2 Tawarikh 2:8

2:8 Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum ¹  trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept ²  at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants

2 Tawarikh 8:14

8:14 As his father David had decreed, Solomon ³  appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, ⁴  and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. ⁵  This was what David the man of God had ordered. ⁶ 

[2:8]  ¹ tn This is probably a variant name for almug trees; see 9:10-11 and the parallel passage in 1 Kgs 10:11-12; cf. NLT. One or the other probably arose through metathesis of letters.

[2:8]  ² tn Heb “know.”

[8:14]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Solomon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the Levites, according to their posts, to praise and to serve opposite the priests according to the matter of a day in its day.”

[8:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the gatekeepers by their divisions for a gate and a gate.”

[8:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “for so [was] the command of David the man of God.”