He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB He set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them in the service of Yahweh’s house.
- KJV And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
- NKJV And he set the priests in their duties and encouraged them for the service of the house of the Lord.
- NASB He appointed the priests to their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.
- NLT Josiah also assigned the priests to their duties and encouraged them in their work at the Temple of the Lord.
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Quick answer
Josiah restores the priests to their duties and strengthens them for temple service. Right worship requires both proper order and encouraged ministers.
Overview
The king reinstates the priests in their assigned offices and gives them encouragement to serve faithfully at the house of the LORD. This attention to ordered ministry echoes the arrangements of David and Solomon and underscores that true reform restores God-given structures of worship. It models how godly leaders both organize and embolden those who serve God's people.
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- 2 Chr 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
- 1 Chr 22:19Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
- 1 Chr 24:1–31These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 2 Chr 23:18Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
- 2 Chr 23:8So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.
- Num 18:5–7And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
- 2 Chr 29:5–11“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.
- Ezra 6:18They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
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