1 Chronicles 23:6
in 1 Chronicles 23Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 23
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
divided them into courses among
on 1 Chronicles 23:6-11
The thirty eight thousand are sorted into courses by the three Levitical houses, Gershon, Kohath and Merari, and a family register follows in the terse form the genealogies use: names, sons, and which family absorbed which when a line ran too small to stand alone. Shimei's sons Jeush and Beriah are folded into one reckoning with their kin for exactly that reason, verse 11 states. The register fixes every family's place ahead of the working divisions Chronicles builds through chapters 24 to 27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,.... Into three classes, according to the number of them, which follow: namely: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; see Exo 6:16.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥ם | vaiyechalkem | and he divided them | H2505 → | 65 times |
| דָּוִ֖יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מַחְלְק֑וֹת ס | machlekot | divisions | H4256 → | 42 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | <to> [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֵוִ֔י | levi | Levi | H3878 → | 59 times |
| לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹן | legereshon | to Gershon | H1648 → | 18 times |
| קְהָ֥ת | kehat | Kohath | H6955 → | 32 times |
| וּמְרָרִֽי׃ ס | umerari | and Merari | H4847 → | 36 times |
וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥םand he divided them
vaiyechalkemH2505 →65 times
דָּוִ֖ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
מַחְלְק֑וֹת סdivisions
machlekotH4256 →42 times
לִבְנֵ֣י<to> [the] sons of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
לֵוִ֔יLevi
leviH3878 →59 times
לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹןto Gershon
legereshonH1648 →18 times
קְהָ֥תKohath
kehatH6955 →32 times
וּמְרָרִֽי׃ סand Merari
umerariH4847 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 6:16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
it 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 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 6:16
Through
2 Chronicles 29:25Hezekiah 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…
it 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.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14
Through
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
it 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.
- Genesis 46:11
Through
Ezra 6:18They 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.
it leads to
- Numbers 3:6
“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
- Numbers 3:6
Through
2 Chronicles 8:14In 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…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).