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New King James Version

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

1 So when David was old and full of days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges, 5 four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, "which I made," said David, "for giving praise." 6 Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites: Laadan Exodus 6:17">[fn] and Shimei. 8 The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel--three in all. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Laadan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, 1 Chronicles 23:11).">[fn] Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four 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
18 Then Abram moved his tent, and went and dwelt by the terebinth trees of Mamre, [fn] which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the Lord.
Genesis 23:14
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:15
"My lord, listen to me; the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver. What is that between you and me? So bury your dead."
Genesis 23:16
And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out the silver for Ephron which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currency of the merchants.
Genesis 23:18
to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah, before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 27:41
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
Genesis 50:10
Then they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they mourned there with a great and very solemn lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.
Numbers 13:22
And they went up through the South and came to Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Numbers 20:29
Now when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel mourned 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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