1 Chronicles 23:6 BSB

1 Chronicles 23:6

Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

KJV

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi--These are enumerated according to their fathers' houses, but no more of these are mentioned here than the twenty-four thousand who were engaged in the work connected with the Lord's house.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥ם	vai.ye.chal.Kem	and he divided them	H2505 →
דָּוִ֖יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מַחְלְק֑וֹת ס	mach.le.Kot	divisions	H4256 →
לִבְנֵ֣י	liv.Nei	<to> [the] sons of	H1121 →
לֵוִ֔י	le.Vi	Levi	H3878 →
לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹן	le.ge.re.Shon	to Gershon	H1648 →
קְהָ֥ת	ke.Hat	Kohath	H6955 →
וּמְרָרִֽי׃ ס	u.me.ra.Ri	and Merari	H4847 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
leads to
- Exodus 6:16
  These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Chronicles 29:25
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
  In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests…
- 1 Chronicles 23:5
  4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”
- 1 Chronicles 9:33
  Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
leads to
- Genesis 46:11
  The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 26:57
  Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
Through
Ezra 6:18
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
leads to
- Numbers 3:6
  “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
Through
2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
  These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.