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Today's Bible Reading :: 1 Chronicles 22 - 24 (KJV)

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1 Chronicles 22

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:1 - Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:3 - And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:4 - Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:5 - And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

Solomon Charged with the Task

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:6 - Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:7 - And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:8 - But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:10 - He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:11 - Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:12 - Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:16 - Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:17 - David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:18 - Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:19 - Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 23

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:1 - So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:2 - And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

Offices of the Levites

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:3 - Now 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:4 - Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:5 - Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:6 - And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Gershonites

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:7 - Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:8 - The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:9 - The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:10 - And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:11 - And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.

Kohathites

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:12 - The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:13 - The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:14 - Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:15 - The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:16 - Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:17 - And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:18 - Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:19 - Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:20 - Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.

Merarites

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:21 - The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:22 - And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:23 - The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

Duties Revised

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:24 - These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:25 - For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:26 - And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:27 - For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:28 - Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29 - Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:30 - And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:31 - And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:32 - And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 24

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:1 - Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5 - Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:7 - Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:8 - The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:9 - The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:10 - The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:11 - The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12 - The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 - The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15 - The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 - The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17 - The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 - The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:21 - Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:22 - Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:23 - And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:24 - Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:25 - The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:26 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:27 - The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:28 - Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:29 - Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:30 - The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
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