1 Chronicles 24:1

Divisions of the priests

1 The divisions of the Aaronites: Aaron's family: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 24:1

Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron
Into the classes or courses following:

the sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;
( 1 Chronicles 6:3 ) , these were the immediate sons of Aaron; but the division or distribution of them into classes are of their posterity in the times of David, who descended from the two latter.

1 Chronicles 24:1 In-Context

1 The divisions of the Aaronites: Aaron's family: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, without having sons, and so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

3 David, with the help of Zadok from Eleazar's family and Ahimelech from Ithamar's family, divided them according to their appointed duties.

4 Since Eleazar's family was found to have more male heads than Ithamar's family, they divided them so that Eleazar's family had sixteen household heads and Ithamar's family had eight.

5 They divided both groups by lots because there were holy leaders, even outstanding leaders, among both Eleazar's and Ithamar's descendants.