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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>. 24:29 From Kish <07027>: Jerahmeel <03396>. 24:30 The sons <01121> of Mushi <04187>: Mahli <04249>, Eder <05740>, and Jerimoth <03406>. These <0428> were the Levites <03881> <01121>, listed by their families <01> <01004>. 24:31 Just like <05980> their relatives <0251>, the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, they <01992> also <01571> cast <05307> lots <01486> before <06440> King <04428> David <01732>, Zadok <06659>, Ahimelech <0288>, the leaders <07218> of families <01>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>. The families <01> of the oldest <07218> son cast lots along with <05980> the those of the youngest <06996>.

• 1Ch 24:20-31 -- Remaining Levites

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Lot

  [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;...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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)...
  [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, ...
  

• 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.
  

• Jerimoth

  [ebd] heights. (1.) One of the sons of Bela (1 Chr. 7:7). (2.) 1 Chr. 24:30, a Merarite Levite. (3.) A Benjamite slinger who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5). (4.) A Levitical musician under Heman his father (1 Chr. 25:4). (5....
  [isbe] JERIMOTH - jer'-i-moth (see JEREMOTH, (c)): (1) A Benjamite (1 Ch 7:7). (2) A Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag, or perhaps a Judean (1 Ch 12:5 (Hebrew 6)). (3) In 1 Ch 24:30 = JEREMOTH, (4) (which see). (4) A Levite musi...
  [smith] (heights). Son or descendant of Bela. (1 Chronicles 7:7) He is perhaps the same as who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C. 1055.) A son of Beecher, (1 Chronicles 7:8) and head of a Benjamite house. Son...
  [nave] JERIMOTH Called also Jeremoth. 1. Son of Bela, 1 Chr. 7:7. 2. Son of Becher, 1 Chr. 7:8. 3. A defecting Israelite, who denounced Saul and joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:5. 4. Son of Mushi, 1 Chr. 23:23; 24:30. 5. Son ...
  

• Zaccur

  [ebd] mindful. (1.) Father of Shammua, who was one of the spies sent out by Moses (Num. 13:4). (2.) A Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 24:27). (3.) A son of Asaph, and chief of one of the courses of singers as arranged by David (1 Chr. 25:...
  [isbe] ZACCUR - zak'-ur (zakkur, perhaps "ventriloquist" (Gray, Nu, 137)): (1) Father of Shammua the Reubenite spy (Nu 13:4). (2) A Simeonite (1 Ch 4:26); the King James Version "Zacchur." (3) Levites: (a) a Merarite (1 Ch 24:27); ...
  [smith] (mindful). Father of Shammua, the Reubenite spy. (Numbers 13:4) (B.C. 1451.) A Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah. (1 Chronicles 24:27) Son of Asaph the singer. (1 Chronicles 25:2,10; Nehemiah 12:35) The son of Imri who a...
  [nave] ZACCUR 1. A Reubenite, Num. 13:4. 2. Called also Zacchur, which see. 3. A Merarite, 1 Chr. 24:27. 4. Son of Asaph, 1 Chr. 25:2, 10; Neh. 12:35. 5. Son of Imri, Neh. 3:2.
  

• Shamir

  [ebd] a sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24). (2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir. (3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount...
  [smith] (n point or thorn.) A town in the mountain district of Judah. (Joshua 15:48) only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron. A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola the judge. (Judges ...
  [nave] SHAMIR 1. A city in the mountains of Judah, Josh. 15:48. 2. A city in Mount Ephraim. Home and burial place of Tola, the judge, Judg. 10:1, 2. 3. Son of Michah, a Levite, 1 Chr. 24:24.
  

• Jeriah

  [isbe] JERIAH - je-ri'-a (yeriyahu, "founded of Yahweh"): In 1 Ch 23:19; 24:23 = "Jerijah" (yeriyah), 26:31, head of a Levitical house: called chief of the Hebronites in 24:23 (compare 24:30).
  [smith] a Kohathite Levite, chief of the great house of Hebron when David organized the service. (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23) B.C. 1014. The same man is mentioned again as JERIJAH. (1 Chronicles 26:31)
  [nave] JERIAH, called also Jerijah. A descendant of Hebron, 1 Chr. 23:19; 24:23; 26:31.
  

• The Divisions of Priests

  

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