2 Chronicles 35:2

2 He assigned the cohanim to their posts and encouraged them to perform the service of the house of ADONAI.

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 Yoshiyahu kept Pesach to ADONAI in Yerushalayim. They slaughtered the Pesach lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 He assigned the cohanim to their posts and encouraged them to perform the service of the house of ADONAI.

3 To the L'vi'im who were teaching all Isra'el and were holy for ADONAI he said, "Put the holy ark in the house which Shlomo the son of David, king of Isra'el, built; after this, you will not have to carry it again. Now serve ADONAI your God and his people Isra'el.

4 Organize yourselves by clans and duty divisions according to the arrangement written down by David king of Isra'el and Shlomo his son.

5 Stand in the Holy Place according to the divisions of the clans of your kinsmen the ordinary people, with part of a clan of L'vi'im serving each clan [of Isra'el].