2 Chronicles 8:14

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Solomon followed his father David’s instructions. Solomon chose the groups of priests for their service. Solomon also chose the Levites for their duties. The Levites were to lead the praise and help the priests from day to day to do the things that needed to be done in the temple service. And Solomon chose the gatekeepers by their groups to serve at each gate. This is the way David, the man of God, instructed.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

The Lord’s Spirit spoke through me. His word was on my tongue.

1 Kings 13:1

The Lord commanded a man of God [160] from Judah to go to the city of Bethel. King Jeroboam was standing at the altar offering incense when the man of God arrived.

1 Chronicles 16:37

Then David left Asaph and his brothers there in front of the Box of the Agreement. David left them there to serve in front of it every day.

1 Chronicles 16:42

Heman and Jeduthun were with them. They had the job of blowing the trumpets and playing cymbals. {\cf2\super [191]} They also had the job of playing other musical instruments when songs were sung to God. Jeduthun’s sons guarded the gates.\par

1 Chronicles 23:1

David became an old man, so he made his son Solomon the new king of Israel.

1 Chronicles 24:1

These were the groups of Aaron’s sons: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:3

David separated the family groups of Eleazar and Ithamar into two different groups. David did that so those groups could do the duties of work they were given to do. David did this with the help of Zadok and Ahimelech. Zadok was a descendant {\cf2\super [260]} of Eleazar, and Ahimelech was a descendant of Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the leaders of the army separated Asaph’s sons for special service. Asaph’s sons were Heman and Jeduthun. Their special service was to prophesy {\cf2\super [270]} God’s message by using harps, {\cf2\super [271]} lyres, {\cf2\super [272]} and cymbals. {\cf2\super [273]} Here is a list of the men that served this way:

1 Chronicles 26:1

The Groups of the Gatekeepers:

1 Chronicles 28:19

David said, “All these plans were written with the Lord guiding me. The Lord helped me understand everything in the plans.”

1 Chronicles 9:17

These are the gatekeepers that lived in Jerusalem: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.

1 Chronicles 9:24

There were gates on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

2 Chronicles 23:19

Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that a person who was not clean in anything could not enter the temple.

2 Chronicles 23:4

Now, this is what you must do: One-third of you priests and Levites who go on duty on the Sabbath will guard the doors.

2 Chronicles 29:25

King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Lord’s temple {\cf2\super [351]} with cymbals, {\cf2\super [352]} harps, and lyres {\cf2\super [353]} the way David, Gad the king’s seer, {\cf2\super [354]} and Nathan the prophet had commanded. This command came from the Lord through his prophets.

2 Chronicles 31:2

The priests and Levites had been divided into groups and each group had its own special job to do. So King Hezekiah told these groups to begin doing their jobs again. So the priests and Levites again had the job of offering the burnt offerings {\cf2\super [381]} and the fellowship offerings. And they had the job of serving in the temple and singing and praising God by the doors to the Lord’s house. {\cf2\super [382]}

2 Chronicles 35:10

When everything was ready for the Passover {\cf2\super [445]} service to begin, the priests and Levites went to their places. This is what the king commanded.

2 Chronicles 35:15

The Levite singers from Asaph’s family got in the places that King David had chosen for them to stand. They were: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their places because their brother Levites made everything ready for them for the Passover.

2 Chronicles 35:4

Make yourselves ready for service in the temple by your family groups. Do the jobs that King David and his son King Solomon gave you to do.

2 Chronicles 5:11

All the priests that were there did the ceremony to make themselves holy. Then, as the priests came out of the Holy Place, {\cf2\super [85]} they stood together, but not in their special groups.

2 Chronicles 8:15

The people of Israel did not change or disobey any of Solomon’s instructions to the priests and Levites. They did not change any of the instructions, even in the way they should keep the valuable things.

Ezra 6:18

Then they chose the priests in their groups and the Levites in their groups to serve in God’s temple in Jerusalem. They did these things just like it says in the Book of Moses.

Nehemiah 12:24

And these were the leaders of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, and their brothers. Their brothers stood across from them to sing praise and honor to God. One group answered the other group. That is what was commanded by David the man of God.

Nehemiah 12:25

The gatekeepers that guarded the storerooms next to the gates were: Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub.

Nehemiah 12:36

There were also Asaph’s brothers, who were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They had the musical instruments that David, man of God, had made. Ezra the teacher led the group of people that were there to dedicate the wall.

Luke 1:5

During the time when Herod {\cf2\super [2]} ruled Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah. Zechariah belonged to Abijah’s group. {\cf2\super [3]} Zechariah’s wife came from the family of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 1:8

Zechariah was serving as a priest before God for his group. It was his group’s time to serve.

Acts 13:22

After God took Saul away, God made David {\cf2\super [261]} their king. This is what God said about David: ‘David, the son of Jesse, is a man who is like me in his thinking. He will do all the things I want him to do.’

Acts 13:36

David did God’s will during the time he lived. Then he died and was buried like all his ancestors. And his body did rot in the grave!

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the people of Israel before he died.