New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Chronicles 23:2
2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
1 Chronicles 23:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
- New International Version (NIV)He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Context of 1 Chronicles 23:2
1Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites. 3The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000. 4Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
Read all of 1 Chronicles 231 Chronicles 23:2 word by word
וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙ אֶת־כָּל־שָׂרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:2
- 1 Chronicles 13:1Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men.
- Joshua 23:2that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.
- Joshua 24:1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
- 2 Chronicles 34:29Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:2
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2When David appointed his son Solomon as Israel’s king (see 1 Kings 1), he outlined the kingdom's organizational structure and made provisions for the temple's operation. The account of Solomon’s coronation continues in 1 Chronicles 28–29; the chapters in between (23:3–27:24) detail the kingdom's organization.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. he gathered together all the princes of Israel--All important measures relating to the public interest were submitted for consideration to a general assembly of the representatives of the tribes (1Ch 13:1; 15:25; 22:17; 26:1-32).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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