2 Chronicles 8 · Verse 15

2 Chronicles 8:15

And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
2 Chronicles 8:15, King James Version

2 Chronicles 8:15 in other translations

BSBThey did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.
WEBThey didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.
ASVAnd they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYand they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and the Levites concerning any matter, nor concerning the treasures.
BBEAll the orders given by the king to the priests and Levites, in connection with any business or stores, were done with care.
WebsterAnd they departed not from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

What does 2 Chronicles 8:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
15. they departed not from the commandment of the king--that is, David, in any of his ordinances, which by divine authority he established. unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures--either in regulating the courses of the priests and Levites, or in the destination of his accumulated treasures to the construction and adornment of the temple.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 The commandment of the king - The institutions of David.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 8:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
סָרוּ֩sa.Ruthey turned asideH5493
מִצְוַ֨תmitz.Vat[the] command ofH4687
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
וְהַלְוִיִּ֛םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881
לְכָל\־le.kholto anyH3605
דָּבָ֖רda.VarmatterH1697
וְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת\׃ve.la.'o.tza.Rotand to the treasuriesH214

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 8:15

  • 2 Chronicles 30:12

    Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

  • Exodus 39:42-43

    According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

  • 1 Kings 7:51

    So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:29

    Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:20-26

    And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they departed.
30:12; Ex 39:42,43
the treasures.
1Ki 7:51; 1Ch 9:29; 26:20-26

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 8:14

    And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • 2 Chronicles 8:15

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

  • 2 Chronicles 8:16

    Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was perfected.

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2 Chronicles 8:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y no salieron del mandamiento del rey, cuanto á los sacerdotes y Levitas, y los tesoros, y todo negocio:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et on ne s’écarta point du commandement du roi pour les sacrificateurs et les lévites, en aucune chose, ni à l’égard des trésors.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und man wich nicht von dem Gebot des Königs an die Priester und die Leviten ab betreffs jeder Sache und betreffs der Schätze. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nec prætergressi sunt de mandatis regis tam sacerdotes quam Levitæ, ex omnibus quæ præceperat, et in custodiis thesaurorum.