New King James Version
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 Living Translation (NLT)David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites.
Context of 1 Chronicles 23:2
1So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. 4Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were officers and judges,
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וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙ אֶת־כָּל־שָׂרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:2
- 1 Chronicles 13:1Then David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel: the officers of the tribes and the captains of the divisions who served the king, the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officials, the valiant men, and all the mighty men of valor.
- Joshua 23:2And Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them: “I am old, advanced in age.
- Joshua 24:1Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for 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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