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2 Chronicles 35

2 Chron. 35:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he set
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
the priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
in theira charges
mishmereth (Hebrew #4931)
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party
KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mer'-reth
Origin: fem. of 4929
, and encouraged
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
them to the service
`abodah (Hebrew #5656)
from 5647; work of any kind
KJV usage: act, bondage, + bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, X wrought.
Pronounce: ab-o-daw'
Origin: or mabowdah {ab-o-daw'}
of the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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2 Chron. 23:18• 18{i}And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had set by classes over the house of Jehovah to offer up Jehovah's burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, —with rejoicing and with singing according to the directions of David.{/i} (2 Chron. 23:18)

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2 Chron. 23:8,18• 8{i}And the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the Sabbath, with them that were to go forth on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest did not liberate the divisions.{/i}
 18{i}And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had set by classes over the house of Jehovah to offer up Jehovah's burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, —with rejoicing and with singing according to the directions of David.{/i} (2 Chron. 23:8,18)
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2 Chron. 31:2• 2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, {i}and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 31:2)
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Num. 18:5‑7• 5{i}And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.{/i}
 6{i}And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.{/i}
 7{i}But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.{/i} (Num. 18:5‑7)
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1 Chron. 24:1‑31• 1{i}And the divisions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.{/i}
 2{i}And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood.{/i}
 3{i}And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.{/i}
 4{i}And there were more head-men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads of fathers' houses, and eight of the sons of Ithamar according to their fathers' houses.{/i}
 5{i}And they were divided by lot, one with another; for the princes of the sanctuary and the princes of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar.{/i}
 6{i}And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, inscribed them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites: one father's house was drawn for Eleazar, and one drawn for Ithamar.{/i}
 7{i}And the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah,{/i}
 8{i}the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim,{/i}
 9{i}the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin,{/i}
 10{i}the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah,{/i}
 11{i}the ninth for Jeshuah, the tenth for Shecaniah,{/i}
 12{i}the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim,{/i}
 13{i}the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab,{/i}
 14{i}the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer,{/i}
 15{i}the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizez,{/i}
 16{i}the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Ezekiel,{/i}
 17{i}the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul,{/i}
 18{i}the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah.{/i}
 19{i}This is their ordering in their service to come into the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance, through Aaron their father, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him.{/i}
 20{i}And as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.{/i}
 21{i}Of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the head was Jishijah.{/i}
 22{i}Of the Jizharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.{/i}
 23{i}—And the sons of Hebron: Jerijah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.{/i}
 24{i}The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir;{/i}
 25{i}the brother of Micah was Jishijah; of the sons of Jishijah, Zechariah.{/i}
 26{i}The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, his son.{/i}
 27{i}The sons of Merari by Jaaziah his son: Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.{/i}
 28{i}Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.{/i}
 29{i}Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.{/i}
 30{i}And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.{/i}
 31{i}These likewise cast lots just as their brethren the sons of Aaron before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief fathers of the priests and Levites, —the chief fathers just as the youngest of their brethren.{/i} (1 Chron. 24:1‑31)
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Ezra 6:18• 18{i}And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.{/i} (Ezra 6:18)
encouraged.
2 Chron. 29:5‑11• 5and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
 6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of Jehovah, and turned their backs.
 7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
 8Wherefore the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
 9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
 10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with Jehovah God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
 11My sons, be not now negligent: for Jehovah hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. (2 Chron. 29:5‑11)
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2 Chron. 31:2• 2And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests, {i}and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, as well the priests as the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to serve and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the courts of Jehovah.{/i} (2 Chron. 31:2)
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1 Chron. 22:19• 19{i}Now set your heart and your soul to seek Jehovah your God; and arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah Elohim, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the vessels of the sanctuary of God into the house that is to be built unto the name of Jehovah.{/i} (1 Chron. 22:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)