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2 Chronicles 8:14 Explained in Context
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Verse 14. 14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Sacrifices and Levitical courses complete the temple order.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 8:12–16
Read 2 Chronicles 8:14 with 8:12–16. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Solomon supplies daily and festival offerings and maintains priestly, Levitical, musical, and gatekeeping divisions according to Moses and David until the house is complete.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 8:14 depends on 8:12–16; isolating “And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Sacrifices and Levitical courses complete the temple order.”
Read 2 Chronicles 8:12–16 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 8:12–16 forms the complete movement “Sacrifices and Levitical courses complete the temple order”: Solomon supplies daily and festival offerings and maintains priestly, Levitical, musical, and gatekeeping divisions according to Moses and David until the house is complete.
Verse 12. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
Verse 13. 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.
Verse 14. 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
Verse 15. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
Verse 16. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 8:12–16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
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Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
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