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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

1 Chronicles 23:4

Of these - to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand, - and officers and judges, six thousand;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Praise;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zacharias;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Judges;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Judge (Office);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Government;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Levites;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ma-Ase'iah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Forward;   Judge;   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judge;   Police Laws;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Of these,” David said, “twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple, six thousand are to be officers and judges,
Hebrew Names Version
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;
King James Version
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ; and six thousand were officers and judges:
English Standard Version
"Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord , 6,000 shall be officers and judges,
New Century Version
David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand Levites will direct the work of the Temple of the Lord , six thousand Levites will be officers and judges,
New English Translation
David said, "Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord 's temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;
Amplified Bible
Of these 24,000 were to oversee and inspect the work of the house of the LORD and 6,000 were to be administrators and judges,
New American Standard Bible
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges,
World English Bible
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of these foure and twentie thousande were set to aduance the worke of the house of the Lord, & sixe thousand were ouerseers and iudges.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges,
Berean Standard Bible
"Of these," said David, "24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
Contemporary English Version
He said, "Twenty-four thousand of the Levites will be in charge of the temple, six thousand will be temple officials and judges,
Complete Jewish Bible
Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work on the house of Adonai , while 6,000 were officials and judges,
Darby Translation
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Easy-to-Read Version
David said, "24,000 will supervise the work of building the Lord 's Temple. 6000 will be court officers and judges.
George Lamsa Translation
Of them David appointed overseers over the work of the house of the LORD, twenty-four men over every thousand workers; and judges and scribes, six men over each hundred workers
Good News Translation
The king assigned twenty-four thousand to administer the work of the Temple, six thousand to keep records and decide disputes,
Lexham English Bible
Of these, David said, "Twenty-four thousand are to direct the work of the house of Yahweh, along with six thousand judges and officials,
Literal Translation
Of these, twenty four thousand to be overseers over the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
of whom there were foure & twentie thousande, which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer ye house of the LORDE, and sixe thousande officers and Iudges,
American Standard Version
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Bible in Basic English
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of which twentie and foure thousand were set to further the worke of the house of the Lorde: and sixe thousande were officers and iudges.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges;
King James Version (1611)
Of which, twentie and foure thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord: and sixe thousand were Officers and Iudges.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord there were twenty-four thousand, and there were six thousand scribes and judges;
English Revised Version
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And foure and twenty thousynde men weren chosun of hem, and weren departid in to the seruyce of the hows of the Lord; sotheli of souereyns, and iugis, sixe thousynde;
Update Bible Version
Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh; and six thousand were officers and judges;
Webster's Bible Translation
Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:
New King James Version
Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges,
New Living Translation
Then David said, "From all the Levites, 24,000 will supervise the work at the Temple of the Lord . Another 6,000 will serve as officials and judges.
New Life Bible
Of these, 24,000 were to watch over the work of the Lord's house. There were 6,000 who were leaders and men who were to judge.
New Revised Standard
"Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord , six thousand shall be officers and judges,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six thousand were the overseers and judges.
Revised Standard Version
"Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, six thousand shall be officers and judges,
Young's Literal Translation
Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 were officers and judges,

Contextual Overview

1 Now, David, was old, and satisfied with days, - so he made Solomon his son king, over Israel; 2 and gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests, and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered, from thirty years old and upwards, - and their number by their polls, of mature men, was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of these - to preside over the work of the house of Yahweh, were twenty-four thousand, - and officers and judges, six thousand; 5 and four thousand, were doorkeepers, - and, four thousand, were offerers of praise unto Yahweh, with instruments, which said David I made for offering praise. 6 And David divided them into courses, - pertaining to the sons of Levi, to Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites, Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan, the chief Jehiel, and Zetham and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei, Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three, - these, were the ancestral chiefs of Ladan. 10 And, the sons of Shimei, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah, - these, were the sons of Shimei, four.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

twenty: 1 Chronicles 23:28-32, 1 Chronicles 6:48, 1 Chronicles 9:28-32, 1 Chronicles 26:20-27

set forward: or, oversee, Nehemiah 11:9, Nehemiah 11:22, Acts 20:28

officers and judges: 1 Chronicles 26:29-31, Deuteronomy 16:18, Deuteronomy 17:8-10, 2 Chronicles 19:8, Malachi 2:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:8 - the judges Numbers 4:3 - to do 2 Chronicles 34:13 - and of the Levites Ezra 7:25 - set magistrates Nehemiah 3:17 - the ruler Ezekiel 44:24 - in controversy

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken, - For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
Genesis 17:8
And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land of thy sojournings - all the land of Canaan, for an age-abiding possession - And I will be to them a God.
Genesis 23:12
So Abraham boweth himself down, before the people of the land:
Genesis 23:13
and spake unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land saying, Only if, thou, wouldst, hear me, - I have given the silver of the field Take it of me, That I may bury my dead here.
Genesis 23:16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver of which he had spoken in the ears of the sons of Heth, - four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant,
Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my sojournings, have been a hundred and thirty years, - Few and evil, have been the days of the years of my life, neither have they attained unto the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojournings.
Genesis 49:30
in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah which is over against Mamre, in the land of Canaan, - which Abraham bought, along with the field, from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace: -
Genesis 50:13
so his sons carried him to the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, - which Abraham bought - with the field - for a possession of a buryingplace from Ephron the Hittite over against Mamre.
Leviticus 25:23
The land moreover shall not be sold beyond recovery, for, mine, is the land, - for, sojourners and settlers, ye are with me.
1 Chronicles 29:15
for, sojourners, are we before thee, and strangers, like all our fathers, - like a shadow, are our days upon the earth, and there is no hope.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord,.... To prepare for the work of the priests by slaying the sacrifices, flaying them, cutting them in pieces, and washing them, and bringing them to the altar; 1000 of these served weekly in their turns:

and six thousand were officers and judges: that acted as justices of the peace in the several parts of the country, heard causes and administered justice to the people, being trained up in and acquainted with the laws of God, civil as well as ecclesiastic; some were more properly judges, and others executioners of their sentence; see

Deuteronomy 16:18.


 
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