Help QuickNav Adv. Options
LSB

LSB

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

1 Chronicles 23 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Solomon Made King over Israel

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 -

Now David became old and full of days, and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:2 - And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

The Work of the Levites

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by [fn]census of men was 38,000.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of these, 24,000 were to direct the work of the house of Yahweh; and 6,000 were officers and judges,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - and 4,000 were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising Yahweh with the instruments which [fn]David made for giving praise.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The Sons of Gershon

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:7 -

Of the Gershonites were [fn]Ladan and Shimei.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:8 -

The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9 -

The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three.

These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:10 -

The sons of Shimei were Jahath, [fn]Zina, Jeush, and Beriah.

These four were the sons of Shimei.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:11 -

Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father’s household, one [fn]unit.

The Sons of Kohath

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:12 -

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13 -

The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated in order to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to offer offerings up in smoke before Yahweh, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 -

But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:15 -

The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:16 -

The [fn]son of Gershom was [fn]Shebuel the chief.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:17 -

The [fn]son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:18 -

The [fn]son of Izhar was [fn]Shelomith the chief.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:19 -

The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:20 -

The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

The Sons of Merari

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:21 -

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:22 -

And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them up as wives.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:23 -

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

The Service of the Levites

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 -

These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ households, even the heads of the fathers’ households of those of them who were [fn]counted, in the number of names by their [fn]census, doing the work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and upward.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:25 - For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - “Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings for its service.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - For their station is to be on hand for the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts and in the chambers and in the cleansing of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29 - and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is made on the griddle, or what is well stirred, and all measures of volume and size.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:30 - And they are to stand every morning to thank and to praise Yahweh, and likewise at evening,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the appointed times in the number set by the judgments concerning them, continually before Yahweh.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - Thus they shall keep responsibility of the tent of meeting, and responsibility of the holy place, and responsibility of the sons of Aaron their [fn]relatives, for the service of the house of Yahweh.
See the LSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
LSB Footnotes
Lit their heads
Lit I made
In Ex 6:17, Libni
In v 11, Zizah
Lit mustering
Lit sons
In 24:20, Shubael
Lit sons...were
Lit sons
In 24:22, Shelomoth
Lit mustered
Lit heads
Lit brothers
LSB

Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation

All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc.

LSBible.org

For more information on this translation, see the LSB Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
LSB
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
LSB
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

1 Chronicles Chapter 23 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras