David crowns Solomon king
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First Chronicles 23:1 |
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. |
The Levites
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First Chronicles 23:2 |
¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. |
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First Chronicles 23:3 |
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. |
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First Chronicles 23:4 |
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: |
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First Chronicles 23:5 |
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. |
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First Chronicles 23:6 |
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
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First Chronicles 23:7 |
¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. |
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First Chronicles 23:8 |
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. |
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First Chronicles 23:9 |
The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. |
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First Chronicles 23:10 |
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. |
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First Chronicles 23:11 |
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house. |
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First Chronicles 23:12 |
¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. |
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First Chronicles 23:13 |
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. |
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First Chronicles 23:14 |
Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. |
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First Chronicles 23:15 |
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. |
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First Chronicles 23:16 |
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. |
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First Chronicles 23:17 |
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. |
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First Chronicles 23:18 |
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. |
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First Chronicles 23:19 |
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. |
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First Chronicles 23:20 |
Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second. |
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First Chronicles 23:21 |
¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. |
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First Chronicles 23:22 |
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. |
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First Chronicles 23:23 |
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. |
The Levitical offices
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First Chronicles 23:24 |
¶ These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward. |
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First Chronicles 23:25 |
For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: |
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First Chronicles 23:26 |
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. |
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First Chronicles 23:27 |
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: |
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First Chronicles 23:28 |
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; |
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First Chronicles 23:29 |
Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; |
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First Chronicles 23:30 |
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even; |
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First Chronicles 23:31 |
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord: |
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First Chronicles 23:32 |
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord. |
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