2 Chronicles 8:15
New International Version
They did not deviate from the king’s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.

New Living Translation
Solomon did not deviate in any way from David’s commands concerning the priests and Levites and the treasuries.

English Standard Version
And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.

Berean Standard Bible
They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.

King James Bible
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

New King James Version
They did not depart from the command of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

New American Standard Bible
And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any matter or regarding the storehouses.

NASB 1995
And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.

NASB 1977
And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they did not turn away from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the treasuries.

Amplified Bible
And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any respect or in regard to the storehouses or treasuries.

Christian Standard Bible
They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests and the Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests and the Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

American Standard Version
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he did turn aside from anything that the King commanded him concerning the Priests, and concerning the Levites, and concerning all the ministry of the house.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures.

Contemporary English Version
and the storage rooms. The priests and Levites followed these instructions exactly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the priests and Levites departed not from the king's commandments, as to any thing that he had commanded, and as to the keeping of the treasures.

English Revised Version
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
No one neglected the king's orders to the priests or the Levites in any matter, including the [temple's] finances.

Good News Translation
The instructions which David had given the priests and the Levites concerning the storehouses and other matters were carried out in detail.

International Standard Version
They scrupulously adhered to the orders issued by the king to the priests and descendants of Levi in everything, including matters pertaining to operation of the treasuries.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

Literal Standard Version
And they have not turned aside [from] the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures.

Majority Standard Bible
They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.

New American Bible
There was no deviation from the king’s command in whatever related to the priests and Levites or the treasuries.

NET Bible
They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.

New Revised Standard Version
They did not turn away from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites regarding anything at all, or regarding the treasuries.

New Heart English Bible
They did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they departed not from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

World English Bible
They didn’t depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasures.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have not turned aside from the command of the king concerning the priests and the Levites, in reference to any matter, and to the treasures.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Solomon's Additional Accomplishments
14In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God. 15They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries. 16Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

2 Chronicles 8:16
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.


Treasury of Scripture

And they departed not from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

they departed

2 Chronicles 30:12
Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.

Exodus 39:42,43
According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work…

the treasures

1 Kings 7:51
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 9:29
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

1 Chronicles 26:20-26
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things…

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2 Chronicles 8
1. Solomon's buildings
7. The remaining Canaanites, Solomon makes tributaries, but the Israelites rulers
11. Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
12. Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
14. He appoints the priests and Levites to their places
17. The navy fetches gold from Ophir














(15) And they departed not from the commandment of the king.--From has fallen out of the Heb. text, and must be restored. So three MSS. and the versions.

The king=David.

Unto.--Concerning; literally, upon.

Concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.--With reference to any matter and (especially) with reference to the treasures. (See 1Chronicles 26:20-28.) 2Chronicles 8:14-15 assure us that the arrangements of David, as described in 1 Chronicles 24-26, were faithfully observed by his successor.

Verse 15. - Considering the last clause of the previous verse, the king probably designs David, not Solomon. The commandment... concerning the treasures. (See, with the exposition, 1 Chronicles 26:20-32. Comp. also our 2 Chronicles 35:3-5.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They did not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

turn aside
סָרוּ֩ (sā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from the king’s
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

command
מִצְוַ֨ת (miṣ·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4687: Commandment

regarding
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the priests
הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3548: Priest

or the Levites
וְהַלְוִיִּ֛ם (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

or any
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

matter
דָּבָ֖ר (dā·ḇār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

concerning the treasuries.
וְלָאֹצָרֽוֹת׃ (wə·lā·’ō·ṣā·rō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 214: Treasure, store, a treasury, storehouse


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