1 Chronicles 23:25
◄  1 Chronicles 23:25  ►
New International Version (©2011)
For David had said, "Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,

New Living Translation (©2007)
For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel, has given us peace, and he will always live in Jerusalem.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He has come to stay in Jerusalem forever.

International Standard Version (©2012)
For David had said "The LORD God of Israel has granted rest to his people, and he has taken Israel as his eternal residence.

NET Bible (©2006)
For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
David had said, "The LORD God of Israel has given his people rest. He will now live in Jerusalem forever.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever:

American King James Version
For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

American Standard Version
For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:

Douay-Rheims Bible
For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.

Darby Bible Translation
For David said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to his people, and he will dwell in Jerusalem for ever;

English Revised Version
For David said, The LORD, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:

Webster's Bible Translation
For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever;

World English Bible
For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

Young's Literal Translation
for David said, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;'

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

23:24-32 Now the people of Israel were so many, there should be more employed in the temple service, that every Israelite who brought an offering might find a Levite ready to help him. When more work is to be done, it is pity but there should be more workmen. A new heart, a spiritual mind, which delights greatly in God's commandments, and can find a refreshing feast in his ordinances, forms the great distinction between the true Christian and all other men in the world. To the spiritual man every service will yield satisfaction. He will be ever abounding in the work of the Lord; being never so happy as when employed for such a good Master, in so pleasant a service. He will not regard whether he is called to take the lead, or to keep the charge of others who are placed over him. May we seek and serve the Lord uprightly, and leave all the rest to his disposal, by faith in his word.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 25. - For David said. The "for" of this clause cannot be supposed to account exclusively for the inclusion in the census of Levites beginning from the age of twenty years; it accounts no doubt for the whole proceeding. Since there would be no more journeyings for people, for buildings, or for sacred vessels, it was nosy fully time to organize religious duty and "the service of the house of God" in a manner adapted to permanent institutions. In order to this, the first step was to know and to arrange the number of those who were answerable for sacred duties.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For David said,.... As a reason why he ordered a new account to be taken:

the Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people: from all their enemies round about, and settled rest in the land, so that there was no danger of being carried captive, as they were time after time in the days of the Judges, and whereby they became more numerous:

that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever; where the temple would always continue, and not be removed, as the ark and tabernacle had been, and where all Israel would appear three times in the year continually.

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Levite Duties Revised
24These 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. 25For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 26And also to the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. …

1 Chronicles 22:18 He said to them, "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people.
2 Chronicles 23:18 Then Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple of the LORD in the hands of the Levitical priests, to whom David had made assignments in the temple, to present the burnt offerings of the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as David had ordered.