1 Chronicles 23 · Verse 2

1 Chronicles 23:2

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
1 Chronicles 23:2, King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:2 in other translations

BSBThen he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
WEBHe gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
ASVAnd he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
YLTand gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;
DARBYAnd he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
BBEAnd he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
WebsterAnd he assembled all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

What does 1 Chronicles 23:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. he gathered together all the princes of Israel--All important measures relating to the public interest were submitted for consideration to a general assembly of the representatives of the tribes (1Ch 13:1; 15:25; 22:17; 26:1-32).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:1-23

David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it would engage them to love and assist one another.

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1 Chronicles 23:2 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙vai.ye.'e.Sofand he gatheredH622
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
שָׂרֵ֣יsa.Rei[the] leaders ofH8269
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםve.ha.ko.ha.Nimand the priestsH3548
וְהַלְוִיִּֽם\׃ve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:2

  • 1 Chronicles 28:1

    And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:1

    And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

  • Joshua 24:1

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:29-30

    Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, 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 the Lord.

  • Joshua 23:2

    And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he gathered.
13:1; 28:1; Jos 23:2; 24:1; 2Ch 34:29,30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 23:1

    So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:2

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

  • 1 Chronicles 23:3

    Now 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.

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1 Chronicles 23:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y juntando á todos los principales de Israel, y á los sacerdotes y Levitas,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il assembla tous les chefs d’Israël, et les sacrificateurs, et les Lévites.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er versammelte alle Obersten Israels und die Priester und die Leviten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et congregavit omnes principes Israël, et sacerdotes atque Levitas.