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1 Chronicles 23:2 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 23 · verse 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 context
1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togetherʼâçaphto gather for any purposeH622 →
- princessara head personH8269 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- LevitesLêvîyîya Levite or descendant of LeviH3881 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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Here we have, I. The crown entailed, according to the divine appointment, Ch1 23:1. David made Solomon king, not to reign with him, or reign under him, but only to reign after him. This he did, 1. When he was old and full of days.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-23