1 Chronicles 23:6

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 6:1 : 1 ¶ The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  • 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
  • 2 Chr 29:25 : 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
  • 1 Chr 6:16 : 16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
  • Ezra 6:18 : 18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
  • Exod 6:16-24 : 16 And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years. 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath [were] an hundred thirty and three years. 19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi according to their generations. 20 And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 24 And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] the families of the Korhites.
  • Num 26:57-58 : 57 ¶ And these [are] they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These [are] the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
  • 1 Chr 24:1 : 1 ¶ Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
  • 1 Chr 26:1 : 1 ¶ Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
  • 2 Chr 31:2 : 2 And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
  • 2 Chr 35:10 : 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 6:1
    82%

    1¶ The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 6:16
    80%

    16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Gen 46:11
    79%

    11And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Num 26:57
    78%

    57¶ And these [are] they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Num 3:17
    78%

    17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chr 26:19
    76%

    19These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.

  • 1 Chr 24:3
    76%

    3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

  • 1 Chr 23:7
    75%

    7Of the Gershonites [were], Laadan, and Shimei.

  • 1 Chr 15:4
    75%

    4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

  • 1 Chr 6:43
    74%

    43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    74%

    14And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
    74%

    1¶ Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

  • 1 Chr 23:2-5
    4 verses
    73%

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

    3Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

    4Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:

    5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith].

  • 1 Chr 23:27
    73%

    27For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:

  • Num 4:41-42
    2 verses
    73%

    41These [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

    42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

  • 1 Chr 6:19
    73%

    19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
    73%

    4And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

  • 2 Chr 35:4
    73%

    4And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

  • Neh 12:24
    73%

    24And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

  • 1 Chr 15:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

    17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

  • Num 4:38
    72%

    38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

  • Neh 11:36
    72%

    36And of the Levites [were] divisions [in] Judah, [and] in Benjamin.

  • Exod 6:16
    72%

    16And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [were] an hundred thirty and seven years.

  • 2 Chr 29:12
    72%

    12¶ Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

  • 1 Chr 23:24
    72%

    24¶ These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

  • Num 4:29
    72%

    29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

  • 1 Chr 23:21
    72%

    21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

  • 1 Chr 6:31
    72%

    31¶ And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

  • Num 3:20
    71%

    20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

  • 1 Chr 24:6
    71%

    6And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken for Ithamar.

  • Exod 6:19
    71%

    19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi according to their generations.

  • 1 Chr 6:47
    71%

    47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chr 26:23
    71%

    23Of the Amramites, [and] the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Uzzielites:

  • Ezra 6:18
    71%

    18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which [is] at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    71%

    12Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

  • Num 4:46
    71%

    46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

  • 1 Chr 25:6
    71%

    6All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  • Num 3:27
    71%

    27And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites.

  • 1 Chr 26:1
    71%

    1¶ Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

  • 1 Chr 15:6
    71%

    6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

  • 1 Chr 15:11
    71%

    11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

  • 1 Chr 15:2
    71%

    2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

  • Num 4:22
    71%

    22Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

  • 2 Chr 7:6
    70%

    6And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    70%

    31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.