2 Chronicles 31:17 - Exposition

It is hard to feel certain as to the exact construction of this and the following verse. Keil would translate here," And concerning the catalogue of the priests, it was according, etc.; and the Levites, they were from twenty years," etc. And arrived at 2 Chronicles 31:18 , and unable to proceed in like manner with it, he reverts to the "to give" of 2 Chronicles 31:15 , as what is to stand before the words," to the genealogy [or, 'catalogue'] of all their little ones." He thus treats both 2 Chronicles 31:16 and 2 Chronicles 31:17 as parenthetical. It seems quite as probable that the "to give" should be shown before 2 Chronicles 31:17 as well as 2 Chronicles 31:18 . On the whole, this seems to suit best the entire passage. The significant וְאֵת , at the beginning of 2 Chronicles 31:17 , neutralizes then the מִלְבַד of 2 Chronicles 31:16 , and connects 2 Chronicles 31:15 and 2 Chronicles 31:17 .