Discovery Box1 Chronicles 23:2-6 
Context23:2 David 1 assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites. 23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. 2 23:4 David said, 3 “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges; 23:5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” 4 23:6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”
3 tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.
4 tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”
