1 Chronicles 24:8-18

8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Se-o'rim,
9 the fifth to Malchi'jah, the sixth to Mij'amin,
10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abi'jah,
11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecani'ah,
12 the eleventh to Eli'ashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jesheb'e-ab,
14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Hap'pizzez,
16 the nineteenth to Pethahi'ah, the twentieth to Jehez'kel,
17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
18 the twenty-third to Delai'ah, the twenty-fourth to Ma-azi'ah.

1 Chronicles 24:8-18 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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