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Verse 1 Chronicles 23:5. _FOUR THOUSAND PRAISED THE LORD_] David made
this distribution according to his own judgment, and from the dictates
of his piety; but it does not appear that he had any posit...
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2. THE NUMBERING AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE LEVITES
CHAPTER 23
_ 1. Solomon made king (1 Chronicles 23:1)_
2. The number of the Levites (1 Chronicles 23:2)
3. The Gershonites (1
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1 Chronicles 23:1 to 1 Chronicles 24:31. THE LEVITES AND THE PRIESTS.
The Chronicler implies that the organisation of the Levites and
priests and the settling of their duties as existing in his day wa...
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FOUR THOUSAND.... PORTERS. In 1 Chronicles 2. we have the ninety-three
chiefs. The 212 in 1 Chronicles 9:22 pertained to the Tabernacle, not
to the Temple (1 Chronicles 9:21)....
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_porters_ R.V. DOORKEEPERS. The courses and duties of these are given
in 1 Chronicles 26:1-19.
_four thousand praised the Lord_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 25:1-31, from which
it appears that there was also a pi...
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Organisation of the Levites (first account)
Two accounts are given of David's organisation of the Levites.
According to the first the Levites were admitted to service at thirty
years of age; 1 Chroni...
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LESSON ELEVEN 23-24
THE LEVITES AND THEIR DUTIES
15. THE LEVITES AND THEIR WORK (Chapter 23)
INTRODUCTION
The successful functioning of the Temple required a careful
organization of the priesthood....
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_MOREOVER FOUR THOUSAND WERE PORTERS; AND FOUR THOUSAND PRAISED THE
LORD WITH THE INSTRUMENTS WHICH I_ _ MADE, SAID DAVID, TO PRAISE
THEREWITH._
Praised the Lord with the instruments which I made. Da...
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DAVID MAKES SOLOMON KING. PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE LEVITES
This and the following three Chapter s (supplementing the earlier
history) describe the arrangements made by David for the organisation
of...
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 23
Organisation of the *Levites –...
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(2-5) The numbering of the Levites and their appointments....
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MOREOVER FOUR THOUSAND WERE PORTERS. — Literally, _and four
thousand_ (are to be) _warders._ (Comp. 1 Chronicles 9:21.) Reuss
thinks 4,000 warders too many; but the different clans went on duty in
tur...
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וְ אַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים
וְ אַרְבַּ֤עַת...
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David's interest in building the Temple and establishing it as the
center of worship and of the nation is not only manifest in the
material preparation he made in amassing treasure, and carrying out
p...
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_David. Literally, "he." Septuagint, "they." Protestants, "which I
made ( said David) to praise therewith. " (Haydock)_...
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I do not interrupt the reading of this list of the Levites, but bring
the account altogether into one view, because the observations arising
out of the whole are one and the same. The Reader may perha...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27.
From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the
house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of
everythi...
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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...
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Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the
LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise
[therewith].
Ver. 5. _Moreover four thousand were porters._] _Quos...
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_Four thousand were porters_ Whose office it was to take the charge of
all the gates of the temple, and its courts, that no forbidden or
unclean person might enter there, and of the courts themselves,...
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1 Dauid in his old age maketh Solomon King.
2 The number and distribution of the Leuites
7 The families of the Gershonites.
12 The sonnes of Kohath.
21 The sonnes of Merari.
24 The office of the...
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1-23 David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple,
settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of
it. When those of the same family were employed together, it...
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PORTERS; whose office was to take the charge of all the gates of the
temple and its courts, that no forbidden or unclean person might enter
there, and of the courts them selves, and of several chamber...
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1 Chronicles 23:5 four H702 thousand H505 gatekeepers H7778 four H702
thousand H505 praised H1984 (H8764) LORD H30
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CONTENTS: Number and distribution of the Levites.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: There is a place in the service of God for every Christian
and God would have each at his own post, for of all m...
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1 Chronicles 23:3. _Thirty years._ So Moses had commanded. Numbers
4:3. But now it would seem from 1 Chronicles 23:24, that David
numbered the levites from the age of twenty, the number at thirty not...
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_And four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I
made._
MUSIC AND RELIGION
I. The object of music. “To praise therewith” well expresses the
attitude of the Bible towards music. Plutar...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 23:1 In chs. 1 Chronicles 23:1
David continues to prepare for Solomon’s rule by providing
religious, military, and political leadership....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This and following three Chapter s contain an account
of Levites and distribution of their services. Here their number,
classification, and work (1 Chronicles 23:1). But 1 Chronicles...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is the first of four employed on the subject of the
Levites and the services distributed among them. The twenty-four
orders of priests, sons of Aaron, occupy 1 Chronicles 24:1....
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And so David when he was old, made Solomon his son king over Israel (1
Chronicles 23:1).
Now David then began to set forth the order of the priesthood, the
Levitical priesthood. Now David here demonst...
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1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 15:23; 1 Chronicles 15:24; 1
Chronicles 16:38;...