1 Chronicles 23
1 David in his old age makes Solomon king.
2 The number and distribution of the Levites.
7 The families of the Gershonites.
12 The sons of Kohath.
21 The sons of Merari.
24 The office of the Levites.
old <02204> [A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. An. Ex. Is. 476. old.]
Solomon <08010> [he made.]
assembled <0622> [he gathered.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
thirty .......... 38,000 <08083 07970> [thirty and eight.]
24,000 <06242> [twenty.]
direct <05329> [set forward. or, oversee.]
officials ... judges <08199 07860> [officers and judges.]
gatekeepers <07778> [porters.]
praise ....... I supplied <01984> [praised.]
instruments <03627> [the instruments.]
[See on]
divided <02505> [divided.]
groups <04256> [courses. Heb. divisions.]
<01648> [Gershon.]
Gershon, [Gˆrsh“m <\\See definition 01648\\>,] is called [Gˆreshown <\\See definition 01647\\>,] Gershom, in the parallel passage, simply by the mutation of [N–wn,] {noon,} into [Mˆm,] {mem.}
[Gershom.]
Gershonites <01649> [Gershonites.]
Ladan <03936> [Laadan.]
Laadan and Libni, seem to have been two distinct names of this person; but the variation of Shimi and Shimei exists only in the translation, the original being uniformly [Shim'iy <\\See definition 08096\\>.]
[Libni, Shimi.]
Jehiel <03171> [Jehiel.]
Joel <03100> [Joel.]
Zina <02126> [Zina.]
Zina seems to be a mistake for Zizah; for both the LXX. and Vulgate read uniformly [Ziza,] Ziza.
[Zizah.]
Zizah <02125> [Zizah.]
many sons <07235 01121> [had not many sons. Heb. did not multiply sons.]
sons ... Kohath <06955 01121> [sons of Kohath.]
sons .......... descendants <01121> [The sons.]
chosen <0914> [separated.]
consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
offer sacrifices <06999> [to burn incense.]
praise <01288> [to bless.]
man <0376> [the man.]
descendants <01121> [his sons.]
Gershom <01647> [Gershom.]
Shebuel <07619> [Shebuel.]
[Shubael.]
oldest <07218> [the chief. or, the first.]
many <04605 07235> [were very many. Heb. were highly multiplied.]
Shelomith <08019> [Shelomith.]
[Shelomoth.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
Merari <04847> [Merari.]
Mahli ....... Mahli <04249> [Mahli.]
[Mahali.]
sons ....... sons <01121> [had no sons.]
cousins <0251> [brethren. or, kinsmen. took them.]
Jeremoth <03406> [Jeremoth.]
[Jerimoth.]
descendants ... Levi .............................. old <03878 01121> [the sons of Levi.]
families ..................... temple <01004> [after the house.]
individually <01538> [by their polls.]
descendants ................................ old <01121> [from the age.]
At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple which was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this latter period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue to serve. See the Note on Nu 8:24.
twenty <06242> [twenty.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
settled ... Jerusalem <07931 03389> [that they may dwell in Jerusalem. or, and he dwelleth in]
Jerusalem.
carry <05375> [carry.]
final <0314> [by the last.]
counted <04557> [numbered. Heb. numbers.]
ceremonial <03027 04612> [office was to wait, etc. Heb. station was at the hand of]
Aaron.
service ............................ service <05656> [for the service.]
purification <02893> [purifying.]
bread <03899> [for the shewbread.]
It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord; and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new.
flour <05560> [the fine flour.]
unleavened <04682> [unleavened.]
round cakes <04227> [pan. or, flat plate. for all manner of measure.]
The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary; and therefore the Levites had the inspection of weights and measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be committed. Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and hence the Levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to superintend the former, as well as the latter.
stood <05975> [stand.]
morning <01242> [every morning.]
Sabbath <07676> [in the sabbaths.]
festivals ... assemblies <04150> [set feasts.]
in charge <08104> [keep.]
in charge ........... helped ..... descendants <04931 01121> [the charge of the sons.]
