1 Chronicles 23:6
And David distributes them into divisions of the sons of Levi—of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Literal Standard 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 Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whose hand he has consecrated for acting as priest.
Numbers 4:4This [is] the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting [for] the most holy things:
1 Chronicles 6:1Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1And [these are] their divisions, of the sons of Aaron. [The] sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he establishes, according to the ordinance of his father David, the divisions of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister before the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at every gate, for so [is] the command of David the man of God.
2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appoints the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, by their divisions, each according to his service, of the priests and of the Levites, for burnt-offering and for peace-offerings, to minister and to give thanks, and to give praise in the gates of the camps of YHWH.
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 →