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CHAPTER XXIII
_David makes Solomon king_, 1.
_Numbers the Levites, and appoints them their work_, 2-5.
_The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, Merari, and their_
_descendants_, 6-12.
_The sons of Amr...
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See the marginal references and notes. 1 Chronicles 23:28 give the
most complete account in Scripture of the nature of the Levitical
office....
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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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OLD AND FULL OF DAYS. Compare Abraham (Genesis 25:8), and Isaac
(Genesis 35:29). David horn in 990. Now in his seventieth year.
FULL OF. satisfied with.
MADE SOLOMON HIS SON KING. During his lifetime...
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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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_SO WHEN DAVID WAS OLD AND FULL OF DAYS, HE MADE SOLOMON HIS SON KING
OVER ISRAEL._
When David was old ... he made Solomon ... king. This brief statement,
which comprises the substance of 1 Kings 1:3...
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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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SO WHEN DAVID WAS OLD AND FULL OF DAYS. — Literally, _Now David had
become old and satisfied with days._ (See Genesis 35:29; Job 42:17;
where both terms, which are verbs here, appear as adjectives.) P...
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וְ דָוִ֥יד זָקֵ֖ן וְ שָׂבַ֣ע יָמִ֑ים
וַ
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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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_Full, satisfied, in the last year of his reign, and the 70th of his
age. (Du Hamel) --- Cur non ut plenus vitæ conviva recedit?
(Lucretius iii.) --- Israel. This example was much followed by
succeedi...
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CONTENTS
This Chapter relates to us the appointing of Solomon king, in the room
of David his father. The Levites and officers of the temple are
appointed also, and numbered.
1 Chronicles 23:1
The ag...
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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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SO WHEN DAVID WAS OLD AND FULL OF DAYS,.... Perhaps was now in the
last year of his age, about seventy years old, though before he was
bedridden; see 1 Chronicles 28:2,
HE MADE SOLOMON HIS SON KING O...
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So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king
over Israel.
Ver. 1. _So when David was old._] _Tacitis senescimus annis._ Old age
stealeth upon us; let us pack up our bundles, a...
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_He made Solomon king over Israel_ Not that he resigned the kingdom to
him, but only declared his mind concerning Solomon's succeeding him in
the throne after his death. Thus David himself is called _...
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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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THE LEVITES DIVIDED INTO THREE COURSES...
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So when David was old and full of days, weary of his strenuous life, 1
Kings 1:32, HE MADE SOLOMON, HIS SON, KING OVER ISRAEL....
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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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1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 23 David maketh Solomon king, 1 CHRONICLES 23:1.
The number and distribution of the Levites, according to their
families, 1 CHRONICLES 23:2. Their office, 1 Chron
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1 Chronicles 23:1 David H1732 old H2204 (H8804) full H7646 (H8804)
days H3117 son H1121 Solomon H8010 king
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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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_So when David was old and full of days._
I. An instructive view of life.
II. A touching picture of old age.
III. A solemn warning to all. (_J. Wolfendale._)
HOW TO EMPLOY OLD AGE
The pathos of Da...
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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 28:5; 1 Chronicles 29:22; 1 Chronicles 29:28; 1 Kings
1:1;...