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John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 15:3
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, etc.] The chief and heads of the people: to bring up the ark of the Lord; from the house of Obededom, where it had been three months, and for the sake of which his house was blessed, and which David heard of; and this encouraged him to take this step to fetch it from thence: unto his place, which he had prepared for it; (<131501>1 Chronicles 15:1 <100612>2 Samuel 6:12,17). Ver. 4-10. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites.] Whose business it was to bear the ark when there was any occasion for it: and from hence to the end of (<131510>1 Chronicles 15:10) an account is given of the Levites, and their number employed in this affair: of the sons of Kohath; a son of Levi, that is, of his posterity; for his immediate sons, and so those of the rest after mentioned, had been dead ages ago; the principal of those, at this present time, was Uriel, and his kindred, or those of the same family with him, were one hundred and twenty: of those of Merari, another son of Levi, the chief was Asaiah, with two hundred and twenty of his relations: of those of Gershon, another son of Levi, was Joel, and his brethren were one hundred and thirty: of the posterity of Elizaphan, a grandson of Kohath, (<020518>Exodus 5:18,22), the most noted was Shemaiah, who had two hundred of his family with him: and of those of Hebron, the son of Kohath, (<020618>Exodus 6:18), Eliel was the most famous, and he had eighty of his kindred with him: and of those of Uzziel, another son of Kohath in a different line from Elizaphan, who also was a son of Uzziel, was Amminadab the chief, who had one hundred and twelve of his kindred with him: the number of Levites, in all, gathered together, were eight hundred and sixty two, besides their chiefs.
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