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24:1 The divisions <04256> of Aaron’s <0175> descendants <01121> were as follows: The sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>: Nadab <05070>, Abihu <030>, Eleazar <0499>, and Ithamar <0385>. 24:2 Nadab <05070> and Abihu <030> died <04191> before <06440> their father <01> did; they <01992> had no <03808> sons <01121>. Eleazar <0499> and Ithamar <0385> served <03547> as priests. 24:3 David <01732>, Zadok <06659> (a descendant of Eleazar <0499> <01121>), and Ahimelech <0288> <01121> (a descendant <01121> of Ithamar <0385>) divided <02505> them into groups to carry out their assigned <06486> responsibilities <05656>. 24:4 The descendants <01121> of Eleazar <0499> had more <07227> leaders <01397> <07218> than <04480> the descendants <01121> of Ithamar <0385>, so they divided <02505> them up <02505> accordingly; the descendants <01121> <01121> of Eleazar <0499> had sixteen <08337> leaders <07218>, while the descendants <01004> of Ithamar <0385> had eight <08083>. 24:5 They divided <02505> them by <05973> lots <01486>, for <03588> there were <01961> officials <08269> of the holy place <06944> and officials <08269> designated by God <0430> among the descendants <01121> of both Eleazar <0499> and Ithamar <0385>. 24:6 The scribe <05608> Shemaiah <08098> son <01121> of Nethanel <05417>, a Levite <03881>, wrote down <03789> their names before <06440> the king <04428>, the officials <08269>, Zadok <06659> the priest <03548>, Ahimelech <0288> son <01121> of Abiathar <054>, and the leaders <01> <07218> of the priestly <03548> and Levite <03881> families. One <0259> family <01> <01004> was drawn <0270> by lot from Eleazar <0499>, and then the next from Ithamar <0385>. 24:7 The first <07223> lot <01486> went to Jehoiarib <03080>, the second <08145> to Jedaiah <03048>, 24:8 the third <07992> to Harim <02766>, the fourth <07243> to Seorim <08188>, 24:9 the fifth <02549> to Malkijah <04441>, the sixth <08345> to Mijamin <04326>, 24:10 the seventh <07637> to Hakkoz <06976>, the eighth <08066> to Abijah <029>, 24:11 the ninth <08671> to Jeshua <03442>, the tenth <06224> to Shecaniah <07935>, 24:12 the eleventh <06240> <06249> to Eliashib <0475>, the twelfth <06240> <08147> to Jakim <03356>, 24:13 the thirteenth <06240> <07969> to Huppah <02647>, the fourteenth <06240> <0702> to Jeshebeab <03428>, 24:14 the fifteenth <06240> <02568> to Bilgah <01083>, the sixteenth <06240> <08337> to Immer <0564>, 24:15 the seventeenth <07651> to Hezir <02387>, the eighteenth <06240> <08083> <06240> to Happizzez <06483>, 24:16 the nineteenth <06240> <08672> to Pethahiah <06611>, the twentieth <06242> to Jehezkel <03168>, 24:17 the twenty-first <06242> <0259> to Jakin <03199>, the twenty-second <06242> <08147> to Gamul <01577>, 24:18 the twenty-third <07969> to Delaiah <01806>, the twenty-fourth <06242> <0702> <06242> to Maaziah <04590>. 24:19 This <0428> was the order in which they carried out their assigned <06486> responsibilities <05656> when they entered <0935> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>, according to the regulations <04941> given <03027> them by their ancestor <01> Aaron <0175>, just <0834> as the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> had instructed <06680> him. 24:20 The rest <03498> of the Levites <03878> <01121> included: Shubael <07619> from the sons <01121> of Amram <06019>, Jehdeiah <03165> from the sons <01121> of Shubael <07619>, 24:21 the firstborn <07218> Isshiah <03449> from Rehabiah <07345> and the sons <01121> of Rehabiah <07345>, 24:22 Shelomoth <08013> from the Izharites <03325>, Jahath <03189> from the sons <01121> of Shelomoth <08013>. 24:23 The sons <01121> of Hebron: Jeriah <03404>, Amariah <0568> the second <08145>, Jahaziel <03166> the third <07992>, and Jekameam <03360> the fourth <07243>. 24:24 The son <01121> of Uzziel <05816>: Micah <04318>; Shamir <08053> from the sons <01121> of Micah <04318>. 24:25 The brother <0251> of Micah <04318>: Isshiah <03449>. Zechariah <02148> from the sons <01121> of Isshiah <03449>. 24:26 The sons <01121> of Merari <04847>: Mahli <04249> and Mushi <04187>. The son <01121> of Jaaziah <03269>: Beno <01121>. 24:27 The sons <01121> of Merari <04847>, from Jaaziah <03269>: Beno <01121>, Shoham <07719>, Zaccur <02139>, and Ibri <05681>. 24:28 From Mahli <04249>: Eleazar <0499>, who had no <03808> sons <01121>.

• 1Ch 24:1-19 -- David Organizes the Priests
• 1Ch 24:20-31 -- Remaining Levites

• Priest

  [ebd] The Heb. kohen, Gr. hierus, Lat. sacerdos, always denote one who offers sacrifices. At first every man was his own priest, and presented his own sacrifices before God. Afterwards that office devolved on the head of the famil...
  [smith] The English word is derived from the Greek presbyter , signifying an "elder" (Heb. cohen). Origin. --The idea of a priesthood connects itself in all its forms, pure or corrupted, with the consciousness, more or less distinct ...
  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• Abiathar

  [isbe] ABIATHAR - a-bi'-a-thar, ab-i-a'-thar ('ebhyathar, "father of super-excellence," or, "the super-excellent one is father." With changed phraseology these are the explanations commonly given, though "a father remains" would be...
  [nave] ABIATHAR 1. High priest. Called Ahimelech in 2 Sam. 8:17; 1 Chr. 24:3, 6, 31, and Abimelech, 1 Chr. 18:16. Son of Ahimelech, 1 Sam. 22:20. Escapes to David from the vengeance of Saul, who killed the priests in the city of ...
  

• AHIMELECH

  [ebd] brother of the king, the son of Ahitub and father of Abiathar (1 Sam. 22:20-23). He descended from Eli in the line of Ithamar. In 1 Chr. 18:16 he is called Abimelech, and is probably the same as Ahiah (1 Sam. 14:3, 18). He w...
  [isbe] AHIMELECH - a-him'-e-lek ('achimelekh, "brother of a king," or, "my brother is king," or, "king is brother"): (1) The father of David's high priest Abiathar: son of Ahitub, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli (1 Sam 21:1,2,8...
  

• 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...
  

• AHITUB

  [isbe] AHITUB - a-hi'-tub ('achiTubh, "brother of goodness," i.e. "good brother," or, "my brother is goodness"): (1) The brother of Ichabod and son of Phinehas the son of Eli (1 Sam 14:3; 22:9,11,12,20), According to 1 Ch 24 he and...
  

• ABIMELECH

  [isbe] ABIMELECH - a-bim'-e-lek ('abhimelekh, "father of a king"): A name borne by five Old Testament persons. (1) The name of two kings of Philistia; the first was a contemporary of Abraham, the second, probably son of the former,...
  

• David

  [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 ...
  

• Sanhedrim

  [ebd] more correctly Sanhedrin (Gr. synedrion), meaning "a sitting together," or a "council." This word (rendered "council," A.V.) is frequently used in the New Testament (Matt. 5:22; 26:59; Mark 15:1, etc.) to denote the supreme ...
  

• Aaron

  [nave] AARON Lineage of, Ex. 6:16-20; Josh. 21:4, 10; 1 Chr. 6:2, 3; 23:13. Marriage of, Ex. 6:23. Children of, Ex. 6:23, 25; 1 Chr. 6:3; 24:1, 2. Descendants of, Ex. 6:23, 25; 1 Chr. 6:3-15, 50-53; 24. Meets Moses in the wilde...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Lot

  [ebd] (Heb. goral, a "pebble"), a small stone used in casting lots (Num. 33:54; Jonah 1:7). The lot was always resorted to by the Hebrews with strictest reference to the interposition of God, and as a method of ascertaining the di...
  [nave] LOT, The Prov. 16:33; 18:18; Isa. 34:17; Joel 3:3. The scapegoat chosen by, Lev. 16:8-10. The land of Canaan divided among the tribes by, Num. 26:55; Josh. 15; 18:10; 19:51; 21; 1 Chr. 6:61, 65; Ezek. 45:1; 47:22; 48:29;...
  

• Eleazar

  [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...
  

• Ithamar

  [smith] (land of palms), the youngest son of Aaron. (Exodus 6:23) (B.C. 1491.) After the death of Nadab and Abihu, (Leviticus 10:1) Eleazar and Ithamar were appointed to succeed to their places in the priestly office. (Exodus 28:1,40...
  [nave] ITHAMAR Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1; 1 Chr. 6:3. Intrusted with moneys of the tabernacle, Ex. 38:21. Charged with duties of the tabernacle, Num. 4:28; 7:8. Forbidden to lament the death of his brothers, Nadab and Abihu, ...
  

• Courses

  [ebd] When David was not permitted to build the temple, he proceeded, among the last acts of his life, with the assistance of Zadok and Ahimelech, to organize the priestly and musical services to be conducted in the house of God. ...
  

• PRIESTHOOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

  [isbe] PRIESTHOOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT - 1. The Jewish Priesthood 2. The Priesthood and High-Priesthood of Jesus Christ 3. The Priesthood of Believers 1. The Jewish Priesthood: In the New Testament hierateuma (1 Pet 2:5,9), "priest...
  

• Jaaziah

  [ebd] comforted by Jehovah, a descendant of Merari the Levite (1 Chr. 24:26,27).
  [isbe] JAAZIAH - ja-a-zi'-a (ya`aziyahu, "Yah strengthens"): In 1 Ch 24:26,27, a Levite, "son" of Merari. But the Massoretic Text is corrupt. The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus reads (Ozeid), which some take to suggest Uzziah (compar...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah comforts), apparently a third son, or a descendant, or Merari the Levite. (1 Chronicles 24:26,27) (B.C. before 1014).
  [nave] JAAZIAH, a descendant of Merari, 1 Chr. 24:26, 27.
  

• Beno

  [isbe] BENO - be'-no (beno, "his son"): The son of Jaaziah of the house of Levi (1 Ch 24:26,27).
  [smith] (his son), a Levite of the sons of Merari. (1 Chronicles 24:26,27)
  [nave] BENO, a descendant of Merari, 1 Chr. 24:26, 27.
  

• 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 ...
  

• Maaziah

  [ebd] strength or consolation of Jehovah. (1.) The head of the twenty-fourth priestly course (1 Chr. 24:18) in David's reign. (2.) A priest (Neh. 10:8).
  [isbe] MAAZIAH - ma-a-zi'-a (ma`azyahu): (1) The priest to whom fell the lot for the 24th course (1 Ch 24:18). (2) One of those who took part in sealing the covenant (Neh 10:8).
  [smith] (consolation of Jehovah). One of the priests who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:8) A priest in the reign of David, head of the twenty-fourth course. (1 Chronicles 24:18)
  [nave] MAAZIAH 1. A priest, 1 Chr. 24:18. 2. A priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah, Neh. 10:8.
  

• The Divisions of Priests

  

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