1 Chronicles 15:11

11 Then David summoned the priests 1Zadok and 2Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,

1 Chronicles 15:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:11

And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests
See ( 2 Samuel 8:17 ) ( 2 Samuel 15:27 2 Samuel 15:29 ) ( 1 Kings 4:4 )

and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel,
and Amminadab;
the six chiefs before mentioned.

1 Chronicles 15:11 In-Context

9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his brothers;
10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers.
11 Then David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
13 Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule."

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 6:8; 1 Chronicles 16:39
  • 2. 1 Samuel 22:20; 1 Kings 2:26
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