1 Chronicles 23:6
And David divided them into daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
7And for the family of Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they + 3:3 Gr. accomplished their hands to minister: according to the Hebrew idiom, filled their hands.consecrated to the priesthood.
Numbers 4:4And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1And they number the sons of Aaron in their division, Nadab, and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and that according to their public ministrations: and the Levites were appointed over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus were the commandments of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 31:2And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole-burnt-offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates and in the courts of the house of the Lord.
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 →