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Good News Translation

2 Chronicles 35:2

He assigned to the priests the duties they were to perform in the Temple and encouraged them to do them well.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Josiah;   Levites;   Liberality;   Thompson Chain Reference - Discouragement-Encouragement;   Encouragement;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Josiah;   Levite;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Josiah;   Pentateuch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Samaias;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Passover (I.);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Josiah ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Josiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
He set the Kohanim in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.
King James Version
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord ,
English Standard Version
He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord .
New Century Version
Josiah chose the priests to do their duties, and he encouraged them as they served in the Temple of the Lord .
New English Translation
He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord 's temple.
Amplified Bible
He appointed the priests to their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he appointed the Priestes to their charges, and incouraged them to the seruice of the house of the Lord,
Legacy Standard Bible
And he caused the priests to stand in their responsibilities and strengthened them in the service of the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
On that day, Josiah made sure the priests knew what duties they were to do in the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
He assigned the cohanim to their posts and encouraged them to perform the service of the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Josiah chose the priests to do their duties. He encouraged the priests while they were serving in the Lord 's Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And he set the priests in their charges, and appointed them over the service of the house of the LORD,
Lexham English Bible
And he set the priests at their posts and encouraged them in the service of the house of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And he made the priests stand over their charges, and made them strong for the service of the house of Jehovah,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and set the prestes in their offices, and strengthed them to their mynistracion in the house of the LORDE,
American Standard Version
And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
And he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he set the priestes in their offices, and ayded them in the seruice of the house of the Lorde,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And hee set the Priestes in their charges, and encouraged them to the seruice of the house of the Lord,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he appointed the priests at their charges, and encouraged them for the services of the house of the Lord.
English Revised Version
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he ordeynede prestis in her offices; and he comaundide hem for to mynystre in the hows of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
New King James Version
And he set the priests in their duties and encouraged them for the service of the house of the LORD.
New Living Translation
Josiah also assigned the priests to their duties and encouraged them in their work at the Temple of the Lord .
New Life Bible
He gave the religious leaders their duties and gave them strength to do the work of the Lord's house.
New Revised Standard
He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he set the priests over their charges, - and encouraged them unto the service of the house of Yahweh;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set the priests in their offices, and exhorted them to minister in the house of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 King Josiah celebrated the Passover at Jerusalem in honor of the Lord ; on the fourteenth day of the first month they killed the animals for the festival. 2 He assigned to the priests the duties they were to perform in the Temple and encouraged them to do them well. 3 He also gave these instructions to the Levites, the teachers of Israel, who were dedicated to the Lord : "Put the sacred Covenant Box in the Temple that King Solomon, the son of David, built. You are no longer to carry it from place to place, but you are to serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. 4 Take your places in the Temple by clans, according to the responsibilities assigned to you by King David and his son King Solomon, 5 and arrange yourselves so that some of you will be available to help each family of the people of Israel. 6 You are to kill the Passover lambs and goats. Now make yourselves ritually clean and prepare the sacrifices in order that your fellow Israelites may follow the instructions which the Lord gave through Moses." 7 For the use of the people at the Passover, King Josiah contributed from his own herds and flocks 30,000 sheep, lambs, and young goats, and 3,000 bulls. 8 His officials also made contributions for the people, the priests, and the Levites to use. And the officials in charge of the Temple—Hilkiah, the High Priest, Zechariah, and Jehiel—gave the priests 2,600 lambs and young goats and 300 bulls for sacrifices during the festival. 9 The leaders of the Levites—Conaniah, Shemaiah and his brother Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad—contributed 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 bulls for the Levites to offer as sacrifices. 10 When everything was arranged for the Passover, the priests and the Levites took their posts, as commanded by the king.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

charges: 2 Chronicles 23:8, 2 Chronicles 23:18, 2 Chronicles 31:2, Numbers 18:5-7, 1 Chronicles 24:1-31, Ezra 6:18

encouraged: 2 Chronicles 29:5-11, 2 Chronicles 31:2, 1 Chronicles 22:19

Reciprocal: Joshua 3:8 - command 2 Kings 12:4 - said to the priests

Cross-References

Genesis 18:19
I have chosen him in order that he may command his sons and his descendants to obey me and to do what is right and just. If they do, I will do everything for him that I have promised."
Genesis 31:19
Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and during his absence Rachel stole the household gods that belonged to her father.
Genesis 31:34
Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in a camel's saddlebag and was sitting on them. Laban searched through the whole tent, but did not find them.
Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her.
Genesis 35:1
God said to Jacob, "Go to Bethel at once, and live there. Build an altar there to me, the God who appeared to you when you were running away from your brother Esau."
Genesis 35:2
So Jacob said to his family and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods that you have; purify yourselves and put on clean clothes.
Genesis 35:3
We are going to leave here and go to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who helped me in the time of my trouble and who has been with me everywhere I have gone."
Genesis 35:4
So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had and also the earrings that they were wearing. He buried them beneath the oak tree near Shechem.
Genesis 35:7
He built an altar there and named the place for the God of Bethel, because God had revealed himself to him there when he was running away from his brother.
Genesis 35:10
God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but from now on it will be Israel." So God named him Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he set the priests in their charges,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to execute them:

and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord; to attend it with cheerfulness and constancy, and do it according to the will of God, promising his favour and protection.


 
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