2 Chronicles 31:2

New Century Version

King Hezekiah appointed groups of priests and Levites for their special duties. They were to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to worship, and to give thanks and praise at the gates of the Lord’s house.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:37

Then David left Asaph and the other Levites there in front of the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord. They were to serve there every day.

1 Chronicles 24:1

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

1 Chronicles 24:24

Uzziel’s son was Micah. Micah’s son was Shamir.

1 Chronicles 25:25

Eighteenth, twelve men were chosen from Hanani, his sons and relatives.

1 Chronicles 26:26

Shelomith and his relatives were responsible for everything that had been collected for the Temple by King David, by the heads of families, by the commanders of a thousand men and of a hundred men, and by other army commanders.

2 Chronicles 23:8

The Levites and all the people of Judah obeyed everything Jehoiada the priest had commanded. He did not excuse anyone from the groups of the priests. So each commander took his men who came on duty on the Sabbath with those who went off duty on the Sabbath.

2 Chronicles 24:14

When the workers finished, they brought the money that was left to King Joash and Jehoiada. They used that money to make utensils for the Temple of the Lord, utensils for the service in the Temple and for the burnt offerings, and bowls and other utensils from gold and silver. Burnt offerings were given every day in the Temple of the Lord while Jehoiada was alive.

2 Chronicles 31:17

The priests were given their part of the collection, by families, as listed in the family histories. The Levites twenty years old and older were given their part of the collection, based on their responsibilities and their groups.

2 Chronicles 35:2

Josiah chose the priests to do their duties, and he encouraged them as they served in the Temple of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 5:11

Then all the priests left the Holy Place. (All the priests from each group had made themselves ready to serve the Lord.)

2 Chronicles 8:14

Solomon followed his father David’s instructions and chose the groups of priests for their service and the Levites to lead the praise and to help the priests do their daily work. And he chose the gatekeepers by their groups to serve at each gate, as David, the man of God, had commanded.

Ezra 6:18

Then they put the priests and the Levites into their separate groups. Each group had a certain time to serve God in the Temple at Jerusalem as it is written in the Book of Moses.

Nehemiah 11:17

There was Mattaniah son of Mica. (Mica was the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph.) Mattaniah was the director who led the people in thanksgiving and prayer. There was Bakbukiah, who was second in charge over his fellow Levites. And there was Abda son of Shammua. (Shammua was the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.)

Psalm 134:1

Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you who serve at night in the Temple of the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:11

There will be sounds of joy and gladness and the happy sounds of brides and bridegrooms. There will be the sounds of people bringing to the Temple of the Lord their offerings of thanks to the Lord. They will say, ‘Praise the Lord All-Powerful, because the Lord is good! His love continues forever!’ They will say this because I will again do good things for Judah, as I did in the beginning,” says the Lord.

Luke 1:5

During the time Herod ruled Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to Abijah’s group. Zechariah’s wife, Elizabeth, came from the family of Aaron.

Luke 1:8

One day Zechariah was serving as a priest before God, because his group was on duty.