2 Crónicas 35:3

3 Y dijo a los levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel, y que estaban dedicados al SEÑOR: Poned el arca del santuario en la Casa que edificó Salomón hijo de David, rey de Israel, para que no la carguéis más sobre los hombros. Ahora serviréis al SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y a su pueblo Israel.

2 Crónicas 35:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 35:3

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel
Whose business it was to go through the several tribes, and instruct them in the knowledge of God, his word and worship, statutes and ordinances. In an ancient MS. mentioned by Junius, it is read, "who prepared for all Israel the holy things"

which were holy unto the Lord;
who were consecrated to the name of the Lord, as the Targum, dedicated to his worship and service; or it may signify the holy things they taught or prepared:

these put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king
of Israel did build;
which some think was removed from thence by Amon, and an idol put in its room, which is the greater trespass he is said to be guilty of, ( 2 Chronicles 33:23 ) others, that it was privately removed by the high priest in idolatrous times, and laid up in some secret place for the preservation of it; but rather the truth is, that it had been removed by the order of Josiah, for the sake of the repairs of the most holy place; and this being done, he orders it to be replaced; and though the Levites might not go into the holy of holies, yet they could carry it to the entrance of the holy place, and the priests from thence to the door of the most holy place, where the high priest could receive it, and fix it in its proper place:

it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders;
it was not now to be carried from place to place, having a fixed abode in the most holy place, and therefore they were at leisure to attend other service:

serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel;
by singing the praises of God, and slaying the passover lambs for the people.

2 Crónicas 35:3 In-Context

1 Y Josías hizo pascua al SEÑOR en Jerusalén, y sacrificaron la pascua a los catorce del mes primero.

2 Y puso a los sacerdotes en sus estancias, y los confirmó en el ministerio de la Casa del SEÑOR.

3 Y dijo a los levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel, y que estaban dedicados al SEÑOR: Poned el arca del santuario en la Casa que edificó Salomón hijo de David, rey de Israel, para que no la carguéis más sobre los hombros. Ahora serviréis al SEÑOR vuestro Dios, y a su pueblo Israel.

4 Apercibíos según las familias de vuestros padres, por vuestros órdenes, conforme a la prescripción de David rey de Israel, y de Salomón su hijo.

5 Estad en el santuario según el repartimiento de las familias de vuestros hermanos los hijos del pueblo, y según el repartimiento de la familia de los levitas.