1 Chronicles 23:15-25

15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.
16 The sons of Gershom; Shebuel the first (son).
17 And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the first (son), and other sons were not to Eliezer; forsooth the sons of Rehabiah were multiplied full much.
18 The sons of Izhar; Shelomith the first (son).
19 The sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first (son), Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth
20 The sons of Uzziel; Micah the first (son), Jesiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar, and Kish
22 And Eleazar was dead, and had not sons, but daughters; and the sons of Kish, the brethren of them, that is, (the) cousins-german, wedded them. (And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and the sons of Kish, their kinsmen, that is, their first cousins, wedded them.)
23 The sons of Mushi were three, Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth.
24 These were the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families, and they were princes by whiles, and the number of all the heads, that did the travail of the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years and above. (These were the Levites in their kindreds and families, and the list of all their leaders, yea, those who did the work in the service of the House of the Lord, from twenty years of age and older.)
25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a dwelling in Jerusalem into without end; (For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and shall make his dwelling place in Jerusalem forevermore;)

1 Chronicles 23:15-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 23

In this chapter David makes Solomon king, 1Ch 23:1, calls together the princes, priests, and Levites, numbers the latter, and assigns them their proper work, 1Ch 23:2-5, divides them into three classes, 1Ch 23:6-23, when the number of them was taken from twenty years of age, and upwards; the reasons of which are given, partly from the rest the land enjoyed, and partly from the several branches of their work and office in the temple, 1Ch 23:24-32.

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