2 Chronicles 31:18

and to the genealogy of all their little ones Render with R.V. mg. even to give to them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones.

The connexion of 2 Chronicles 31:15-18 is difficult to trace and the text is perhaps faulty. Assuming however the general correctness of the text, we may regard 2 Chronicles 31:16-17 as a parenthesis stating that the ministration of Eden and his colleagues did not extend to those priests and Levites and male children of the priests who presented themselves in person at the Temple.

in their set office R.V. mg. in their trust.

they sanctified themselvesin holiness Or, they busied themselves withthe distribution of the sanctified things.