1 Chronicles 25:7

25:7 They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 23:3

23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. ² 

1 Chronicles 25:1

David Organizes the Musicians

25:1 David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. ³  The following men were assigned this responsibility: ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 27:23

27:23 David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

1 Chronicles 7:2

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, ⁵  and Samuel. ⁶  They were leaders of their families. ⁷  In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 7:40

7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 21:2

21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, ¹⁰  “Go, count the number of warriors ¹¹  from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” ¹² 

[25:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and their number with their brothers, trained in music to the Lord, all skilled, was 288.”

[23:3]  ² tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”

[25:1]  ³ tn Heb “David and the officers of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the ones prophesying by harps, by lyres, and by cymbals.”

[25:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and their number was, the men of work for their service.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

[7:40]  ⁵ tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”

[21:2]  ⁶ tn Or “people.”

[21:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.

[21:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “their number.”