The writer of Chronicles relates the orders that were given to the Levites; the author of Kings, those received by the royal bodyguard (see the not…

This is the thing that you shall do. — 2 Kings 11:5: And he charged them saying, This is the thing, (etc.). T…

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

To look upon ourselves and each other as the Lord's people, should make us earnest in the discharge of our duty both to God and man. Thus was this …