2 Chronicles 8:14
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14 And, according to the [a]order of David his father, he appointed the (A)divisions of the priests for their service, (B)the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the (C)gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.
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- 2 Chronicles 8:14 ordinance
1 Chronicles 9:17
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The Levite Gatekeepers
17 And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief.
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Nehemiah 12:36
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36 and his brethren, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with (A)the musical (B)instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.
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Nehemiah 12:24
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24 And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to (A)praise and give thanks, (B)group[a] alternating with group, (C)according to the command of David the man of God.
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- Nehemiah 12:24 Lit. watch by watch
Acts 13:36
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36 “For David, after he had served [a]his own generation by the will of God, (A)fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and [b]saw corruption;
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- Acts 13:36 in his
- Acts 13:36 underwent decay
Acts 13:22
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22 And (A)when He had removed him, (B)He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, (C)‘I have found David the son of Jesse, (D)a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’
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Luke 1:8
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8 So it was, that while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division,
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Luke 1:5
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John’s Birth Announced to Zacharias
5 There was (A)in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, (B)of the division of (C)Abijah. His (D)wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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Ezra 6:18
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18 They assigned the priests to their (A)divisions and the Levites to their (B)divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, (C)as it is written in the Book of Moses.
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2 Chronicles 35:10
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10 So the service was prepared, and the priests (A)stood in their places, and the (B)Levites in their divisions, according to the king’s command.
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2 Chronicles 31:2
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2 And Hezekiah appointed (A)the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites (B)for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the [a]camp of the Lord.
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- 2 Chronicles 31:2 Temple
2 Chronicles 23:4
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4 This is what you shall do: One-third of you (A)entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and the Levites, shall be keeping watch over the doors;
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2 Chronicles 5:11
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11 And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had [a]sanctified themselves, without keeping to their (A)divisions),
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- 2 Chronicles 5:11 consecrated
1 Chronicles 28:19
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19 “All this,” said David, (A)“the Lord made me understand in writing, by His hand upon me, all the [a]works of these plans.”
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- 1 Chronicles 28:19 details
1 Chronicles 23:1-26:19
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The Divisions of the Levites
23 So when David was old and full of days, he made his son (A)Solomon king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of (B)thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to (C)look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were (D)officers and judges, 5 four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand (E)praised the Lord with musical instruments, (F)“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”
6 Also (G)David separated them into [a]divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the (H)Gershonites: [b]Laadan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, [c]Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.
12 (I)The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all. 13 The sons of (J)Amram: Aaron and Moses; and (K)Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should [d]sanctify the most holy things, (L)to burn incense before the Lord, (M)to minister to Him, and (N)to give the blessing in His name forever. 14 Now (O)the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi. 15 (P)The sons of Moses were [e]Gershon and Eliezer. 16 Of the sons of Gershon, (Q)Shebuel[f] was the first. 17 Of the descendants of Eliezer, (R)Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 18 Of the sons of Izhar, (S)Shelomith was the first. 19 (T)Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.
21 (U)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and (V)Kish. 22 And Eleazar died, and (W)had no sons, but only daughters; and their [g]brethren, the sons of Kish, (X)took them as wives. 23 (Y)The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.
24 These were the sons of (Z)Levi by their fathers’ houses—the heads of the fathers’ houses as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of (AA)twenty years and above.
25 For David said, “The Lord God of Israel (AB)has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever”; 26 and also to the Levites, “They shall no longer (AC)carry the tabernacle, or any of the articles for its service.” 27 For by the (AD)last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above; 28 because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God, 29 both with (AE)the showbread and (AF)the fine flour for the grain offering, with (AG)the unleavened cakes and (AH)what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of (AI)measures and sizes; 30 to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening; 31 and at every presentation of a burnt offering to the Lord (AJ)on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and on the (AK)set[h] feasts, by number according to the ordinance governing them, regularly before the Lord; 32 and that they should (AL)attend to the (AM)needs of the tabernacle of meeting, the needs of the holy place, and the (AN)needs of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the work of the house of the Lord.
The Divisions of the Priests
24 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. (AO)The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 And (AP)Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests. 3 Then David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and (AQ)Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to the schedule of their service.
4 There were more leaders found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads of their fathers’ houses, and eight heads of their fathers’ houses among the sons of Ithamar. 5 Thus they were divided by lot, one group as another, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar. 6 And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites, one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to (AR)Abijah, 11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to [i]Happizzez, 16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to [j]Jehezekel, 17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, 18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19 This was the schedule of their service (AS)for coming into the house of the Lord according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
Other Levites
20 And the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, [k]Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 21 Concerning (AT)Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 22 Of the Izharites, [l]Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 23 Of the sons [m]of (AU)Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 24 Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir. 25 The brother of Michah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26 (AV)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah, Beno. 27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, (AW)who had no sons. 29 Of Kish: the son of Kish, Jerahmeel.
30 Also (AX)the sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
31 These also cast lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites. The chief fathers did just as their younger brethren.
The Musicians
25 Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of (AY)Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and [n]Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were [o]under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the order of the king. 3 Of (AZ)Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, [p]Zeri, Jeshaiah, [q]Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, [r]six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, [s]Uzziel, [t]Shebuel, [u]Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to [v]exalt his (BA)horn. For God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and (BB)harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were (BC)under the authority of the king. 7 So the (BD)number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.
8 And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, (BE)the teacher with the student.
9 Now the first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph; the second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons, twelve; 10 the third for Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 11 the fourth for [w]Jizri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 12 the fifth for Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 13 the sixth for Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 14 the seventh for [x]Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 15 the eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 16 the ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 17 the tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 18 the eleventh for [y]Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 19 the twelfth for Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 20 the thirteenth for [z]Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 21 the fourteenth for Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 22 the fifteenth for [aa]Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 23 the sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 24 the seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 25 the eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 26 the nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 27 the twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 28 the twenty-first for Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 29 the twenty-second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 30 the twenty-third for Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; 31 the twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
The Gatekeepers
26 Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, [ab]Meshelemiah the son of (BF)Kore, of the sons of [ac]Asaph. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were (BG)Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
4 Moreover the sons of (BH)Obed-Edom were Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.
6 Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born who governed their fathers’ houses, because they were men of great ability. 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers Elihu and Semachiah were able men.
8 All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brethren, (BI)able men with strength for the work: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, eighteen able men.
10 Also (BJ)Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first), 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12 Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of the Lord. 13 And they (BK)cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house. 14 The lot for the East Gate fell to [ad]Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate; 15 to Obed-Edom the South Gate, and to his sons the [ae]storehouse. 16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the (BL)ascending highway—watchman opposite watchman. 17 On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the [af]storehouse two by two. 18 As for the [ag]Parbar on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar. 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 23:6 groups
- 1 Chronicles 23:7 Libni, Ex. 6:17
- 1 Chronicles 23:10 LXX, Vg. Zizah and v. 11
- 1 Chronicles 23:13 consecrate
- 1 Chronicles 23:15 Heb. Gershom, 1 Chr. 6:16
- 1 Chronicles 23:16 Shubael, 1 Chr. 24:20
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 kinsmen
- 1 Chronicles 23:31 appointed feasts
- 1 Chronicles 24:15 LXX, Vg. Aphses
- 1 Chronicles 24:16 MT Jehezkel
- 1 Chronicles 24:20 Shebuel, 1 Chr. 23:16
- 1 Chronicles 24:22 Shelomith, 1 Chr. 23:18
- 1 Chronicles 24:23 Supplied from 23:19 (following some Heb. mss. and LXX mss.)
- 1 Chronicles 25:2 Jesharelah, v. 14
- 1 Chronicles 25:2 Lit. at the hands of
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 Jizri, v. 11
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 So with one Heb. ms., LXX mss.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 Shimei is the sixth, v. 17
- 1 Chronicles 25:4 Azarel, v. 18
- 1 Chronicles 25:4 Shubael, v. 20
- 1 Chronicles 25:4 Jeremoth, v. 22
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 Increase his power or influence
- 1 Chronicles 25:11 Zeri, v. 3
- 1 Chronicles 25:14 Asharelah, v. 2
- 1 Chronicles 25:18 Uzziel, v. 4
- 1 Chronicles 25:20 Shebuel, v. 4
- 1 Chronicles 25:22 Jerimoth, v. 4
- 1 Chronicles 26:1 Shelemiah, v. 14
- 1 Chronicles 26:1 Ebiasaph, 1 Chr. 6:37; 9:19
- 1 Chronicles 26:14 Meshelemiah, v. 1
- 1 Chronicles 26:15 Heb. asuppim
- 1 Chronicles 26:17 Heb. asuppim
- 1 Chronicles 26:18 Probably a court or colonnade extending west of the temple
1 Chronicles 16:42
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42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the musical instruments of God. Now the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
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1 Chronicles 16:4-6
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4 And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to (A)commemorate, to thank, and to praise the Lord God of Israel: 5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then (B)Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; 6 Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.
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1 Chronicles 15:16-22
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16 Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy. 17 So the Levites appointed (A)Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, (B)Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, (C)Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brethren of the second rank: Zechariah, [a]Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers; 19 the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of bronze; 20 Zechariah, [b]Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to (D)Alamoth; 21 Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the (E)Sheminith; 22 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful;
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- 1 Chronicles 15:18 So with MT, Vg.; LXX omits Ben
- 1 Chronicles 15:20 Jaaziel, v. 18
1 Chronicles 6:31-48
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Musicians in the House of the Lord
31 Now these are (A)the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the (B)ark came to rest. 32 They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
33 And these are the ones who [a]ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the (C)Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of [b]Eliel, the son of [c]Toah, 35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of (D)Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother (E)Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 the son of (F)Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
44 Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were [d]Ethan the son of [e]Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48 And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every (G)kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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- 1 Chronicles 6:33 Lit. stood with
- 1 Chronicles 6:34 Elihu, 1 Sam. 1:1
- 1 Chronicles 6:34 Tohu, 1 Sam. 1:1
- 1 Chronicles 6:44 Jeduthun, 1 Chr. 9:16; 25:1, 3, 6; 2 Chr. 35:15; Ps. 62:title
- 1 Chronicles 6:44 Or Kushaiah
1 Kings 13:1
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The Message of the Man of God
13 And behold, (A)a man of God went from Judah to Bethel [a]by the word of the Lord, (B)and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
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- 1 Kings 13:1 at the Lord’s command
2 Samuel 23:2
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2 “The(A) Spirit of the Lord spoke by me,
And His word was on my tongue.
Deuteronomy 33:1
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Moses’ Final Blessing on Israel
33 Now this is (A)the blessing with which Moses (B)the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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