from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company ¹  to do the work in the tent of meeting.

by serving other gods and worshiping them – the sun, ¹  moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. ² 

then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges ¹  who will be in office in those days.

They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. ¹ 

The stones ¹  will be a reminder to you. ²  When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’

Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.” ¹ 

Now this man Micah owned a shrine. ¹  He made an ephod ²  and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. ³ 

In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength ¹  and the strength ²  of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

“When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. ¹ 

So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ¹  “He is really hated ²  among his own people in ³  Israel! From now on ⁴  he will be my servant.”

Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. ¹ 

‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father ¹  will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

David said, ¹  “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” ¹ 

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.

and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the Lord, led 200,000 skilled warriors.

These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

They ¹  searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. ²  They were therefore excluded ³  from the priesthood.

The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders ¹  would not assist ²  with the work of their master. ³ 

They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded ¹  from the priesthood.