Text -- 1 Chronicles 23:1-6 (NET)

David Organizes the Levites

23:1 When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 23:2 David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites. 23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. 23:4 David said, “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges; 23:5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” 23:6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 23:1

¹ tn Heb “and full of years.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 23:2

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: 1Ch 23:3

¹ tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 23:4

¹ tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.

NET Notes: 1Ch 23:5

¹ tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”