2 Chronicles 1:2

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Summary

Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

To the captains

The chief

1 Chronicles 15:12

1 Chronicles 24:4

Bible References

To the captains

King Hezekiah got up early, gathered the city officials, and went to the Lord’s temple.

For the king and his officials and the entire congregation in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover of the Lord in the second month,

So the king sent messengers and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.

This is the list of the Israelites, the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 in each division:

David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men, and all the brave warriors.

Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—God has chosen him alone—is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

The chief

He said to them, “You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: 16 heads of ancestral houses were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral houses were from Ithamar’s.