OET interlinear NEH 12:45

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַֽ⁠יִּשְׁמְר֞וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_kept service_of their_God_of,their and,the_service_of of_(the),purification and,the,singers and,the,gatekeepers according,to_the_command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh/(Solomon) son_of,his )

In this context, the conjunction And indicates that the sentence it introduces explains the results of what the previous verse described. Specifically, the temple personnel were able to perform their duties regularly because the people had organized regular support for them. Alternate translation: [and so]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַֽ⁠יִּשְׁמְר֞וּ מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת אֱלֹֽהֵי⁠הֶם֙ וּ⁠מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת הַֽ⁠טָּהֳרָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_kept service_of their_God_of,their and,the_service_of of_(the),purification and,the,singers and,the,gatekeepers according,to_the_command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh/(Solomon) son_of,his )

They means the priests and Levites. The abstract noun service, in the phrase service watch of their God, refers to the duties that God had commanded the priests and Levites to perform in the law. In the phrase “service of purification,” this abstract noun refers to one of those duties in particular, the duty of performing a ceremony for themselves and for others that expressed a desire to be ceremonially clean, that is, acceptable to God. The story describes in [12:30](../12/30.md) how they performed such a ceremony on this occasion. Alternate translation: [So the priests and Levites were able to perform the duties that God had commanded, including performing ceremonies of purification]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠הַ⁠מְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים וְ⁠הַ⁠שֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_kept service_of their_God_of,their and,the_service_of of_(the),purification and,the,singers and,the,gatekeepers according,to_the_command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh/(Solomon) son_of,his )

Here the book leaves out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. This phrase seems to mean that the singers and gatekeepers were able to perform their assigned duties too. Using a new sentence, you could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [The singers and the gatekeepers were also able to perform their assigned duties]

Note 4 topic: writing-background

כְּ⁠מִצְוַ֥ת דָּוִ֖יד שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽ⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_kept service_of their_God_of,their and,the_service_of of_(the),purification and,the,singers and,the,gatekeepers according,to_the_command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh/(Solomon) son_of,his )

This phrase provides background information that explains that it was King David and King Solomon, his son, who established the duties of the temple singers and gatekeepers. Alternate translation: [as King David and King Solomon, his son, had commanded them to do]