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23:1 When David <01732> was old <02204> and approaching the end <07646> of his life <03117>, he made <04427> his son <01121> Solomon <08010> king <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>. 23:2 David assembled <0622> all <03605> the leaders <08269> of Israel <03478>, along with the priests <03548> and the Levites <03881>. 23:3 The Levites <01121> <03881> who were thirty <07970> years <08141> old and up <04605> were <01961> counted <04557>; there were 38,000 <0505> <08083> <07970> men <01397>. 23:4 David said, “Of these <0428>, 24,000 <0505> <0702> <06242> are to direct <05329> the work <04399> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>; 6,000 <0505> <08337> are to be officials <07860> and judges <08199>; 23:5 4,000 <0505> <0702> are to be gatekeepers <07778>; and 4,000 <0505> <0702> are to praise <01984> the Lord <03068> with the instruments <03627> I supplied <06213> for worship <01984>.” 23:6 David <01732> divided <02505> them into groups <04256> corresponding to the sons <01121> of Levi <03878>: Gershon <01647>, Kohath <06955>, and Merari <04847>. 23:7 The Gershonites <01649> included Ladan <03936> and Shimei <08096>. 23:8 The sons <01121> of Ladan <03936>: Jehiel <03171> the oldest <07218>, Zetham <02241>, and Joel <03100>– three <07969> in all. 23:9 The sons <01121> of Shimei <08096>: Shelomoth <08013>, Haziel <02381>, and Haran <02039>– three <07969> in all. These <0428> were the leaders <07218> of the family <01> of Ladan <03936>. 23:10 The sons <01121> of Shimei <08096>: Jahath <03189>, Zina <02126>, Jeush <03266>, and Beriah <01283>. These <0428> were Shimei’s <08096> sons <01121>– four <0702> in all. 23:11 Jahath <03189> was <01961> the oldest <07218> and Zizah <02125> the second <08145> oldest. Jeush <03266> and Beriah <01283> did not <03808> have many <07235> sons <01121>, so <01961> they were considered one family <01> <01004> with one <0259> responsibility <06486>. 23:12 The sons <01121> of Kohath <06955>: Amram <06019>, Izhar <03324>, Hebron <02275>, and Uzziel <05816>– four <0702> in all. 23:13 The sons <01121> of Amram <06019>: Aaron <0175> and Moses <04872>. Aaron <0175> and his descendants <01121> were chosen <0914> on a permanent <05769> <05704> basis to consecrate <06942> the most <06944> holy items <06944>, to offer sacrifices <06999> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, to serve <08334> him, and to praise <01288> his name <08034>. 23:14 The descendants <01121> of Moses <04872> the man <0376> of God <0430> were considered <07121> Levites <03878> <07626>. 23:15 The sons <01121> of Moses <04872>: Gershom <01647> and Eliezer <0461>. 23:16 The son <01121> of Gershom <01647>: Shebuel <07619> the oldest <07218>. 23:17 The son <01121> of Eliezer <0461> was Rehabiah <07345>, the oldest <07218>. Eliezer <0461> had no <03808> other <0312> sons <01121>, but Rehabiah <07345> had many <07235> descendants <01121>. 23:18 The son <01121> of Izhar <03324>: Shelomith <08019> the oldest <07218>. 23:19 The sons <01121> of Hebron <02275>: Jeriah <03404> the oldest <07218>, Amariah <0568> the second <08145>, Jahaziel <03166> the third <07992>, and Jekameam <03360> the fourth <07243>. 23:20 The sons <01121> of Uzziel <05816>: Micah <04318> the oldest <07218>, and Isshiah <03449> the second <08145>. 23:21 The sons <01121> of Merari <04847>: Mahli <04249> and Mushi <04187>. The sons <01121> of Mahli <04249>: Eleazar <0499> and Kish <07027>. 23:22 Eleazar <0499> died <04191> without <03808> having <01961> sons <01121>; he had only <0518> daughters <01323>. The sons <01121> of Kish <07027>, their cousins <0251>, married <05375> them. 23:23 The sons <01121> of Mushi <04187>: Mahli <04249>, Eder <05740>, and Jeremoth <03406>– three <07969> in all. 23:24 These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Levi <03878> according to their families <01> <01004>, that is, the leaders <07218> of families <01> as counted <06485> and individually <01538> listed who carried out <06213> assigned <04399> tasks <05656> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and were twenty <06242> years <08141> old <01121> and up <04605>.

• 1Ch 23:1-32 -- David Organizes the Levites

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...
  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• David

  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• Music

  [ebd] Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the Deluge, the first mention of ...
  [smith] The most ancient music. --The inventor of musical instruments, like the first poet and the first forger of metals, was a Cainite. We learn from (Genesis 4:21) that Jubal the son of Lamech was "the father of all such as handl...
  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• EZEKIEL, 2

  [isbe] EZEKIEL, 2 - II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significance of the book; and the examination of its contents will form the subject...
  

• Church and State

  [nave] CHURCH AND STATE (Identical in the theocratic period. No particular Scripture can be cited, but the student is directed to the legislative, judicial, and administrative functions of Moses, Joshua, the Judges, and Samuel as s...
  

• Levites

  [smith] (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the tribe who were not priests, ...
  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• Worship

  [nave] WORSHIP, to be rendered to God only, Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7; 6:13; Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8; Acts 10:26; 14:15; Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8. See: Homage. Of Jesus, See: Jesus, Worship of. Acceptable to God, Gen. 4:4; 8:21. Of th...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• PRIESTS AND LEVITES

  [isbe] PRIESTS AND LEVITES - (kohen, "priest"; nothing is definitely known as to the origin of the word; Lewi, "Levite," on which see LEVI): I. DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE HISTORY 1. The Old View 2. The Graf-Wellhausen View 3. Mediating...
  

• TEMPLE, B

  [isbe] TEMPLE, B - B. IN CRITICISM I. ALLEGED LACK OF HARMONY BETWEEN EARLIER (KINGS) AND LATER (CODE OF HAMMURABI) VERSIONS OF TEMPLE BUILDING 1. Second Version Not a Facsimile of First 2. The Two Versions Differ as to the Builder...
  

• Zacharias

  [ebd] (1.) A priest of the course of Abia, the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which the priests had been originally divided by David (1 Chr. 23:1-19). Only four of these courses or "families" of the priests returned from t...
  

• KOHATH; KOHATHITES

  [isbe] KOHATH; KOHATHITES - ko'-hath, ko'-hath-its (qehath, qohathi; Kaath): Second son of Levi, and ancestor of Moses and Aaron (Gen 46:11; Ex 6:16-20; Nu 3:17; 1 Ch 6:1, etc.). The Kohathites formed one of the three divisions of ...
  

• Eleazar

  [ebd] God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary ...
  [isbe] ELEAZAR - el-e-a'-zar, e-le-a'-zar ('el-`azar; Eleazar, "God is helper"): (1) The 3rd son of Aaron by Elisheba (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2). He married one of the daughters of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas (Ex 6:25). With his father an...
  [smith] (help of God). Third son of Aaron. After the death of Nadab and Abihu without children, (Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:4) Eleazar was appointed chief over the principal Levites. (Numbers 3:32) With his brother Ithamar he ministe...
  [nave] ELEAZAR 1. Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1. Married a daughter of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas, Ex. 6:25. After the death of Nadab and Abihu is made chief of the tribe of Levi, Num. 3:32. Duties of, Num. 4:16. Succeeds Aar...
  

• Jeush

  [ebd] assembler. (1.) The oldest of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah (Gen. 36:5, 14, 18). (2.) A son of Bilhan, grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10). (3.) A Levite, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10, 11). (4.) One of the three ...
  [isbe] JEUSH - je'-ush (ye`ush, probably "he protects," "he comes to help"; see HPN, 109; Kethibh is ye`ish, in Gen 36:5,14; 1 Ch 7:10): (1) A "son" of Esau (Gen 36:5,14,18; 1 Ch 1:35). "The name is thought by some to be identical ...
  [smith] (assembler). Son of Esau by Aholiabamah the daughter of Anah, the son of Zebeon the Hivite. (Genesis 36:6,14,18; 1 Chronicles 1:35) (B.C. after 1797.) A Benjamite, son of Bilhah. (1 Chronicles 7:10,11) A Gershonite Lev...
  [nave] JEUSH 1. Son of Esau, Gen. 36:5, 14, 18; 1 Chr. 1:35. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 7:10. 3. A Gershonite Levite, 1 Chr. 23:10, 11. 4. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:19.
  

• Shimei

  [isbe] SHIMEI - shim'-e-i (shim`i, possibly "hear me (El)" or "(Jah)"; Semeei, Semei): A name of frequent occurrence throughout the Old Testament records, sometimes varying slightly in form in English Versions of the Bible. The Kin...
  [smith] (renowned). Son of Gershon the son of Levi, (Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17,29; 23:7,9,10; Zechariah 12:13) called SHIMI in (Exodus 6:17) (B.C. after 1706.) Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of the house of Saul, who l...
  [nave] SHIMEI 1. Called also Shimi. Son of Gershon, Ex. 6:17; Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17; 23:7, 10. 2. A Benjamite. Curses David; David's magnanimity toward, 2 Sam. 16:5-13; 19:16-23, with 1 Kin. 2:36-46. 3. An officer of David, 1 K...
  

• Zizah

  [ebd] a Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 23:11).
  [isbe] ZIZAH - zi'-za (zizah; see ZIZA): A Gershonite Levite (1 Ch 23:11); in verse 10 the name is "Zina" (zina'), while the Septuagint and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) have "Ziza" (Ziza) in both verses, and one Heb...
  [smith] a Gershonite Levite, second son of Shimei, (1 Chronicles 23:11) called ZINA in ver. (1 Chronicles 23:10)
  [nave] ZIZAH A Gershonite, 1 Chr. 23:11. Called Zina in v. 10.
  

• Kish

  [ebd] a bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21; 24:29). (2.) A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12). (4.) The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5)...
  [isbe] KISH - kish (qish; Kis, Keis, "bow," "power"): The name of five persons mentioned in the Bible: (1) The son of Abiel and the father of Saul, the first king of Israel. He was of the tribe of Benjamin, of the family of the Mat...
  [smith] (a bow). The father of Saul; a Benjamite of the family of Matri. (B.C. 1095.) Son of Jehiel and uncle to the preceding. (1 Chronicles 9:36) A Benjamite, great-grandfather of Mordecai. (Esther 2:5) A Merarite of the house ...
  [nave] KISH 1. Father of Saul, 1 Sam. 9:1-3; 10:21; 2 Sam. 21:14. Called Cis in Acts 13:21. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 23:21, 22; 24:29. 4. A Levite, 2 Chr. 29:12. 5. Great grandfather of Mordecai, ...
  

• Laadan

  [smith] (put in order). An Ephraimite, ancestor of Joshua the son of Nun. (1 Chronicles 7:26) The son of Gershom, elsewhere called LIBNI. (1 Chronicles 23:7,8,9; 26:21)
  [nave] LAADAN 1. A descendant of Ephraim, 1 Chr. 7:26. 2. A Levite, called also Libni, 1 Chr. 6:17; 23:7-9; 26:21.
  

• Jahath

  [ebd] union. (1.) A son of Shimei, and grandson of Gershom (1 Chr. 23:10). (2.) One of the sons of Shelomoth, of the family of Kohath (1 Chr. 24:22). (3.) A Levite of the family of Merari, one of the overseers of the repairs of th...
  [isbe] JAHATH - ja'-hath (yachath, perhaps for yachteh, yachatheh, "he (God) will snatch up"): (1) Son of Reaiah, son of Shobal, a descendant of Judah, and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites (1 Ch 4:2). (2) ...
  [smith] (union). Son of Libni, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. (1 Chronicles 6:20) (B.C. after 1706.) Head of a later house in the family of Gershom, being the eldest son of Shimei, the son of Laadan. (1 Chronicles 23:10,...
  [nave] JAHATH, name of four Levites, 1 Chr. 4:2; 23:10, 11; 24:22; 2 Chr. 34:12.
  

• Eliezer

  [ebd] God his help. (1.) "Of Damascus," the "steward" (R.V., "possessor") of Abraham's house (Gen. 15:2, 3). It was probably he who headed the embassy sent by Abraham to the old home of his family in Padan-aram to seek a wife for ...
  [isbe] ELIEZER - el-i-e'-zer, e-li-e'-zer ('eli`ezer; Eliezer, "God is help"): (1) The chief servant of Abram (Gen 15:2); the American Standard Revised Version "Eliezer of Damascus," the English Revised Version "Dammesek Eliezer." ...
  [nave] ELIEZER 1. Abraham's servant, Gen. 15:2; 24. 2. Son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. 3. Son of Moses, Ex. 18:4; 1 Chr. 23:15, 17. 4. A priest, 1 Chr. 15:24. 5. Son of Zichri, 1 Chr. 27:16. 6. A prophet, 2 Chr. 20:37. 7. Son of J...
  

• What Precedent Does the Scripture Furnish for Solos, Duets and Choir Singing in Church?
  In I Cor. 14:26, Paul, referring to the forms of worship of the Corinthian church, wrote: "When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, etc" This verse, especially when read in connection with verse 15, "I will sing ...

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