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1 Chronicles 24:22-31

Listen to 1 Chronicles 24:22-31
22 Of the Iz'harites, Shelo'moth; of the sons of Shelo'moth, Jahath.
23 The sons of Hebron: Jeri'ah the chief, Amari'ah the second, Jaha'ziel the third, Jekame'am the fourth.
24 The sons of Uz'ziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Micah, Isshi'ah; of the sons of Isshi'ah, Zechari'ah.
26 The sons of Merar'i: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Ja-azi'ah: Beno.
27 The sons of Merar'i: of Ja-azi'ah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli: Elea'zar, who had no sons.
29 Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerah'meel.
30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jer'imoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
31 These also, the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brethren the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahim'elech, and the heads of fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites.

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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Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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