1 Chronicles 24:20-30

20 Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of `Amram, Shuva'el; of the sons of Shuva'el, Yechdeyahu.
21 Of Rechavyah: of the sons of Rechavyah, Yishshiyah the chief.
22 Of the Izharites, Shelomit; of the sons of Shelomit, Yachat.
23 The sons [of Hevron]: Yeriyahu [the chief], Amaryah the second, Yachazi'el the third, Yekam`am the fourth.
24 The sons of `Uzzi'el, Mikhah; of the sons of Mikhah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Mikhah, Yishshiyah; of the sons of Yishshiyah, Zekharyah.
26 The sons of Merari: Machli and Mushi; the sons of Ya`aziyahu: Beno.
27 The sons of Merari: of Ya`aziyahu, Beno, and Shoham, and Zakkur, and Ibri.
28 Of Machli: El`azar, who had no sons.
29 Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Yerachme'el.
30 The sons of Mushi: Machli, and `Eder, and Yerimot. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.

1 Chronicles 24:20-30 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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