1 Chronicles 23:6
He divided them into groups that corresponded to Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
7From the clans descended from Gershon, there were Ladan and Shimei.
Cross References
Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed and who were ordained to serve as priests.
Numbers 4:4The descendants of Kohath must take care of the most holy things reserved for me in the tent of meeting.
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 24:1The work groups based on Aaron's descendants were these: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
2 Chronicles 8:14In keeping with the decrees of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to their work, and the Levites to their positions, in order to praise God and to serve before the priests, as the daily schedule required. He also appointed the gatekeepers by their divisions to every gate, for David, the man of God, had also commanded this.
2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah assigned the divisions of the priests and the Levites organized by their divisions, each man assigned to his work, both the priests and the Levites. He assigned them to make the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise at the gates of Yahweh's temple.
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 →