1 Chronicles 23:27

23:27 According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 14:2

14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated ²  his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. ³ 

1 Chronicles 23:17

23:17 The son of Eliezer was ⁴  Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.

1 Chronicles 29:3

29:3 Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.

1 Chronicles 22:5

22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, ⁵  and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. ⁶  Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 29:25

29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. ⁸ 

[23:27]  ¹ 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.”

[14:2]  ² tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”

[23:3]  ³ tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”

[23:17]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text has “the sons of Eliezer were,” but only one name appears after this in the verse, and we are specifically told that Eliezer had no other sons.

[22:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “a young man and tender.”

[22:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”

[23:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

[29:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”