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2 Chronicles 8:15

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What does 2 Chronicles 8:15 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 8

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
13even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, [even] in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. [So] the house of Jehovah was completed.
17Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.
18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites, etc.] The priests and Levites departed not from it, not from the commandment of Solomon, according to the order of David, but in all things obeyed it: concerning any matter; which related to the office of either of them, sacrificers, singers, or porters: or concerning the treasures; such of the Levites as had the care of them were faithful to their trust, (see <132620>1 Chronicles 26:20), etc.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“SOLOMON'S FESTIVAL SACRIFICES. (Ch2 8:15-18) 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.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they departed: Ch2 30:12; Exo 39:42, Exo 39:43 the treasures: Kg1 7:51; Ch1 9:29, Ch1 26:20-26 2 Chronicles 8:16”
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