Discovery Box| (1.00) | 1Ch 23:27 |
| According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 23:28 |
| Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 23:32 |
| They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 24:2 |
| Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 24:3 |
| David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 25:1 |
| David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. 1 The following men were assigned this responsibility: 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 25:2 |
| From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 25:3 |
| From the sons of Jeduthun: 1 Gedaliah, Zeri, 2 Jeshaiah, 3 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, 4 under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 25:5 |
| All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. 1 God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 25:6 |
| All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 25:8 |
| They cast lots to determine their responsibilities – oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 26:8 |
| All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 26:27 |
| They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 26:29 |
| As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple 1 as officers and judges over Israel. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 26:30 |
| As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the Lord’s work and the king’s service. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 26:32 |
| Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. 1 King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 27:26 |
| Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 28:9 |
| “And you, Solomon my son, obey 1 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 2 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 3 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 28:10 |
| Realize 1 now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!” |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 28:13 |
| He gave him the regulations 1 for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple. |
