1 Chronicles 24:1

1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar.

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 sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar.

2 But Nadab and Abi'hu died before their father, and had no children, so Elea'zar and Ith'amar became the priests.

3 With the help of Zadok of the sons of Elea'zar, and Ahim'elech of the sons of Ith'amar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.

4 Since more chief men were found among the sons of Elea'zar than among the sons of Ith'amar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers' houses of the sons of Elea'zar, and eight of the sons of Ith'amar.

5 They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Elea'zar and the sons of Ith'amar.