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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Chronicles 15:4

And David gathered 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:
Bible in Basic English
And David got 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:
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 he made him houses, in the city of David, - and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then, said David, None must carry the ark of God, save the Levites, - for, of them, did Yahweh make choice, to bear the ark of Yahweh, and to attend it, unto times age-abiding. 3 So David convoked all Israel, unto Jerusalem, - to bring up the ark of Yahweh, unto the place thereof, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren, one hundred and twenty; 6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty; 7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren, one hundred and thirty; 8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred; 9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty; 10 of the son of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, 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 bless her, yea moreover will give - from her - to thee, a son, - And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
Genesis 21:12
And God said unto Abraham Let it not be grievous in thine eyes concerning the boy and concerning thy bondwoman, In all that Sarah may say unto thee, hearken to her voice, - For in Isaac, shall there be called to thee - a seed.
2 Samuel 7:12
And it shall be that, when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, then will I raise up thy seed after thee, which proceedeth from thine own body, - and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Samuel 16:11
Then said David unto Abishai, and unto all his servants, Lo! my own son who sprang from my body, is seeking my life, - then how much more, now, a Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse, for, Yahweh, hath permitted him.
2 Chronicles 32:21
So Yahweh sent a messenger, who cut off every hero of valour, and chief ruler and captain, in the camp of the king of Assyria, - and he returned with shame of face to his own land, and, when he entered the house of his god, then, the issue of his own body - there, caused him to fall by the sword.
Galatians 4:28
And, we, brethren, after the manner of Isaac, are children of a promise.
Philemon 1:12
Whom I have sent back unto thee - him, that is, my own, tender affections! -

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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