- the priests:
- "So when Davidª was oldª° and fullª° of days,ª he made¹¹ Solomonª his sonª king²° over¹ Israel.ª ... And his brethren,ª menª of valour,ª [were] two thousandª and sevenª hundredª chiefª fathers,ª whom kingª Davidª made rulersª° over¹ the Reubenites,ª the Gadites,ª and the halfª tribeª of Manasseh,ª for every¹ matterª pertaining to God,ª and affairsª of the king.ª" {1Ch 23:1-26:32} + "And prepareª°°° [yourselves] by the housesª of your fathers,ª after your courses,ª according to the writingª of Davidª kingª of Israel,ª and according to the writingª of Solomonª his son.ª ... And stand¹ in²° the holyª [place] according to the divisionsª of the familiesª of the fathersª of your brethrenª the people,ªª and [after] the divisionª of the familiesªª of the Levites.ª" {2Ch 35:4-5}
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