1 Chronicles

Chapter 23

1  David in his old age maketh Solomon king.  2  The number and distribution of the Levites.  7  The families of the Gershonites.  12  The sons of Kohath.  21  The sons of Merari.  24  The office of the Levites.

23:1 ¶ So when David {1732} was old {2204} <8804> and full {7646} <8804> of days, {3117} he made (4427) (853) Solomon {8010} his son {1121} king [4427] <8686> over (5921) Israel. {3478}

23:2 ¶ And he gathered together {622} <8799> (853) all (3605) the princes {8269} of Israel, {3478} with the priests {3548} and the Levites. {3881}

23:3 Now the Levites {3881} were numbered {5608} <8735> from the age {1121} (4480) of thirty {7970} years {8141} and upward: {4605} and their number {4557} by their polls, {1538} man by man, {1397} was (1961) thirty {7970} and eight {8083} thousand. {505}

23:4 Of which, {428} (4480) twenty {6242} and four {702} thousand {505} [were] to set forward {5329} <8763> (5921) the work {4399} of the house {1004} of the LORD; {3068} and six {8337} thousand {505} [were] officers {7860} <8802> and judges: {8199} <8802>

23:5 Moreover four {702} thousand {505} [were] porters; {7778} and four {702} thousand {505} praised {1984} <8764> the LORD {3068} with the instruments {3627} which (834) I made, {6213} <8804> [said David], to praise {1984} <8763> [therewith].

23:6 And David {1732} divided {2505} <8735> them into courses {4256} among the sons {1121} of Levi, {3878} [namely], Gershon, {1648} Kohath, {6955} and Merari. {4847}

23:7 ¶ Of the Gershonites {1649} [were], Laadan, {3936} and Shimei. {8096}

23:8 The sons {1121} of Laadan; {3936} the chief {7218} [was] Jehiel, {3171} and Zetham, {2241} and Joel, {3100} three. {7969}

23:9 The sons {1121} of Shimei; {8096} Shelomith, {8013} [8019] k8675- and Haziel, {2381} and Haran, {2039} three. {7969} These (428) [were] the chief {7218} of the fathers {1} of Laadan. {3936}

23:10 And the sons {1121} of Shimei {8096} [were], Jahath, {3189} Zina, {2126} and Jeush, {3266} and Beriah. {1283} These (428) four {702} [were] the sons {1121} of Shimei. {8096}

23:11 And Jahath {3189} was (1961) the chief, {7218} and Zizah {2125} the second: {8145} but Jeush {3266} and Beriah {1283} had not many {7235} <8689> (3808) sons; {1121} therefore they were (1961) in one {259} reckoning, {6486} according to [their] father's {1} house. {1004}

23:12 ¶ The sons {1121} of Kohath; {6955} Amram, {6019} Izhar, {3324} Hebron, {2275} and Uzziel, {5816} four. {702}

23:13 The sons {1121} of Amram; {6019} Aaron {175} and Moses: {4872} and Aaron {175} was separated, {914} <8735> that he should sanctify {6942} <8687> the most [6944] holy things, {6944} he (1931) and his sons {1121} for [5704] ever, {5769} (5704) to burn incense {6999} <8687> before {6440} the LORD, {3068} to minister {8334} <8763> unto him, and to bless {1288} <8763> in his name {8034} for [5704] ever. {5769} (5704)

23:14 Now [concerning] Moses {4872} the man {376} of God, {430} his sons {1121} were named {7121} <8735> of (5921) the tribe {7626} of Levi. {3878}

23:15 The sons {1121} of Moses {4872} [were], Gershom, [1647] (1648) and Eliezer. {461}

23:16 Of the sons {1121} of Gershom, [1647] (1648) Shebuel {7619} [was] the chief. {7218}

23:17 And the sons {1121} of Eliezer {461} [were], Rehabiah {7345} the chief. {7218} And Eliezer {461} had (1961) none (3808) other {312} sons; {1121} but the sons {1121} of Rehabiah {7345} were very [4605] many. {7235} <8804> (4605)

23:18 Of the sons {1121} of Izhar; {3324} Shelomith [8019] (8013) the chief. {7218}

23:19 Of the sons {1121} of Hebron; {2275} Jeriah {3404} the first, {7218} Amariah {568} the second, {8145} Jahaziel {3166} the third, {7992} and Jekameam {3360} the fourth. {7243}

23:20 Of the sons {1121} of Uzziel; {5816} Michah {4318} the first, {7218} and Jesiah {3449} the second. {8145}

23:21 ¶ The sons {1121} of Merari; {4847} Mahli, {4249} and Mushi. {4187} The sons {1121} of Mahli; {4249} Eleazar, {499} and Kish. {7027}

23:22 And Eleazar {499} died, {4191} <8799> and had (1961) no (3808) sons, {1121} but (3588) (518) daughters: {1323} and their brethren {251} the sons {1121} of Kish {7027} took {5375} <8799> them.

23:23 The sons {1121} of Mushi; {4187} Mahli, {4249} and Eder, {5740} and Jeremoth, {3406} three. {7969}

23:24 ¶ These (428) [were] the sons {1121} of Levi {3878} after the house {1004} of their fathers; {1} [even] the chief {7218} of the fathers, {1} as they were counted {6485} <8803> by number {4557} of names {8034} by their polls, {1538} that did {6213} <8802> the work {4399} for the service {5656} of the house {1004} of the LORD, {3068} from the age {1121} (4480) of twenty {6242} years {8141} and upward. {4605}

23:25 For (3588) David {1732} said, {559} <8804> The LORD {3068} God {430} of Israel {3478} hath given rest {5117} <8689> unto his people, {5971} that they may dwell {7931} <8799> in Jerusalem {3389} for ever: {5769} (5704)

23:26 And also (1571) unto the Levites; {3881} they shall no (369) [more] carry {5375} <8800> (853) the tabernacle, {4908} nor any (3605) vessels {3627} of it for the service {5656} thereof.

23:27 For (3588) by the last {314} words {1697} of David {1732} the Levites {3881} (1121) [were] numbered {4557} from twenty [6242] years [8141] old {1121} (4480) (6242) (8141) and above: {4605}

23:28 Because (3588) their office {4612} [was] to wait [3027] on (3027) the sons {1121} of Aaron {175} for the service {5656} of the house {1004} of the LORD, {3068} in (5921) the courts, {2691} and in (5921) the chambers, {3957} and in (5921) the purifying {2893} of all (3605) holy things, {6944} and the work {4639} of the service {5656} of the house {1004} of God; {430}

23:29 Both for the shewbread, {3899} {4635} and for the fine flour {5560} for meat offering, {4503} and for the unleavened {4682} cakes, {7550} and for [that which is baked in] the pan, {4227} and for that which is fried, {7246} <8716> and for all manner (3605) of measure {4884} and size; {4060}

23:30 And to stand {5975} <8800> every morning {1242} to thank {3034} <8687> and praise {1984} <8763> the LORD, {3068} and likewise (3651) at even; {6153}

23:31 And to offer {5927} <8687> all (3605) burnt sacrifices {5930} unto the LORD {3068} in the sabbaths, {7676} in the new moons, {2320} and on the set feasts, {4150} by number, {4557} according to the order {4941} commanded unto (5921) them, continually {8548} before {6440} the LORD: {3068}

23:32 And that they should keep {8104} <8804> (853) the charge {4931} of the tabernacle {168} of the congregation, {4150} and the charge {4931} of the holy {6944} [place], and the charge {4931} of the sons {1121} of Aaron {175} their brethren, {251} in the service {5656} of the house {1004} of the LORD. {3068}