¹⁴ In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions^(A) of the priests for their duties, and the Levites^(B) to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day’s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers^(C) by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God^(D) had ordered.^(E)

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.

⁴ Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions,^(A) according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.

¹⁸ And they installed the priests in their divisions^(A) and the Levites in their groups^(B) for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.^(C)