2 So they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah and the heads of the families of Israel. And when they came to Jerusalem, 3 the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David. 4 This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,
2 Chronicles 23:2–4
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2 Chronicles 23:7–9
7 The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.” 8 So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them to…
1 Chronicles 23:1–3
1 When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel. 2 Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites. 3 The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
1 Chronicles 15:3–5
3 And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it. 4 Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: 5 From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;
2 Chronicles 34:28–30
28 ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king. 29 Then the king summone…
2 Chronicles 29:14–16
14 Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites. 15 When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 35:4–6
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2 Chronicles 11:12–14
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Ezra 6:17–19
17 For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel. 18 They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites… 19 …
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