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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Chronicles 23 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/23-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > 1 Chronicles 23</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/22.htm" title="1 Chronicles 22">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 23 <a href="../1_chronicles/24.htm" title="1 Chronicles 24">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/23.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Solomon Made King over Israel</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now David became old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites. <p class="hdg">The Work of the Levites</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>census of men was 38,000. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 <i>were</i> officers and judges, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and 4,000 <i>were</i> gatekeepers, and 4,000 <i>were</i> praising Yahweh with the instruments which <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>David made for giving praise. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. <p class="hdg">The Sons of Gershon</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Of the Gershonites <i>were</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Ladan and Shimei. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The sons of Ladan <i>were</i> Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The sons of Shimei <i>were</i> Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. <p class="list2">These were the heads of the fathers’ <i>households</i> of Ladan. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The sons of Shimei <i>were</i> Jahath, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. <p class="list2">These four <i>were</i> the sons of Shimei. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father’s household, one <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>unit. <p class="hdg">The Sons of Kohath</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated in order to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to offer <i>offerings</i> up in smoke before Yahweh, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But <i>as for</i> Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The sons of Moses <i>were</i> Gershom and Eliezer. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>son of Gershom <i>was</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Shebuel the chief. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>son of Izhar was <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Shelomith the chief. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The sons of Hebron <i>were</i> Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The sons of Uzziel <i>were</i> Micah the first and Isshiah the second. <p class="hdg">The Sons of Merari</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli <i>were</i> Eleazar and Kish. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them up <i>as wives</i>. <p class="reg"><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three. <p class="hdg">The Service of the Levites</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, <i>even</i> the heads of the fathers’ <i>households</i> of those of them who were <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>counted, in the number of names by their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings for its service.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For by the last words of David the sons of Levi <i>were</i> numbered from twenty years old and upward. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or <i>what is made on</i> the griddle, or what is <i>well</i> stirred, and all measures of volume and size. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the appointed times in the number <i>set</i> by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Thus they shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy place, and responsibility of the sons of Aaron their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>their heads</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>I made</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> In Ex 6:17, <i>Libni</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> In v 11, <i>Zizah</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>mustering</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>sons</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> In 24:20, <i>Shubael</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>sons...were</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>sons</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> In 24:22, <i>Shelomoth</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>mustered</i><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>heads</i><br><span class="fnverse">32</span> Lit <i>brothers</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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