1 Chronicles 23:1 — Meaning and Application

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“So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.”

1 Chronicles 23:1

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So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

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1 Chronicles 23:2

"And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites."

1 Chronicles 23:3

"Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand."

1 Chronicles 23:4

"Of which, twenty and four thousand {were} to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand {were} officers and judges: {set...: or, oversee}"

1 Chronicles 23:5

"Moreover four thousand {were} porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, {said David}, to praise {therewith}."

1 Chronicles 23:6

"And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, {namely}, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. {courses: Heb. divisions}"

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