1 Chronicles 24:22-31

22 Of the Yitz'hari, Shlomot; of the descendants of Shlomot, Yachat.
23 Of the sons [of Hevron]: Yeriyahu, Amaryahu second, Yachzi'el third and Y'kam'am fourth.
24 The descendants of 'Uzi'el: Mikhah; of the descendants of Mikhah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Mikhah: Yishiyah; of the descendants of Yishiyah, Z'kharyahu.
26 The sons of M'rari: Machli and Mushi. The descendants of his son Ya'aziyahu,
27 that is, the descendants of M'rari through his descendant Ya'aziyahu: Shoham, Zakur and 'Ivri.
28 Of Machli: El'azar, who had no sons.
29 Of Kish: the descendants of Kish, Yerachme'el.
30 And the sons of Mushi: Machli, 'Eder and Yerimot. These were the descendants of the L'vi'im according to their clans.
31 These likewise cast lots, as had their kinsmen the descendants of Aharon, in the presence of David the king, Tzadok, Achimelekh, and the clan leaders of the cohanim and of the L'vi'im; with the senior and junior clans casting lots equally.

1 Chronicles 24:22-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 24

This chapter relates the distribution David made of the priests into twenty four classes or courses, and which were observed by lot, and each course had an head or principal man over it, 1Ch 24:1-19 and of a like distribution of the Levites into the same number of courses, to attend the priests in theirs, 1Ch 24:20-31.

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