1 Chronicles 23:2

2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,

1 Chronicles 23:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:2

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel
Ordered them to be assembled, partly to acquaint them with his will and pleasure, that Solomon should succeed him in the kingdom; and partly to settle the order of the work and service of the temple; and therefore these were convened

with the priests and Levites;
to assign to them their respective places and offices.

1 Chronicles 23:2 In-Context

1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.

2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,

3 were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD, and six thousand were officers and judges;

5 moreover, four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which David had made to praise therewith.