stem…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And Jehoiada appointed, etc.] This whole ver. is represented in Kings simply by the words, "And the priest appointed officers (-offices," mg.) over the house of the Lord" (i.e. officers for the care…
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