1 Chronicles 23:23

1 Chronicles 23:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth—three in all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:23

21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 24These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of Yhwh, from the age of twenty years and upward. 25For David said, Yhwh God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

1 Chronicles 23:23 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י מוּשִׁ֗י מַחְלִ֥י וְעֵ֛דֶר וִירֵמ֖וֹת שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Mushiמוּשִׁיmûshîy mûshshîy · MushiH4187
• Mahliמַחְלִיmachlîy · MahliH4249
• and Ederעֵ֫דֶר‛êder · EderH5740
• and Jeremothיְרֵמוֹת, יְרִימוֹתyerîymôth yerêymôth yerêmôth · JerimothH3406
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:23

• 1 Chronicles 24:30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:23

• 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. 21-2321-23. The sons of Merari--They comprised six fathers' houses. Summing them together, Gershon founded nine fathers houses, Kohath nine, and Merari six: total, twenty-four. 1Ch 23:24-32. Office of the Levites.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:23

• Eder
• Jerimoth
• Levites
• Mahli

In the dictionaries

• Chronicles, Books of
• Eder
• Merarites
• Music
• Adonijah
• David
• Eder (2)
• Ezekiel
• Genealogy
• Jeremoth

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