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

Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the LORD.

For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month--

Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.

And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORDto its place, which he had prepared for it.

This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:

David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the mighty men and all the seasoned warriors.

And David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the palace will not be for man but for the LORD God.

The chief

and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers' houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.