2 Chronicles 35:2

2 And he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God.

2 Chronicles 35:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 35:2

And he set the priests in their charges
In their offices, and in their proper places, to execute them:

and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord;
to attend it with cheerfulness and constancy, and do it according to the will of God, promising his favour and protection.

2 Chronicles 35:2 In-Context

1 And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.

2 And he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God.

3 And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the Lord your God and his people Israel,

4 And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of David, king of Israel, and of Solomon his son;

5 And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.