2 Chronicles 8:14

New Century Version

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.

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:2

“The Lord’s Spirit spoke through me, and his word was on my tongue.

1 Kings 13:1

The Lord commanded a man of God from Judah to go to Bethel. When he arrived, Jeroboam was standing by the altar to offer a sacrifice.

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 16:42

Heman and Jeduthun also had the job of playing the trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments when songs were sung to God. Jeduthun’s sons guarded the gates.

1 Chronicles 23:1

After David had lived long and was old, 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, with the help of Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar, separated their family groups into two different groups. Each group had certain duties.

1 Chronicles 25:1

David and the commanders of the army chose some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to preach and play harps, lyres, and cymbals. Here is a list of the men who served in this way:

1 Chronicles 26:1

These are the groups of the gatekeepers. From the family of Korah, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, who was from Asaph’s family.

1 Chronicles 28:19

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

1 Chronicles 9:17

Of the gatekeepers there were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.

1 Chronicles 9:24

There were gatekeepers on all four sides of the Temple: east, west, north, and south.

2 Chronicles 23:19

Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Temple of the Lord so that anyone who was unclean in any way could not enter.

2 Chronicles 23:4

Now this is what you must do: You priests and Levites go on duty on the Sabbath. A third of you will guard the doors.

2 Chronicles 29:25

King Hezekiah put the Levites in the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, as David, Gad, and Nathan had commanded. (Gad was the king’s seer, and Nathan was a prophet.) This command came from the Lord through his prophets.

2 Chronicles 31:2

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.

2 Chronicles 35:10

When everything was ready for the Passover service, the priests and Levites went to their places, as the king had commanded.

2 Chronicles 35:15

The Levite singers from Asaph’s family stood in the places chosen for them by King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their places, because their fellow Levites had prepared everything for them for the Passover.

2 Chronicles 35:4

Prepare yourselves by your family groups for service, and do the jobs that King David and his son Solomon gave you to do.

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 8:15

They obeyed all of Solomon’s commands to the priests and Levites, as well as his commands about the treasuries.

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 12:24

The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their relatives. Their relatives stood across from them and gave praise and thanksgiving to God. One group answered the other group, as David, the man of God, had commanded.

Nehemiah 12:25

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

Nehemiah 12:36

Zechariah’s relatives also went. They were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. These men played the musical instruments of David, the man of God, and Ezra the teacher walked in front of them.

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.

Acts 13:22

After God took him away, God made David their king. God said about him: ‘I have found in David son of Jesse the kind of man I want. He will do all I want him to do.’

Acts 13:36

David did God’s will during his lifetime. Then he died and was buried beside his ancestors, and his body did rot in the grave.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses, the man of God, gave this blessing to the Israelites before he died.