Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 35:4

"And prepare yourselves after your fathers` houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son." — 2 Chronicles 35:4 (ASV)

And prepare yourselves. — The pronoun should not be italicized, for the verb is niphal or reflexive, and not hiphil or causative, as the Hebrew vowel points wrongly suggest.

By the houses of your fathers. — According to your father-houses.

After your courses. — In your divisions, (See 1 Chronicles 13-26).

According to the writing of David ... Solomon his son. — Compare 1 Chronicles 28:19, where David refers to such a writing. The words seem to imply the existence of written memorials of the regulations of public worship, which David and Solomon instituted.

(“Writing of David” is k ĕthâb, a word only found in Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Daniel and Esther. “Writing of Solomon” is miktab; see Exodus 32:16).