1 Chronicles 23:2

The Divisions of the Levites

1 So when David was old and full of days, he made his son ^aSolomon king over Israel.

2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of ^athirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.

4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to ^alook after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were ^bofficers and judges,

5 four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand ^apraised the Lord with musical instruments, ^b“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”

Verse Comparison: 1 Chronicles 23:2

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American Standard Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Amplified® Bible
David assembled all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and Levites.

Contemporary English Version
Some time later, David called together all of Israel's leaders, priests, and Levites.

Darby English Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Good News Bible
King David brought together all the Israelite leaders and all the priests and Levites.

King James Version
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

New American Standard Bible
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

New International Version
He also gathered together all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

New King James Version
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

Revised Standard Version
David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.

Young's Literal Translation
and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;

New English Translation
David¹ assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

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The Divisions of the Levites

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