Chronicles I 23:5

5 and four thousand door-keepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

Chronicles I 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5

Moreover four thousand were porters
At the east, north, and south gates of the temple, in their turns;

and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments;
were singers in the temple, which in all made up 38,000:

which I made, said David, to praise therewith;
which instruments he devised and ordered to be made to praise the Lord with; see ( 2 Chronicles 29:26 ) ( Nehemiah 12:36 ) .

Chronicles I 23:5 In-Context

3 And the Levites numbered from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.

4 Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord twenty-four thousand, and six thousand scribes and judges;

5 and four thousand door-keepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.

6 And David divided them daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

7 And for Gedson, Edan, and Semei.