The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:12
This verse, marked off in the Authorized Version in brackets, is most graphic. First all the priests , who were not hors de combat, i.e. all the "courses" of them together, thronged the arena; and now they are joined by all the Levites who were singers, of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun ( 1 Chronicles 25:1-31 ), i.e. twenty-four choirs in one, with their sons and their brethren ; and this collected choir is arrayed in white linen; and they have three kinds of musical... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:11
The parallel ( 1 Kings 8:10 ) shows the first half of this verse and the last sentence of 2 Chronicles 5:13 to make its tenth verse. All between these two is special to the present passage and to Chronicles. All the priests … not by course ; i.e. all of all the courses, twenty-four in number, instead of only the one course on daily duty at the time ( 1 Chronicles 23:6-32 ; 1 Chronicles 24:1-31 ). Present ; or, found more literally; that is to say, all who were not for one cause... read more