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Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Legacy Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 23:2

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zacharias;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Merari, Merarites;   Shelomoth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites.
Hebrew Names Version
He gathered together all the princes of Yisra'el, with the Kohanim and the Levites.
King James Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
English Standard Version
David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
New Century Version
David gathered all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and Levites.
New English Translation
David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.
Amplified Bible
And he assembled together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and Levites.
New American Standard Bible
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.
World English Bible
He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priestes and the Leuites.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later, David called together all of Israel's leaders, priests, and Levites.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra'el, with the cohanim and L'vi'im.
Darby Translation
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Easy-to-Read Version
David gathered all the leaders of Israel and also the priests and Levites.
George Lamsa Translation
And he gathered together all the elders of the priests and the Levites.
Good News Translation
King David brought together all the Israelite leaders and all the priests and Levites.
Lexham English Bible
And he assembled all the commanders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
Literal Translation
And he gathered all Israel's rulers, and the priests, and the Levites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid gathered all the rulers in Israel together, and the prestes & Leuites,
American Standard Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Bible in Basic English
And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And then he gathered together all the lordes of Israel, with the priestes and the Leuites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
King James Version (1611)
And he gathered together all the Princes of Israel, with the Priests and the Leuites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
English Revised Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he gaderide togidere alle the princes of Israel, and the preestis, and dekenes;
Update Bible Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he assembled all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
New King James Version
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
New Living Translation
David summoned all the leaders of Israel, together with the priests and Levites.
New Life Bible
He gathered together all the leaders of Israel, the religious leaders, and the Levites.
New Revised Standard
David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
Revised Standard Version
David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
Young's Literal Translation
and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;
THE MESSAGE
At the same time he brought together all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites. The Levites thirty years and older were counted; the total was thirty-eight thousand. David sorted them into work groups: "Twenty-four thousand are in charge of administering worship in the sanctuary; six thousand are officials and judges; four thousand are security guards; and four thousand are to serve in the orchestra, praising God with instruments that I have provided for praise."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

Contextual Overview

1Now David became old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites. 3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000. 4Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges, 5and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which David made for giving praise. 6And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei. 8The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three. 9The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan. 10The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he gathered: 1 Chronicles 13:1, 1 Chronicles 28:1, Joshua 23:2, Joshua 24:1, 2 Chronicles 34:29, 2 Chronicles 34:30

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:48 - brethren 1 Chronicles 16:4 - he appointed 1 Chronicles 25:1 - the captains

Cross-References

Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to Yahweh.
Genesis 23:14
Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:15
"My lord, hear me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead."
Genesis 23:16
So Abraham heard Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard.
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham as purchased in the sight of the sons of Heth, before all who came in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 50:10
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a very great and immense lamentation; and he observed seven days of mourning for his father.
Numbers 13:22
And they had gone up into the Negev and came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Numbers 20:29
So all the congregation saw that Aaron breathed his last, and all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,.... Ordered them to be assembled, partly to acquaint them with his will and pleasure, that Solomon should succeed him in the kingdom; and partly to settle the order of the work and service of the temple; and therefore these were convened

with the priests and Levites; to assign to them their respective places and offices.


 
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