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2. THE NUMBERING AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE LEVITES
CHAPTER 23
_ 1. Solomon made king (1 Chronicles 23:1)_
2. The number of the Levites (1 Chronicles 23:2)
3. The Gershonites (1
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1 Chronicles 23:1 to 1 Chronicles 24:31. THE LEVITES AND THE PRIESTS.
The Chronicler implies that the organisation of the Levites and
priests and the settling of their duties as existing in his day wa...
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_the sons of Levi_ Cp. 1Ch 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:16....
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Organisation of the Levites (first account)
Two accounts are given of David's organisation of the Levites.
According to the first the Levites were admitted to service at thirty
years of age; 1 Chroni...
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LESSON ELEVEN 23-24
THE LEVITES AND THEIR DUTIES
15. THE LEVITES AND THEIR WORK (Chapter 23)
INTRODUCTION
The successful functioning of the Temple required a careful
organization of the priesthood....
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_AND DAVID DIVIDED THEM INTO COURSES AMONG THE SONS OF LEVI, NAMELY,
GERSHON, KOHATH, AND MERARI._
David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi. These are
enumerated according to their fath...
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DAVID MAKES SOLOMON KING. PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE LEVITES
This and the following three Chapter s (supplementing the earlier
history) describe the arrangements made by David for the organisation
of...
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 23
Organisation of the *Levites –...
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AND DAVID DIVIDED THEM INTO COURSES. — Heb., _he divided him them_
(reflexive form of verb, with suffix) _into divisions._ (Comp. 1
Chronicles 24:3, and Genesis 14:15.) Others read the simple voice of...
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(6-23) The twenty-four houses of the Levites....
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וַ יֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥ם דָּוִ֖יד מַחְלְקֹ֑ות
ס לִ בְנֵ֣י...
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David's interest in building the Temple and establishing it as the
center of worship and of the nation is not only manifest in the
material preparation he made in amassing treasure, and carrying out
p...
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_Into 24 courses, like the priests, that each class might serve twice
a year for a whole week, chap. xxiv. 31. (Tirinus) --- God had already
made choice of the posterity of Levi; and David, with the p...
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I do not interrupt the reading of this list of the Levites, but bring
the account altogether into one view, because the observations arising
out of the whole are one and the same. The Reader may perha...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27.
From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the
house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of
everythi...
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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely],
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Ver. 6. _And David divided them into courses._] Into certain ranks
and distinct functions, according...
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_David divided them into courses_ Which he did not by his own
invention, but, as a man of God, by his command, and with the advice
and concurrence of Gad and Nathan the prophets, as is manifest from 2...
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1 Dauid in his old age maketh Solomon King.
2 The number and distribution of the Leuites
7 The families of the Gershonites.
12 The sonnes of Kohath.
21 The sonnes of Merari.
24 The office of the...
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And David divided them into courses, large divisions, AMONG THE SONS
OF LEVI, NAMELY, GERSHON, KOHATH, AND MERARI....
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THE LEVITES DIVIDED INTO THREE COURSES...
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COURSES:
_ Heb._ divisions...
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1-23 David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple,
settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of
it. When those of the same family were employed together, it...
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DAVID DIVIDED THEM INTO COURSES; which he did not by his own
invention, but as a man of God, and by the command of God, and with
the advice and concurrence of Gad and Nathan the prophets, as is
manife...
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1 Chronicles 23:6 David H1732 separated H2505 (H8735) divisions H4256
sons H1121 Levi H3878 Gershon H1648 Kohath...
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CONTENTS: Number and distribution of the Levites.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: There is a place in the service of God for every Christian
and God would have each at his own post, for of all m...
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1 Chronicles 23:3. _Thirty years._ So Moses had commanded. Numbers
4:3. But now it would seem from 1 Chronicles 23:24, that David
numbered the levites from the age of twenty, the number at thirty not...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 23:1 In chs. 1 Chronicles 23:1
David continues to prepare for Solomon’s rule by providing
religious, military, and political leadership....
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 23:6 David organizes the Levites
according to their traditional clans: the Gershonites (vv. 1
Chronicles 23:7), the Kohathites (vv....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This and following three Chapter s contain an account
of Levites and distribution of their services. Here their number,
classification, and work (1 Chronicles 23:1). But 1 Chronicles...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is the first of four employed on the subject of the
Levites and the services distributed among them. The twenty-four
orders of priests, sons of Aaron, occupy 1 Chronicles 24:1....
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And so David when he was old, made Solomon his son king over Israel (1
Chronicles 23:1).
Now David then began to set forth the order of the priesthood, the
Levitical priesthood. Now David here demonst...
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1 Chronicles 24:1; 1 Chronicles 26:1; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles
6:16;...