New King James Version
1 Chronicles 23:5
5four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
1 Chronicles 23:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
- New International Version (NIV)Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise."
- New Living Translation (NLT)Another 4,000 will work as gatekeepers, and 4,000 will praise the Lord with the musical instruments I have made.”
Context of 1 Chronicles 23:5
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, four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the Lord with musical instruments, “which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.” 6Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7Of the Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 231 Chronicles 23:5 word by word
וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת אֲלָפִים֙ מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים לַיהוָ֔ה בַּכֵּלִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לְהַלֵּֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:5
- 1 Chronicles 9:17And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief.
- 1 Chronicles 15:23Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark;
- 1 Chronicles 16:38and Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, including Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers;
- 1 Chronicles 26:1Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14And, according to the order of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places, according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. Also the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not have to leave their position, because their brethren the Levites prepared portions for them.
- Ezra 7:7Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
- Nehemiah 7:73So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities. When the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:31Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest.
- 1 Chronicles 9:33These are the singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.
- 1 Chronicles 16:41and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because His mercy endures forever;
- 1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was:
- 2 Chronicles 20:19Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high.
- Psalms 87:7Both the singers and the players on instruments say, “All my springs are in you.”
- 1 Kings 10:12And the king made steps of the almug wood for the house of the Lord and for the king’s house, also harps and stringed instruments for singers. There never again came such almug wood, nor has the like been seen to this day.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Four thousand praised the Lord - David made this distribution according to his own judgment, and from the dictates of his piety; but it does not appear that he had any positive Divine authority for such arrangements. As to the instruments of music which he made they are condemned elsewhere; see Amos 6:5, to which this verse is allowed to be the parallel.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The records of the Levites list them by their roles instead of their families.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. praised the Lord with the instruments which I made--David seems to have been an inventor of many of the musical instruments used in the temple (Am 6:5).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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