1 Chronicles 23:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Referenced Verses

Josh 23:2 : 2 that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years:
Josh 24:1 : 1 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
1 Chr 13:1 : 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
1 Chr 28:1 : 1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.
2 Chr 34:29-30 : 29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 23:2-3
2 verses
81%
2And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' [houses] of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of David.
2 Kgs 23:1-2
2 verses
80%
1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
1 Chr 28:1
80%
1And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem.
1 Chr 15:3-4
2 verses
79%
3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
4And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
2 Chr 11:13
76%
13And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their border.
2 Chr 34:29
76%
29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chr 1:2
76%
2And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' [houses].
2 Chr 5:2-4
3 verses
76%
2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
3And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was [in] the seventh month.
4And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
1 Chr 13:1-2
2 verses
75%
1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
2And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;
1 Chr 23:1
75%
1Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Kgs 8:1
74%
1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
1 Kgs 8:3
74%
3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
1 Chr 23:27
74%
27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.
1 Chr 15:11-12
2 verses
74%
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto [the place] that I have prepared for it.
2 Chr 29:26
73%
26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
2 Sam 5:3
73%
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel.
1 Chr 22:17
73%
17David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
Num 8:9
73%
9And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting: and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel:
1 Chr 22:2
72%
2And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
1 Chr 23:6
72%
6And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chr 11:3
72%
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.
1 Chr 23:3
71%
3And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
2 Sam 6:1
71%
1And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
1 Kgs 5:13
71%
13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
Josh 22:14
71%
14and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the thousands of Israel.
2 Chr 29:4
71%
4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
2 Chr 30:25
71%
25And all the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
1 Sam 8:4
71%
4Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;
1 Kgs 1:32
70%
32And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Sam 22:11
70%
11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
1 Chr 28:21
70%
21And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
1 Chr 29:23-24
2 verses
70%
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
1 Kgs 8:5
70%
5And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.
Num 4:46
70%
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,
2 Chr 2:17
70%
17And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
2 Chr 24:5
70%
5And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
1 Kgs 4:2
70%
2And these were the princes whom he had: Azariah the son of Zadok, the priest;
2 Chr 17:8
70%
8and with them the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.
1 Chr 24:6
70%
6And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
1 Kgs 8:14
70%
14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
1 Chr 29:20
70%
20And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.
1 Kgs 8:62
70%
62And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.