1 Chronicles 23:24; 1 Chronicles 23:3; 2 Samuel 23:1; Psalms 72:20
By the “last words of David” some understand an historical work on the latter part of his reign, drawn up probably by Gad or Nathan (compare 1 Chr...
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 a...
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: No JFB commentary on these...
David makes Solomon King. Particulars relating to the Levites This and the following three Chapter s (supplementing the earlier history) describe...
By the last words ] better, 'in the Last Acts,' i.e. a history of the closing part of his reign.
For by the last words of David. — That is, owing to his last commands. So Vulg. (juxta praecepta David novissima) and Syriac. The Levites were nu...
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 preparati...
The last words of David, that is, the last words of David on this subject, lessened down the age ten years from the former appointment. Probably this...
For by the last words of David ,.... Or therefore by the last orders he gave before his death: the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and...
By the last words of David By his last order and constitution, made by God's direction, and by the Holy Spirit. This is here added to signify, that...
The Office of the Levites. B. C. 1015. ...
By the last words of David; by his last order and constitution, made by God's direction and by the Spirit , as hath been once and again noted and...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This and following three Chapter s contain an account of Levites and distribution of their services. Here their number, classificati...
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...
EXPOSITION This chapter is the first of four employed on the subject of the Levites and the services distributed among them. The twenty-four ord...
The Ministry of the Levites
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above,
27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numberedh from twenty years old and above: