2 Chronicles 35 · Verse 2

2 Chronicles 35:2

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord,
2 Chronicles 35:2, King James Version

2 Chronicles 35:2 in other translations

BSBHe appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
WEBHe set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the LORD’s house.
ASVAnd he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
YLTand he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,
DARBYAnd he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
BBEAnd he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God.
WebsterAnd he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

What does 2 Chronicles 35:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 35:1-3

2Ch 35:1-19. Josiah Keeps a Solemn Passover. 1-3. Moreover Josiah kept a passover--(See on 2Ki 23:21). The first nine verses give an account of the preparations made for the celebration of the solemn feast [2Ch 35:1-9]. The day appointed by the law was kept on this occasion (compare 2Ch 30:2, 13). The priests were ranged in their courses and exhorted to be ready for their duties in the manner that legal purity…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

The destruction Josiah made of idolatry, was more largely related in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the passover is related here. The Lord's supper resembles the passover more than any other of the Jewish festivals; and the due observance of that ordinance, is a proof of growing piety and devotion. God alone can truly make our hearts holy, and prepare them for his holy services; but there are duties belonging to…

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2 Chronicles 35:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּעֲמֵ֥דvai.ya.'a.Medand he appointedH5975
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֑םmish.me.ro.Tamduties theirH4931
וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֔םvay.cha.ze.Kemand he encouraged themH2388
לַעֲבוֹדַ֖תla.'a.vo.Datfor [the] service ofH5656
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 35:2

  • 2 Chronicles 31:2

    And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:19

    Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:8

    So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:1-31

    Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office. And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. …

  • 2 Chronicles 29:5-11

    And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. …

  • Ezra 6:18

    And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:18

    Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.

  • Numbers 18:5-7

    And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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charges.
23:8,18; 31:2; Nu 18:5-7; 1Ch 24:1-31; Ezr 6:18
encouraged.
29:5-11; 31:2; 1Ch 22:19

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 35:1

    Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:2

    And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord,

  • 2 Chronicles 35:3

    And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

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2 Chronicles 35:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y puso á los sacerdotes en sus empleos, y confirmólos en el ministerio de la casa de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il établit les sacrificateurs dans leurs charges, et les encouragea pour le service de la maison de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er stellte die Priester in ihre Ämter und ermutigte sie zum Dienst des Hauses Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et constituit sacerdotes in officiis suis, hortatusque est eos ut ministrarent in domo Domini: