1 Chronicles 23:6
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bible in Basic English
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, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.
Numbers 4:4And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
2 Chronicles 31:2Then Hezekiah put in order the divisions of the priests and Levites, every man in his division, in relation to his work, for the burned offerings and peace-offerings, and for the ordering of worship and for giving praise at the doors of the Lord's house.
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 →