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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Chronicles 23:6

David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi — Gershon, K'hat and M'rari.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gershon;   Levites;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;   Music;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Merarites;   Zacharias;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jeduthun;   Merari;   Music;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Merari;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Jerahmeel;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Merari, Merarites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershon, Gershonites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershon;   Merari;   Priests and Levites;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Hebrew Names Version
David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.
King James Version
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
English Standard Version
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Century Version
David separated the Levites into three groups that were led by Levi's three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New English Translation
David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Amplified Bible
And David organized them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New American Standard Bible
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
World English Bible
David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Dauid deuided offices vnto them, to wit, to the sonnes of Leui, to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Legacy Standard Bible
And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Berean Standard Bible
Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Contemporary English Version
David then divided the Levites into three groups according to the clans of Levi's sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Darby Translation
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Easy-to-Read Version
David separated the Levites into three groups. They were the tribes of Levi's three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
George Lamsa Translation
And David appointed administrators and managers over the poor and needy, to provide and distribute to the poor; one person over each ten, and they lacked nothing. And David appointed them all in their courses according to the sons of Levi; namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Good News Translation
David divided the Levites into three groups, according to their clans: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Lexham English Bible
And David organized them in divisions according to the sons of Levi: to Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Literal Translation
And David divided them into divisions of the sons of Levi, of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui, namely amoge Gerson, Kahath & Merari.
American Standard Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bible in Basic English
And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Dauid put an order among them deuiding them, in partes: Of the children of Leui, Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid diuided them into courses among the sonnes of Leui, namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David divided them into daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
English Revised Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Dauid departide hem bi the whilis of the sones of Leuy, that is, of Gerson, and of Caath, and Merary.
Update Bible Version
And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New King James Version
Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Living Translation
Then David divided the Levites into divisions named after the clans descended from the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Life Bible
David divided them into groups by the sons of Levi, Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
New Revised Standard
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David divided them into courses, - pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David distributed them into courses by the families of the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of Merari.
Revised Standard Version
And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i.
Young's Literal Translation
And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
THE MESSAGE
David then divided the Levites into groupings named after the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Contextual Overview

1 David had now grown old; he had lived many years; so he made Shlomo his son king over Isra'el. 2 Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra'el, with the cohanim and L'vi'im. 3 A census of L'vi'im thirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000. 4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of Adonai , while 6,000 were officials and judges, 5 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 sang praise to Adonai "with the instruments I made for the purpose of singing praise." 6 David organized them into divisions named after the sons of Levi — Gershon, K'hat and M'rari. 7 For the Gershuni: La‘dan and Shim‘i. 8 The sons of La‘dan: Yechi'el the chief, Zetam and Yo'el — three. 9 The sons of Shim‘i: Shlomit, Hazi'el and Haran — three. These were the heads of the clans of La‘dan. 10 The sons of Shim‘i: Yachat, Zina Ye‘ush and B'ri‘ah. These four were the sons of Shim‘i.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

divided: 2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 29:25, 2 Chronicles 31:2, 2 Chronicles 35:10, Ezra 6:18

courses: Heb. divisions, 1 Chronicles 24:1, 1 Chronicles 26:1

Gershon: Gershon, גרשון [Strong's H1647], is called גרשם [Strong's H1648], Gershom, in the parallel passage, simply by the mutation of נ, noon, into מ, mem. 1 Chronicles 6:1, 1 Chronicles 6:16, Gershom, Exodus 6:16-24, Numbers 26:57, Numbers 26:58

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:43 - Gershom 1 Chronicles 23:21 - Merari

Cross-References

Genesis 13:2
Avram became wealthy, with much cattle, silver and gold.
Genesis 14:14
When Avram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, who had been born in his house, 318 of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.
Genesis 18:12
So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "I am old, and so is my lord; am I to have pleasure again?"
Genesis 21:22
(vi) At that time Avimelekh and Pikhol the commander of his army spoke to Avraham. They said, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 23:1
Sarah lived to be 127 years old; these were the years of Sarah's life.
Genesis 23:2
Sarah died in Kiryat-Arba, also known as Hevron, in the land of Kena‘an; and Avraham came to mourn Sarah and weep for her.
Genesis 23:4
"I am a foreigner living as an alien with you; let me have a burial site with you, so that I can bury my dead wife."
Genesis 23:5
The sons of Het answered Avraham,
Genesis 24:18
"Drink, my lord," she replied, and immediately lowered her jug onto her arm and let him drink.
Genesis 24:35
Adonai has greatly blessed my master, so that he has grown wealthy. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female slaves, camels and donkeys.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,.... Into three classes, according to the number of them, which follow: namely,

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; see Exodus 6:16.


 
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