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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:1-23

Here we have, I. The crown entailed, according to the divine appointment, 1 Chron. 23:1. David made Solomon king, not to reign with him, or reign under him, but only to reign after him. This he did, 1. When he was old and full of days. He was but seventy years old when he died, and yet he was full of days, satur dierum?satisfied with living in this world. When he found himself going off, he made provision for the welfare of the kingdom after his decease, and pleased himself with the hopeful... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:3

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years, and upward ,.... So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was a new reckoning of them, 1 Chronicles 23:24 . and their number by their posts ; or, according to their heads: man by man, was thirty and eight thousand ; which vastly exceeds the number in the times of Moses; see Numbers 4:47 , but then those above fifty years of age were not numbered,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:4

Of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord ,.... To prepare for the work of the priests by slaying the sacrifices, flaying them, cutting them in pieces, and washing them, and bringing them to the altar; 1000 of these served weekly in their turns: and six thousand were officers and judges : that acted as justices of the peace in the several parts of the country, heard causes and administered justice to the people, being trained up in and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:5

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 in all made up 38,000: which I made, said David, to praise therewith ; which instruments he devised and ordered to be made to praise the Lord with; see 2 Chronicles 29:26 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 23:3

Thirty years and upward - The enumeration of the Levites made in the desert, Numbers 4:3 , was from thirty years upwards to fifty years. In this place, the latter limit is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed they had no longer any heavy burdens to carry, and therefore even an old man might continue to serve the tabernacle. David made another ordinance afterwards; see on 1 Chronicles 23:24-27 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 positive Divine authority for such arrangements. As to the instruments of music which he made they are condemned elsewhere; see Amos 6:5 , to which this verse is allowed to be the parallel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:1-5

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 24:1-31 . The twenty-four orders of the singers and musicians occupy the contents of 1 Chronicles 25:1-31 . And the divisions of the porters, with their gates; and of those Levites who had the keeping of the treasures of the house of God; and the officers and judges, fill up 1 Chronicles... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:3

Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. The thing which Joab had rightly resisted ( 1 Chronicles 21:3-6 ) and shrunk from doing was now rightly done. There was now a practical and a legitimate object for doing it. This consideration helps to determine what it was that "displeased the Lord" in the former general census of David. In connection with this clause, 1 Chronicles 27:23 should be noted, where we read, "But David took not the number of them from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:4

To set forward (Hebrew לְנַצֵּחַ , Piel conjugation). The strict meaning of the word here is to superintend. The word has already occurred in the same sense in 1 Chronicles 15:21 . Officers and judges (Hebrew וְשֹׁמְרִים וְשֹׁפְטִים ). The explanation of the nature of the work of these, as really outward work, for the "outward business of Israel," is distinctly stated in 1 Chronicles 26:29 ; 2 Chronicles 19:5-11 . These officers are mentioned under the same Hebrew term... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:5

Porters (Hebrew שֹׁעְרִים ); doorkeepers. The word is so translated in 1 Chronicles 15:23 , 1 Chronicles 15:24 . It was the duty of these to keep the entrances of the sanctuary, by day and night, in their courses (see also 2 Kings 7:10 , 2 Kings 7:11 ). The Chaldaic equivalent of this word is תָּרָע ( Ezra 7:24 ; Daniel 2:49 ). There is no connection between either the word or idea we have here, and those of Psalms 84:11 , where the Hithp. conjugation of סָפף is... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:1-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 23:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 23:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:1-5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:5

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