1 Chronicles 23:2
He gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and Levites.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
In Context
1When David was old and near the end of his life, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
3The Levites who were thirty years old and older were counted. They numbered thirty-eight thousand.
Cross References
Joshua 23:2Joshua called for all Israel—for their elders, for their leaders, for their judges, and for their officers—and he said to them, “I am very old.
1 Chronicles 6:33These were those who served with their sons. From the clans of the Kohathites came Heman the musician. Here were his ancestors, going back in time: Heman was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Samuel.
1 Chronicles 28:1David assembled all the officials of Israel at Jerusalem: the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king in their scheduled work, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, the managers over all the property and possessions of the king and of his sons, and the officers and fighting men, including the most skilled of them.
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 →