
Text -- 1 Chronicles 23:1-3 (NET)




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Wesley: 1Ch 23:2 - -- _To declare God's mind and his own will, that Solomon should be his successor: and to acquaint them with those directions which he had received from G...
_To declare God's mind and his own will, that Solomon should be his successor: and to acquaint them with those directions which he had received from God by the spirit.

Wesley: 1Ch 23:3 - -- Not only 'till fifty, as it was appointed, Num 4:2-3, but even 'till their death: for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, bec...
Not only 'till fifty, as it was appointed, Num 4:2-3, but even 'till their death: for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because the Levites were employed in carrying the tabernacle and sacred vessels from place to place; and therefore God would have them freed from those burdens when they came to feel the infirmities of age: which reason wholly ceasing upon the building of the temple, their work being far easier than it had been, and their service being more a privilege than a burden, their time of service is justly prolonged.
JFB: 1Ch 23:1 - -- This brief statement, which comprises the substance of 1Ki. 1:32-48, is made here solely to introduce an account of the preparations carried on by Dav...
This brief statement, which comprises the substance of 1Ki. 1:32-48, is made here solely to introduce an account of the preparations carried on by David during the latter years of his life for providing a national place of worship.

JFB: 1Ch 23:2 - -- All important measures relating to the public interest were submitted for consideration to a general assembly of the representatives of the tribes (1C...

JFB: 1Ch 23:3 - -- Four times their number at the early census taken by Moses (see on Num. 4:1-49; Num. 26:1-51). It was, in all likelihood, this vast increase that sugg...
Four times their number at the early census taken by Moses (see on Num. 4:1-49; Num. 26:1-51). It was, in all likelihood, this vast increase that suggested and rendered expedient that classification, made in the last year of David's reign, which the present and three subsequent chapters describe.
Clarke: 1Ch 23:1 - -- David was old and full of days - On the phrase full of days, see the note on Gen 25:8.
David was old and full of days - On the phrase full of days, see the note on Gen 25:8.

Clarke: 1Ch 23:3 - -- Thirty years and upward - The enumeration of the Levites made in the desert, Num 4:3, was from thirty years upwards to fifty years. In this place, t...
Thirty years and upward - The enumeration of the Levites made in the desert, Num 4:3, was from thirty years upwards to fifty years. In this place, the latter limit is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed they had no longer any heavy burdens to carry, and therefore even an old man might continue to serve the tabernacle. David made another ordinance afterwards; see on 1Ch 23:24-27 (note).
TSK: 1Ch 23:1 - -- am 2989, bc 1015, An, Ex, Is, 476
old : 1Ch 29:28; Gen 25:8, Gen 35:29; 1Ki 1:1; Job 5:26
he made : 1Ch 28:5, 1Ch 29:22-25; 1Ki 1:33-39
am 2989, bc 1015, An, Ex, Is, 476
old : 1Ch 29:28; Gen 25:8, Gen 35:29; 1Ki 1:1; Job 5:26
he made : 1Ch 28:5, 1Ch 29:22-25; 1Ki 1:33-39


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Barnes -> 1Ch 23:1
Barnes: 1Ch 23:1 - -- See the marginal references and notes. 1Ch 23:28-32 give the most complete account in Scripture of the nature of the Levitical office.
See the marginal references and notes. 1Ch 23:28-32 give the most complete account in Scripture of the nature of the Levitical office.
Poole: 1Ch 23:2 - -- Partly to declare God’ s mind and his own will, that Solomon should be his successor; and so to cut off the claims and pretences which others o...
Partly to declare God’ s mind and his own will, that Solomon should be his successor; and so to cut off the claims and pretences which others of his sons might make to the crown; and partly to acquaint them with those directions which he had received from God by the Spirit, as appears from 1Ch 28:11 , &c., concerning the establishment of a new order and method in the ministration of the priests and Levites in the temple.

Poole: 1Ch 23:3 - -- From the age of thirty years and upward not only till fifty, as it was appointed, Num 4:2,3 , but even till their death; for that was but a temporary...
From the age of thirty years and upward not only till fifty, as it was appointed, Num 4:2,3 , but even till their death; for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because the Levites were employed in carrying the tabernacle and sacred vessels from place to place; and therefore God would have them freed from those burdens when they came to feel the infirmities of age; which reason wholly ceasing upon the building of the temple, and their work being far easier than it had been, and their service being more a privilege than a burden, their time of service is justly and fitly prolonged.
Haydock: 1Ch 23:1 - -- Full, satisfied, in the last year of his reign, and the 70th of his age. (Du Hamel) ---
Cur non ut plenus vitæ conviva recedit? (Lucretius iii....
Full, satisfied, in the last year of his reign, and the 70th of his age. (Du Hamel) ---
Cur non ut plenus vitæ conviva recedit? (Lucretius iii.) ---
Israel. This example was much followed by succeeding kings. (Calmet) ---
Yet this is controverted. (Houbigant) (Haydock)

Haydock: 1Ch 23:2 - -- Princes, heads of families, or officers of the army, chap. xxv. 1. (Menochius)
Princes, heads of families, or officers of the army, chap. xxv. 1. (Menochius)

Haydock: 1Ch 23:3 - -- Numbered at the same time, when David caused his son to be crowned, and made these fresh regulations, ver. 27., and chap. xxvi. 31. ---
Upwards, ac...
Numbered at the same time, when David caused his son to be crowned, and made these fresh regulations, ver. 27., and chap. xxvi. 31. ---
Upwards, according to the plan given by Moses. David afterwards ordered people of twenty years of age, to begin to serve in the tabernacle, as it was now fixed, and consequently the labours were diminished. This tended to augment the splendour of the religious worship, and to edify the people, who could not attend so constantly, in person.
Gill: 1Ch 23:1 - -- So when David was old and full of days,.... Perhaps was now in the last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was bedridden; see ...
So when David was old and full of days,.... Perhaps was now in the last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was bedridden; see 1Ch 28:2,
he made Solomon his son king over Israel; declared him to be his successor; this was before the affair of Adonijah, for then he ordered him to be anointed king, and placed on the throne; and this aggravated the rebellion of Adonijah, that it was against the declared and known will of his father.

Gill: 1Ch 23:2 - -- And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,.... Ordered them to be assembled, partly to acquaint them with his will and pleasure, that Solomon...
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,.... Ordered them to be assembled, partly to acquaint them with his will and pleasure, that Solomon should succeed him in the kingdom; and partly to settle the order of the work and service of the temple; and therefore these were convened
with the priests and Levites; to assign to them their respective places and offices.

Gill: 1Ch 23:3 - -- Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward,.... So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they ...
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward,.... So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was a new reckoning of them, 1Ch 23:24.
and their number by their posts; or, according to their heads:
man by man, was thirty and eight thousand; which vastly exceeds the number in the times of Moses; see Num 4:47, but then those above fifty years of age were not numbered, as they now might; since their work in the temple would be much more easy, no burdens to carry, as the ark, the vessels, &c.

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TSK Synopsis -> 1Ch 23:1-32
TSK Synopsis: 1Ch 23:1-32 - --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 ...
MHCC -> 1Ch 23:1-23
MHCC: 1Ch 23:1-23 - --David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those ...
Matthew Henry -> 1Ch 23:1-23
Matthew Henry: 1Ch 23:1-23 - -- Here we have, I. The crown entailed, according to the divine appointment, 1Ch 23:1. David made Solomon king, not to reign with him, or reign under h...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 1Ch 23:1; 1Ch 23:2-5
Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 23:1 - --
Number, duties, and fathers'-houses of the Levites . - This clear account of the state and the order of service of the tribe of Levi is introduced ...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 23:2-5 - --
Numbering of the Levites, and partition of their duties . - 1Ch 23:2. For this purpose David collected "all the princes of Israel, and the priests ...
Constable: 1Ch 10:1--29:30 - --II. THE REIGN OF DAVID chs. 10--29
In all of Chronicles the writer assumed his readers' acquaintance with the ot...

Constable: 1Ch 17:1--29:30 - --E. God's Covenant Promises to David chs. 17-29
The dominating theme in 1 Chronicles is the Davidic Coven...

Constable: 1Ch 22:1--27:34 - --2. The second account of God's promises to David chs. 22-27
In this section of chapters we have ...
