1 Chronicles 15:4
New International Version
He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

New Living Translation
This is the number of the descendants of Aaron (the priests) and the Levites who were called together:

English Standard Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

Berean Standard Bible
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

King James Bible
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

New King James Version
Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:

New American Standard Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

NASB 1995
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

NASB 1977
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

Legacy Standard Bible
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

Amplified Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

Christian Standard Bible
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

American Standard Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites.

Contemporary English Version
He also sent for Aaron's descendants and for the Levites. The Levites that came were:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.

English Revised Version
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
David also called together Aaron's descendants and the Levites.

Good News Translation
Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites.

International Standard Version
David also assembled the descendants of Aaron, who were descendants of Levi,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

Literal Standard Version
And David gathers the sons of Aaron and the Levites—

Majority Standard Bible
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

New American Bible
David also convened the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

NET Bible
David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

New Revised Standard Version
Then David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

New Heart English Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

Webster's Bible Translation
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

World English Bible
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

Young's Literal Translation
And David gathereth the sons of Aaron, and the Levites.

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Context
Preparations to Move the Ark
3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it. 4Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: 5From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;…

Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:16
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 12:26
From Levi: 4,600,

1 Chronicles 15:5
From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;


Treasury of Scripture

And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

the children of Aaron

1 Chronicles 6:16-20,49,50
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari…

1 Chronicles 12:26-28
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred…

Exodus 6:16-22
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years…

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(4) And David assembled.--He confers separately with the priestly order respecting their part in the procession.

The children of Aaron.--The sons of Aaron, i.e., the high priests, Zadok and Abiathar (1Chronicles 15:11).

The Levites--i.e., the six chieftains--Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, heads of the clans of Kohath, Merari, and Gershom respectively; and Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, additional Kohathite chiefs: all the six being at the head of their clansmen ("brethren," 1Chronicles 15:5-10). There were four Kohathite houses to one of Merari and Gershom, because the sub-tribe of Kohath was the elder house, and had special charge of the Ark and other most holy vessels of the sanctuary (Numbers 4:4).

Verses 4-11. - This classification of the children of Aaron, as the special priests, and of the Levites, is constantly observed (1 Chronicles 12:26, 27; 1 Chronicles 27:17). The mention of the six representative Levitical families follows. That of Kohath (ver. 5) takes the lead, because, though second in order of birth (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16-19; 1 Chronicles 6:1-30), its priestly importance gave it always first rank. To the same head belonged also three of the remaining five families, viz. Hebron (ver. 9) and Uzziel (ver. 10), who were brothers, as being beth sons of Kohath (Exodus 6:18); and Elizaphan, who, though son of Uzziel (Exodus 6:22), had come to represent a distinct family (Numbers 3:30). The other two required to complete the six are Asaiah (ver. 6) of the house of Merari, and Joel (ver. 7) of the house of Gershom. The representatives, then, of these six families, with the company of the brethren belonging to each of them, and the two priests Zadok and Abiathar (ver. 11), are now summoned into the presence of David, to receive a short but special charge.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then he
דָּוִ֛יד (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

gathered together
וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף (way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove

the descendants
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Aaron
אַֽהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses

and the Levites:
הַלְוִיִּֽם׃ (hal·wî·yim)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi


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