1 Καὶ Δαυὶδ πρεσβύτης καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσε Σαλωμὼν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀνθʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ. 2 καὶ συνήγαγε τοὺς πάντας ἄρχοντας Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς καὶ τοὺς Λευείτας. 3 Καὶ ἠρίθμησαν οἱ Λευῖται ἀπὸ τριακονταετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν κατὰ κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν εἰς ἄνδρας τριάκοντα καὶ ὀκτὼ χιλιάδας. 4 Ἀπὸ τῶν ἐργοδιωκτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα οἴκου Κυρίου εἴκοσι τέσσαρες χιλιάδες, καὶ γραμματεῖς καὶ κριταὶ ἑξακισχίλιοι, 5 καὶ τέσσαρες χιλιάδες πυλωροὶ καὶ τώσσαρες χιλιάδες αἰνοῦντες τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν ὀργάνοιν οἷς ἐποίησε τοῦ αἰνεῖν τῷ κυρίῳ. 6 καὶ διεῖλεν αὐτοὺς Δαυὶδ ἐφημερίας τοῖς υἱοῖς Λευῖ, τῷ Γεδσών, Καάθ, καὶ Μαραρί· 7 καὶ τῷ Γεδσὼν, Ἐδὰν, καὶ Σεμεΐ. 8 γἱοὶ τῷ Ἐδάν, ἄρχων Ἰεϊὴλ, καὶ Ζηθὸμ, καὶ Ἰωήλ, καὶ τρεῖς. 9 γἱοὶ Σεμεῒ, Σαλωμὶθ, Ἰεϊὴλ, καὶ Δὰν, τρεῖς· οὗτοι ἄρχοντες πατριῶν τῶν Ἐδάν· 10 καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς Σεμεΐ· Ἰὲθ, καὶ Ζιζὰ, καὶ Ἰῶας, καὶ Βεριά· οὗτοι υἱοὶ Σεμεΐ, τέσσαρες. 11 καὶ ἦν Ἰὲθ ὁ ἄρχων· καὶ Ζιζὰ ὁ δεύτερος· καὶ Ἰωὰς καὶ Βεριὰ οὐκ ἐπλήθυναν υἱοὺς, καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς οἶκον πατριᾶς εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν μίαν. 12 γἱοὶ Καάθ, Ἀμβρὰμ, Ἰσαάρ, Χεβρών, Ὀζιὴλ, τέσσαρες. 13 γἱοὶ Ἀμβρὰμ, Ἀαρὼν καὶ Μωυσῆς· καὶ διεστάλη Ἀαρὼν τοῦ ἁγιασθῆναι ἅγια ἁγίων, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος, τοῦ θυμιᾷν ἐναντίον τοῦ κυρίου, λειτουργεῖν καὶ ἐπεύχεσθαι ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ἕως αἰῶνος. 14 Καὶ Μωυσῆς ἄνθρωπος τοῦ Θεοῦ, υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐκλήθησαν εἰς φυλὴν τοῦ Λευεί. 15 γἱοὶ Μωυσῆ, Γηρσὰμ, καὶ Ἐλιέζερ. 16 γἱοὶ Γηρσὰμ, Σουβαὴλ ὁ ἄρχων. 17 Καὶ ἦσαν υἱοὶ τῷ Ἐλιέζερ, Ῥαβιὰ ὁ ἄρχων· καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν τῷ Ἐλιέζερ υἱοὶ ἕτεροι· καὶ υἱοὶ Ῥαβιὰ ηὐξήθησαν εἰς ὕψος. 18 γἱοὶ Ἰσαάρ, Σαλωμὼθ ὁ ἄρχων. 19 γἱοὶ Χεβρὼν, Ἰεριὰ ὁ ἄρχων, Ἀμαριὰ ὁ δεύτερος, Ἱεζιὴλ ὁ τρίτος, Ἰκεμίας ὁ τέταρτος. 20 γἱοὶ Ὀζιὴλ, Μιχὰ ὁ ἄρχων, καὶ Ἰσιὰ ὁ δεύτερος. 21 γἱοὶ Μεραρί, Μοολὶ καὶ Ὁ Μουσί· υἱοὶ Μοολὶ, Ἐλεαζαρ, καὶ Κείς. καὶ Κίς. 22 Καὶ ἀπέθανεν Ἐλεάζαρ· καὶ οὐκ ἦσαν αὐτῷ υἱοὶ, ἀλλʼ ἢ θυγατέρες· καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτὰς υἱοὶ Κὶς ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν. 23 Υἱοὶ Μουσὶ, Μοολὶ, καὶ Ἐδὲρ, καὶ Ἰαριμὼθ, τρεῖς. 24 Οὗτοι υἱοὶ Λευὶ κατʼ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, ἄρχοντες τῶν πατριῶν αὐτῶν κατὰ τὴν ἐπίσκεψιν αὐτῶν, κατὰ τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν, κατὰ κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, ποιοῦντες τὰ ἔργα λειτουργείας οἴκου Κυρίου ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω. 25 Ὅτι εἶπε Δαυὶδ, κατέπαυσε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἕως αἰῶνος. 26 Καὶ οἱ Λευῖται οὐκ ἦσαν αἴροντες τὴν σκηνὴν καὶ τὰ πάντα σκεύη αὐτῆς εἰς τὴν λειτουργείαν αὐτῆς· 27 Ὅτι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις Δαυὶδ τοῖς ἐσχάτοις ἐστὶν ὁ ἀριθμὸς υἱῶν Λευὶ ἀπὸ εἰκοσαετοῦς καὶ ἐπάνω· 28 Ὅτι ἔστησεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ χειρὶ Ἀαρὼν, τοῦ λειτουργεῖν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὰς αὐλὰς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ παστοφόρια, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν καθαρισμὸν τῶν πάντων ἁγίων, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα λειτουργείας οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ, 29 καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἄρτους τῆς προθέσεως, καὶ εἰς τὴν σεμίδαλιν τῆς θυσίας, καὶ εἰς τὰ λάγανα τὰ ἄζυμα, καὶ εἰς τήγανον, καὶ εἰς τὴν πεφυραμένην, καὶ εἰς πᾶν μέτρον, 30 καὶ τοῦ στῆναι πρωῒ τοῦ αἰνεῖν καὶ ἐξομολογεῖσθαι τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ οὕτω τοεσπέρας· 31 Καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν ἀναφερομένων ὁλοκαυτωμάτων τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν τοῖς σαββάτοις καὶ ἐν ταῖς νεομηνίαις καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἑορταῖς, κατὰ ἀριθμὸν, κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς διαπαντὸς τῷ Κυρίῳ. 32 Καὶ φυλάξουσι τὰς φυλακὰς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ τὴν φυλακὴν τοῦ ἁγίου, καὶ τὰς φυλακὰς υἱῶν Ἀαρὼν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν, τοῦ λειτουργεῖν ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου.
1 Chronicles · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
1 Chronicles 23 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
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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