Thematic Bible




1 Chronicles 23:1 (show verse)

Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:2 (show verse)

And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

1 Chronicles 23:3 (show verse)

The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000.

1 Chronicles 23:4 (show verse)

Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were officers and judges,

1 Chronicles 23:5 (show verse)

and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the Lord with the instruments which David made for giving praise.

1 Chronicles 23:6 (show verse)

David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 23:7 (show verse)

Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:8 (show verse)

The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three.

1 Chronicles 23:9 (show verse)

The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.

1 Chronicles 23:10 (show verse)

The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:11 (show verse)

Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father’s household, one class.

1 Chronicles 23:12 (show verse)

The sons of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 23:13 (show verse)

The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.

1 Chronicles 23:14 (show verse)

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

1 Chronicles 23:15 (show verse)

The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

1 Chronicles 23:16 (show verse)

The son of Gershom was Shebuel the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:17 (show verse)

The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

1 Chronicles 23:18 (show verse)

The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:19 (show verse)

The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 23:20 (show verse)

The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

1 Chronicles 23:21 (show verse)

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.

1 Chronicles 23:22 (show verse)

Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

1 Chronicles 23:23 (show verse)

The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth.

1 Chronicles 23:24 (show verse)

These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:25 (show verse)

For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

1 Chronicles 23:26 (show verse)

Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”

1 Chronicles 23:27 (show verse)

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:28 (show verse)

For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

1 Chronicles 23:29 (show verse)

and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size.

1 Chronicles 23:30 (show verse)

They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the Lord, and likewise at evening,

1 Chronicles 23:31 (show verse)

and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord.

1 Chronicles 23:32 (show verse)

Thus they are to keep charge of the tent of meeting, and charge of the holy place, and charge of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of the Lord.