1 Chronicles 23:5

and four thousand, were doorkeepers,—and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which [said David] I made for offering praise.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

In Context

4Of these—to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand,—and officers and judges, six thousand;

6And David divided them into courses,—pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 6:31And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark;

1 Chronicles 9:17And, the keepers of the gates, were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,—and their brethren—Shallum the chief;

1 Chronicles 15:16And David spake to the chiefs of the Levites, to station their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, harps and lyres, and cymbals,—sounding aloud at the lifting up of the voice, for joy.

1 Chronicles 16:38and Obed-edom with his brethren, sixty-eight,—and Obed-edom son of Jedithun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;

1 Chronicles 23:30and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks and offer praise unto Yahweh,—and, likewise, at even;

1 Chronicles 26:1To the courses of the door-keepers, pertained,—of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph;

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 →

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