1 And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead. 2 And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites. 3 And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men. 4 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; 5 and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord. 6 And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 And for [the family of] Gershon, Ladan, and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan [were] Jehiel, the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Ladan. 10 And to the sons of Shimei, Jahath, and Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah: these [were] the four sons of Shimei. 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: and Jeush and Beriah did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father. 12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name forever. 14 And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses; Gershom, and Eliezer. 16 The sons of Gershom; Shebuel the chief. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very greatly multiplied. 18 The sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 19 The sons of Hebron; Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 20 The sons of Uzziel; Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second. 21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi: the sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 22 And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kish, their brethren, took them. 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 24 These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward. 25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem forever. 26 And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service. 27 For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward. 28 For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God; 29 and for the showbread, and for the fine flour of the meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure; 30 and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening; 31 and [to be] over all the whole burnt offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord. 32 And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
1 Chronicles 23 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Amariah
Second of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Beriah
Son of Shimei the Gershonite; counted with Jeush as one family with a single assignment.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Eder
Son of Mushi the Merarite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Eleazar
Son of Mahli who died without sons; his daughters were married by their cousins, the sons of Kish.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:21; 1 Chronicles 23:22; 1 Chronicles 24:28
Eliezer
Moses' second son, named 'God is my help' in thanks for deliverance from Pharaoh.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 18:4; 1 Chronicles 23:15
Haran
Son of Shimei, one of the heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Haziel
Son of Shimei, one of the heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Isshiah
Second son of Uzziel and brother of Micah; his son was Zechariah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 24:25
Jahath
The first of the four sons of Shimei the Gershonite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Jahaziel
Third of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Jehiel
Firstborn son of Ladan the Gershonite; descendants of Ladan through Jehieli were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD, and Jehiel the Gershonite oversaw the…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:21; 1 Chronicles 29:8
Jekameam
Fourth of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Jeremoth
Son of Mushi the Merarite, called Jerimoth in 24:30.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Jeriah
First of the sons of Hebron; Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites, and in David's fortieth year 2,700 capable men of his relatives were found at Jazer in Gilead and appointed over…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23; 1 Chronicles 26:31
Jeush
Son of Shimei the Gershonite; with Beriah he did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Joel
Son of Ladan the Gershonite; he and his brother Zetham were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22
Kish
Son of Mahli whose sons married the daughters of his brother Eleazar; his son was Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:21; 1 Chronicles 23:22; 1 Chronicles 24:29
Ladan
Son of Gershon; his sons were Jehiel, Zetham and Joel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:21
Mahli
Mahli is named as the son of Mushi in Ethan's Merarite ancestry (1 Chronicles 6:44-47).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Micah
First of the sons of Uzziel; his son was Shamir.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 24:24
Rehabiah
First descendant of Eliezer son of Moses; Eliezer had no other sons but Rehabiah's sons were very numerous.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:17; 1 Chronicles 24:21; 1 Chronicles 26:25
Shebuel
Descendant of Gershom son of Moses and the first among his descendants; he was the officer in charge of the treasuries (24:20 calls a Shubael a son of Amram whose son was…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:16; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 26:24
Shelomith
First of the sons of Izhar; called Shelomoth the Izharite in 24:22, whose son was Jahath.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:18; 1 Chronicles 24:22
Shelomoth
Son of Shimei, one of the heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Shimei
Named as the father of Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran, heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Zetham
Son of Ladan the Gershonite; he and his brother Joel were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD (26:22 calls them sons of Jehieli).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22
Zina
Son of Shimei the Gershonite, called Zizah in 23:11 where he is the second.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 29:28; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Kings 1:33–39; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Chronicles 29:22–25
- 2 1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 13:1; Joshua 24:1; 2 Chronicles 34:29–30; Joshua 23:2
- 3 1 Chronicles 23:24; Numbers 4:2–49
- 4 2 Chronicles 19:8; Deuteronomy 16:18; Nehemiah 11:9; 1 Chronicles 26:20–27; 1 Chronicles 6:48
- 5 2 Chronicles 8:14; Amos 6:5; Psalm 87:7; 2 Chronicles 29:25–26; 1 Chronicles 6:31–48
- 6 2 Chronicles 8:14; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Ezra 6:18
- 7 1 Chronicles 26:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17–20; 1 Chronicles 15:7; Exodus 6:17
- 8 1 Chronicles 15:17–18; 1 Chronicles 15:20–21; 1 Chronicles 15:11; 1 Chronicles 15:7; 1 Chronicles 6:33–34
- 12 Exodus 6:18; Numbers 26:58; 1 Chronicles 6:2; Numbers 3:27
- 13 Exodus 6:20; Deuteronomy 21:5; 1 Samuel 2:28; Exodus 30:6–10; Revelation 8:3
- 14 Deuteronomy 33:1; 1 Chronicles 26:23–25; Psalm 90:1
- 15 Exodus 18:3–4; Exodus 2:22; Exodus 4:20
- 16 1 Chronicles 26:24; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 25:20
- 17 1 Chronicles 26:25
- 18 1 Chronicles 26:26; 1 Chronicles 24:22
- 19 1 Chronicles 24:23; 1 Chronicles 23:12; 1 Chronicles 15:9
- 21 Exodus 6:19; 1 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Chronicles 24:26–30
- 22 1 Chronicles 24:28; Numbers 36:6–8
- 23 1 Chronicles 24:30
- 24 Numbers 10:17; Numbers 10:21; 1 Chronicles 23:3; Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24
- 25 2 Samuel 7:11; Psalm 132:13–14; 1 Chronicles 22:18; Psalm 135:21; Zechariah 8:3
- 26 Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:9; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:49; Deuteronomy 10:8
- 27 1 Chronicles 23:24; 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 23:3; Psalm 72:20
- 28 2 Chronicles 31:11; 2 Chronicles 35:3–6; Nehemiah 13:9; 2 Chronicles 35:11–14; Jeremiah 35:4
- 29 Leviticus 19:35–36; Leviticus 2:4–7; Leviticus 6:20–23; Leviticus 24:5–9; Exodus 25:30
- 30 Psalm 92:1–3; 1 Chronicles 9:33; Ezra 3:10–11; Exodus 29:39–42; 2 Chronicles 31:2
- 31 Isaiah 1:13–14; Leviticus 23:39; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 28:1–29; Psalm 81:1–4
- 32 Numbers 1:53; Numbers 3:6–9; Numbers 3:38; 1 Chronicles 9:27; 1 Kings 8:4
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