2 Chronicles 8:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Solomon then assigned the priests and the Levites their duties at the temple, and he followed the instructions that his father David had given him. Some of the Levites were to lead music and help the priests in their duties, and others were to guard the temple gates

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

The Spirit of the LORD has told me what to say.

1 Kings 13:1

One day, Jeroboam was standing at the altar in Bethel, ready to make an offering. Suddenly one of God's prophets arrived from Judah and shouted: The LORD sent me with a message about this altar. A child named Josiah will be born into David's family. He will sacrifice on this altar the priests who make offerings here, and human bones will be burnt on it.

1 Chronicles 16:37

David chose Asaph and the Levites in his clan to be in charge of the daily worship at the place where the sacred chest was kept.

1 Chronicles 16:42

Heman and Jeduthun were also responsible for blowing the trumpets, and for playing the cymbals and other instruments during worship at the tent. The Levites in Jeduthun's clan were the guards at Gibeon.

1 Chronicles 23:1

David was old when he chose his son Solomon to be king of Israel.

1 Chronicles 24:1

Aaron's descendants were then divided into work groups. Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:3

David divided Aaron's descendants into groups, according to their assigned work. Zadok, one of Eleazar's descendants, and Ahimelech, one of Ithamar's descendants, helped David.

1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the temple officials chose the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of music. They were to praise the LORD by playing cymbals, harps and other stringed instruments. Here is a list of the musicians and their duties:

1 Chronicles 26:1

The temple guards were also divided into groups according to clans. Meshelemiah son of Kore was from the Korah clan and was a descendant of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 28:19

David then said to Solomon: The LORD showed me how his temple is to be built.

1 Chronicles 9:17

Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives were the guards at the temple gates. Shallum was the leader of this clan,

1 Chronicles 9:24

There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple.

2 Chronicles 23:19

Jehoiada ordered the guards at the temple gates to keep out anyone who was unclean.

2 Chronicles 23:4

Here is what we will do. Three groups of priests and Levites will be on guard duty on the Sabbath—one group will guard the gates of the temple,

2 Chronicles 29:25

Next, Hezekiah assigned the Levites to their places in the temple. He gave them cymbals, harps, and other stringed instruments, according to the instructions that the LORD had given King David and the two prophets, Gad and Nathan.

2 Chronicles 31:2

Hezekiah divided the priests and Levites into groups, according to their duties. Then he assigned them the responsibilities of offering sacrifices to please the LORD and sacrifices to ask his blessing. He also appointed people to serve at the temple and to sing praises at the temple gates.

2 Chronicles 35:10

When everything was ready to celebrate Passover, the priests and the Levites stood where Josiah had told them.

2 Chronicles 35:15

During the celebration some of the Levites prepared Passover animals for the musicians and the guards, so that the Levite musicians would not have to leave their places, which had been assigned to them according to the instructions of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. Even the guards at the temple gates did not have to leave their posts.

2 Chronicles 35:4

Get ready to do the work that David and Solomon assigned to you, according to your clans.

2 Chronicles 5:11

The priests of every group had gone through the ceremony to make themselves clean and acceptable to the LORD. The Levite musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, were wearing robes of fine linen. They were standing on the east side of the altar, playing cymbals, small harps, and other stringed instruments. One hundred and twenty priests were with these musicians, and they were blowing trumpets. They were praising the LORD by playing music and singing: “The LORD is good, and his love never ends.” Suddenly a cloud filled the temple as the priests were leaving the holy place.

2 Chronicles 8:15

and the storage rooms. The priests and Levites followed these instructions exactly.

Ezra 6:18

Then the priests and Levites were assigned their duties in God's temple in Jerusalem, according to the instructions Moses had written.

Nehemiah 12:24

Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their assistants organized two choirs of Levites to offer praises to God, just as King David, the man of God, had commanded.

Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were responsible for guarding the storerooms near the temple gates.

Nehemiah 12:36

and his relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They played musical instruments like those that had been played by David, the man of God. And they marched behind Ezra, the teacher of the Law.

Luke 1:5

When Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest called Zechariah from the priestly group of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was from the family of Aaron.

Luke 1:8

One day Zechariah's group of priests were on duty, and he was serving God as a priest.

Acts 13:22

Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, “David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do.”

Acts 13:36

When David was alive, he obeyed God. Then after he died, he was buried in the family grave, and his body decayed.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses was a prophet, and before he died, he blessed the tribes of Israel by saying: