Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
before the dwelling-place, etc.—that is, in the tent which David had erected for receiving the ark after it was removed from the house of Obed-edom [II Samuel 6:17]. This was a considerable time before the temple was built.
they waited on their office according to their order—which David, doubtless by the direction of the Holy Spirit, had instituted for the better regulation of divine worship.
The sons of Levi; Gershom, etc.—This repetition (see I Chronicles 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Chronicles 6:32:
1 Chronicles 24:3
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