2 Chronicles 8:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The courses

Luke 1:5

The levites

The porters

1 Chronicles 9:17

1 Chronicles 26:1

So had david the man of god commanded

Acts 13:22

Bible References

The courses

And when the priests were come out of the holy place - for all the priests that were found sanctified themselves and did not wait by course -

This it is therefore that ye shall do. The third part of you priests and Levites which come in the Sabbath day, shall keep the doors;

And Hezekiah set the priests and the Levites in their order to wait by course, every man according to his office whether priest or Levite, for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to minister and to thank and to pray in the gates of the lodge of the LORD.

The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

In the time of Herod, the king of Jewry, there was a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah. And his wife was of the daughters of Aaron: And her name was Elizabeth.

The levites

And so the service went forward: and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their companies at the king's commandment.

These be they which David set for to sing in the house of the LORD, after that the Ark had rest.

And David spake to the chief heads of the Levites, that they should appoint of their brethren to sing with instruments of music: psalteries, harps and cymbals that sounded, and to sing on high with Joyfulness.

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the LORD, and to repeat, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

The rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael, Jehdiah.

and set the priests in their courses, and the Levites in their offices to minister unto God which is at Jerusalem as it is written in the book of Moses.

The porters

The porters were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon and Ahiman with their brethren - Shallum being the chief.

The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph.

So had david the man of god commanded

This is the blessing wherewith Moses, God's man, blessed the children of Israel before his death,

"The spirit of the LORD spake in me, and his words were on my tongue.

And behold, there came a man of God out of Judah with the word of God, to Bethel, as Jeroboam stood by the altar to offer,

"All was given me by writing of the hand of the LORD, which made me understand all the workmanship of the pattern."

And after he had put him down, he set up David to be their king: of whom he gave reported, saying, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, he shall fulfill all my will.'