2 Chronicles 8:15 “They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests…”

2 Chronicles 8:15

They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

World English Bible

They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.

American Standard Version

And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they declined not from the commandement of the King, concerning the Priests and the Leuites, touching al things, and touching the treasures.

Darby Translation

and they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and the Levites concerning any matter, nor concerning the treasures.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have not turned aside [from] the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures.

Bible in Basic English

All the orders given by the king to the priests and Levites, in connection with any business or stores, were done with care.

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Cross references

“they departed”

2 Chronicles 30:12 Exodus 39:42 Exodus 39:43

2 Chronicles 30:12 · BSB

Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

Exodus 39:42 · BSB

The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Exodus 39:43 · BSB

And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.

“the treasures”

1 Kings 7:51 1 Chronicles 9:29 1 Chronicles 26:20–26

1 Kings 7:51 · BSB

So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in th…

1 Chronicles 9:29 · BSB

Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.

1 Chronicles 26:20–26 · BSB

Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

16Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.

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