1 Chronicles 23:6
And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
Numbers 4:4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things:
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1And the divisions of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required, al
2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:2-24
The Numbering of the Levites. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5 Moreover four… Read the whole commentary →