1 Chronicles 23:6

1 Chronicles 23:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• New International Version (NIV)David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:6

4David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges; 54,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei. 8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the oldest, Zetham, and Joel – three in all.

1 Chronicles 23:6 word by word

וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥ם דָּוִ֖יד מַחְלְק֑וֹת ס לִבְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹן קְהָ֥ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• dividedחָלַקchâlaq · to divideH2505
• them into coursesמַחֲלֹ֫קֶתmachălôqeth · divisionH4256
• among the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Leviלֵוִיlêvîy · LeviH3878
• Gershonגֵּרְשׁוֹןgêreshôn gêreshôm · GershonH1648
• Kohathקְהָתqehâth · KohathH6955
• and Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:6

• 2 Chronicles 8:14As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.
• 2 Chronicles 29:25King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)
• 2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary.
• 2 Chronicles 35:10Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.
• Ezra 6:18They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with the book of Moses.
• 1 Chronicles 24:1The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows: The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• 1 Chronicles 26:1The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
• 1 Chronicles 6:1(5:27) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Exodus 6:16Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)
• Numbers 26:57And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-23David organized the Levites into groups based on their family lines. There were more clerics than needed for one temple. These groups allowed all priests and Levites to take turns serving in the temple (see Luke 1:5, 8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi--These are enumerated according to their fathers' houses, but no more of these are mentioned here than the twenty-four thousand who were engaged in the work connected with the Lord's house. The fathers' houses of those Levites corresponded with the classes into which they [Josephus, Antiquities] as well as the priests were divided (see on 1Ch 24:20-31; 1Ch 26:20-28). 1Ch 23:7-11. Sons of Gershon.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:6

• Gershon
• Levites

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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