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1 Chron 24:1–19 David organizes the priests into 24 divisions by lot. Each division was to serve for two weeks of the year, based on a lunar calendar of 48 weeks.
1 Chron 24:2 Nadab and Abihu died. See Lev. 10:1–3. The priesthood was hereditary. It descended through the lines of Eleazar and Ithamar.
1 Chron 24:3 Zadok. See 1 Kings 1:8; 2:35. Ahimelech. The son of Abiathar (2 Sam. 8:17), with whom Zadok is usually paired (2 Sam. 15:35; 1 Kings 4:4).
1 Chron 24:5–6 Specific duties were assigned by drawing lots between the families of Eleazar and of Ithamar.
1 Chron 24:10 Hakkoz. See Ezra 2:61–63. Abijah. An ancestor of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5).
1 Chron 24:20–31 The list of Levites in 23:6–23 is updated to include another generation in six of the Levitical families.
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