¹⁸ Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the Lord in the hands of the Levitical priests,^(A) to whom David had made assignments in the temple,^(B) to present the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.

²⁷ The priests and the Levites stood to bless^(A) the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.