1 Chronicles 23:27

23:27 According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted.

1 Chronicles 25:5

25:5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.


tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”

tn Heb “by the words of God to exalt a horn.” An animal’s horn is sometimes used metaphorically as a symbol of strength and honor. See BDB 901-2 s.v. קֶרֶנ.