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1 Chronicles 15:4

And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amminadab;   Merari;   Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Priests and Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priest;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
Hebrew Names Version
David gathered together the sons of Aharon, and the Levites:
King James Version
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
English Standard Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
New Century Version
David called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites.
New English Translation
David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
Amplified Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
New American Standard Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
World English Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dauid assembled the sonnes of Aaron, and the Leuites.
Legacy Standard Bible
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
Berean Standard Bible
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
Contemporary English Version
He also sent for Aaron's descendants and for the Levites. The Levites that came were:
Complete Jewish Bible
David gathered together the descendants of Aharon and the L'vi'im:
Darby Translation
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
Easy-to-Read Version
He called together these descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
George Lamsa Translation
And David assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
Good News Translation
Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites.
Lexham English Bible
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.
Literal Translation
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid broughte the children of Aaron & the Leuites together.
American Standard Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid brought together the children of Aaron and the Leuites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid assembled the children of Aaron, and the Leuites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites.
English Revised Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
also and he gaderide togidere the sones of Aaron, and the dekenes;
Update Bible Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
Webster's Bible Translation
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
New King James Version
Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:
New Living Translation
This is the number of the descendants of Aaron (the priests) and the Levites who were called together:
New Life Bible
He gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites.
New Revised Standard
Then David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.
Revised Standard Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
Young's Literal Translation
And David gathereth the sons of Aaron, and the Levites.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

Contextual Overview

1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it. 2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever. 3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it. 4 And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites; 5 Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty; 6 Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty; 7 Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty; 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred; 9 Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers, eighty; 10 Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the children of Aaron: 1 Chronicles 6:16-20, 1 Chronicles 6:49, 1 Chronicles 6:50, 1 Chronicles 12:26-28, Exodus 6:16-22, Numbers 3:4

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 12:27 - out

Cross-References

Genesis 17:16
And I will give her a blessing so that you will have a son by her: truly my blessing will be on her, and she will be the mother of nations: kings of peoples will be her offspring.
Genesis 21:12
But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.
2 Samuel 7:12
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
2 Samuel 16:11
And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.
2 Chronicles 32:21
And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.
Galatians 4:28
Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.
Philemon 1:12
Whom I have sent back to you, him who is my very heart:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 4-10. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites. Whose business it was to bear the ark when there was any occasion for it: and from hence to the end of 1 Chronicles 15:10 an account is given of the Levites, and their number employed in this affair:

of the sons of Kohath; a son of Levi, that is, of his posterity; for his immediate sons, and so those of the rest after mentioned, had been dead ages ago; the principal of those, at this present time, was Uriel, and his kindred, or those of the same family with him, were one hundred and twenty: of those of Merari, another son of Levi, the chief was Asaiah, with two hundred and twenty of his relations: of those of Gershon, another son of Levi, was Joel, and his brethren were one hundred and thirty: of the posterity of Elizaphan, a grandson of Kohath, Exodus 5:18, the most noted was Shemaiah, who had two hundred of his family with him: and of those of Hebron, the son of Kohath, Exodus 6:18, Eliel was the most famous, and he had eighty of his kindred with him: and of those of Uzziel, another son of Kohath in a different line from Elizaphan, who also was a son of Uzziel, was Amminadab the chief, who had one hundred and twelve of his kindred with him: the number of Levites, in all, gathered together, were eight hundred and sixty two, besides their chiefs.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The children of Aaron - i. e., the priests.


 
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