1 Chronicles 23:5-7

5 Four thousand are to be gatekeepers and four thousand are to praise the LORD with the musical instruments I have provided for that purpose.”

6 David separated the Levites into divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Gershonites

7 Belonging to the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:5-7 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.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Chronicles 15:16; Psalms 92:3
• 2. Nehemiah 12:45
• 3. 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 2 Chronicles 29:25
• 4. S Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 24:20
• 5. 1 Chronicles 6:71