1 Chronicles 23:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. ”

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 ).
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David , to praise therewith . Four thousand praised the Lord - David made this dist...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 ma...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 organisatio...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(2-5) The numbering of the Levites and their appointments.
1 Chronicles 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 perh...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, w...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. ] Qu...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Numbering of the Levites. B. C. 1015. 1 So when David was old and full of days, he m...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 cham...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 23:1-6 ). But 1 Chron...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 thir...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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. Pl...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Chronicle...
1 Chronicles 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Divided into Three Courses
1 Chronicles 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 15:16-22 ; 1 Chronicles 15:23 ; 1 Chronicles 15:24 ; 1 Chronicles 16:38 ; 1 Chronicles 16:41 ; 1 Chronicles 16:42 ; 1 Chronicles 25:1-7 ; 1 Chronicles 26:1-12 ; 1 Chronicles 6:3...

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Chronicles 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge