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</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">1 Chronicles 23</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">chapter 22</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="1_Chronicles_24" title="1 Chronicles 24">chapter 24</a> →</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption"><div style="width: 250px; text-align: center; line-height: 1em">The complete Hebrew text of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> (1 and 2 Chronicles) in the <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Leningrad Codex</a> (1008 CE).</div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Book</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Category</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ketuvim" title="Ketuvim">Ketuvim</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Christian Bible part</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Order in the Christian part</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>1 Chronicles 23</b> is the twenty-third <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">chapter</a> of the <a href="Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a> in the <a href="Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> or the First Book of Chronicles in the <a href="Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> of the <a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> <a href="Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This chapter records the divisions and duties of the Levites.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The whole chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of David (1 Chronicles 9:35 to 29:30),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which from <a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">chapter 22</a> to the end does not have parallel in 2 Samuel.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Text">Text</h2></div>
<p>This chapter was originally written in the <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew language</a>. It <a href="Chapters_and_verses_of_the_Bible" title="Chapters and verses of the Bible">is divided into</a> 32 verses.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Textual_witnesses">Textual witnesses</h3></div>
<p>Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in <a href="Biblical_Hebrew" title="Biblical Hebrew">Hebrew</a> are of the <a href="Masoretic_Text" title="Masoretic Text">Masoretic Text</a> tradition, which includes the <a href="Aleppo_Codex" title="Aleppo Codex">Aleppo Codex</a> (10th century), and <a href="Leningrad_Codex" title="Leningrad Codex">Codex Leningradensis</a> (1008).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWürthwein199535–37-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Extant manuscripts of a <a href="Koine_Greek" title="Koine Greek">Koine Greek</a> translation known as the <a href="Septuagint" title="Septuagint">Septuagint</a>, made in the last few centuries BCE, include <a href="Codex_Vaticanus" title="Codex Vaticanus">Codex Vaticanus</a> (<b>B</b>; <span class="mwe-math-element mwe-math-element-inline"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {G}}}">
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="David_organizes_the_Levites_(23:1–24)"> David organizes the Levites (23:1–24)</h2></div>
<p>This section details David's preparation for his succession as he reached a venerable stage of life, and his priority was to instruct the leaders of Israel, the priests and the <a href="Levite" title="Levite">Levites</a>, who would help Solomon reigning and building the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609_Hebrew_Bible_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609_Hebrew_Bible-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The census of the Levites (verses 3–5) does not contradict 1 Chronicles 21:6, because it is not a general population census but concerns the division of duties only ascribed to this particular tribe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Levites are not primarily recorded according to their family trees here, but significantly to their functions: officers and
judges, gatekeepers, musicians. They are to be listed further in 1 Chronicles 23–26.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_1">Verse 1</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.</i><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<ul><li>"Full of days": like Abraham (Genesis 25:8), Isaac (Genesis 35:29) and Job (42:17).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609_Hebrew_Bible_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609_Hebrew_Bible-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_2">Verse 2</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.</i><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>David prepared well for his death and the reign of his successor, Solomon, by convening his officials to achieve a smooth transition (without mentioning the events recorded in 2 Samuel 15–1 Kings 2.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609_Hebrew_Bible_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609_Hebrew_Bible-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
The verse parallels 1 Chronicles 28:1 for the latter as a 'resumptive repetition'. although there are apparent differences (cf. 1 Chronicles 13:5 and 15:3 show that repetitions does not always need be 'resumptive'.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_3">Verse 3</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand.</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>The minimum age of Levites for holding office varies, perhaps according to the number of people available for the duties: 30 years old and above in Numbers 4:3, 23, 30, as here; 25 in Numbers 8:24; 20 in Ezra 3:8;1 Chronicles 23:24–27; 2 Chronicles 31:17.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verse_6">Verse 6</h3></div>
<dl><dd><i>And David divided them into courses among the sons of <a href="Levi" title="Levi">Levi</a>, namely, <a href="Gershon" title="Gershon">Gershon</a>, <a href="Kehath" title="Kehath">Kohath</a>, and <a href="Merari" title="Merari">Merari</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl>
<p>The 'tripartite segmentation' of the Levites is similar to that in Exodus 6:16–19; Numbers 3:17–39; 1 Chronicles 6:1, 16–47.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609–610_Hebrew_Bible_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007609–610_Hebrew_Bible-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The families of these three Levite clans are listed in verses 7–24, resulting 24 courses (Japhet
(1993: 43): Gershon 10, Kohath 9, Merari 5) or 22 (Rudolph
(1955: 155): Gershon 9, Kohath 9, Merari 4).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each course or division was to perform duties in rotation until a round was completed and a new round was started.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoogan2007610_Hebrew_Bible_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoogan2007610_Hebrew_Bible-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties_of_the_Levites_(23:25–32)"> Duties of the Levites (23:25–32)</h2></div>
<p>This section covers the duties of the Levites, partly repeating those mentioned in 1 Chronicles 9. The peace granted by YHWH to his people forced changes to be made in the job descriptions (verses 25–26, 28–32) in contrast to Deuteronomy 12:8–12 or 1
Chronicles 22:9.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007279-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="High Priests of Israel">High Priests of Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="Davidic_line" title="Davidic line">House of David</a></li>
<li><a href="Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon's_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li></ul></div>
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<ul><li>Related Bible parts: Exodus 6, Deuteronomy 12, Numbers 3, Numbers 4, Numbers 8, <a href="1_Chronicles_6" title="1 Chronicles 6">1 Chronicles 6</a>, <a href="Ezra_3" title="Ezra 3">Ezra 3</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The extant <a href="Codex_Sinaiticus" title="Codex Sinaiticus">Codex Sinaiticus</a> only contains 1 Chronicles 9:27–19:17.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, p. 113.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMathys2007268_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMathys2007">Mathys 2007</a>, p. 268.</span>
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<li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAckroyd1993113–114_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAckroyd1993">Ackroyd 1993</a>, pp. 113–114.</span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> translations:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16543">Divrei Hayamim I - I Chronicles - Chapter 23 (Judaica Press)</a> translation [with <a href="Rashi" title="Rashi">Rashi</a>'s commentary] at Chabad.org</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> translations:
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=1+Chronicles+23"><i>Online Bible</i> at GospelHall.org</a> (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=13&chapter=23&version=9">First Book of Chronicles Chapter 23. Bible Gateway</a></li></ul></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="1_Chronicles_1" title="1 Chronicles 1">1 Chronicles 1</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_2" title="1 Chronicles 2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_3" title="1 Chronicles 3">3</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_4" title="1 Chronicles 4">4</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_5" title="1 Chronicles 5">5</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_6" title="1 Chronicles 6">6</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_7" title="1 Chronicles 7">7</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_8" title="1 Chronicles 8">8</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_9" title="1 Chronicles 9">9</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_10" title="1 Chronicles 10">10</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_11" title="1 Chronicles 11">11</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_12" title="1 Chronicles 12">12</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_13" title="1 Chronicles 13">13</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_14" title="1 Chronicles 14">14</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_15" title="1 Chronicles 15">15</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_16" title="1 Chronicles 16">16</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_17" title="1 Chronicles 17">17</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_18" title="1 Chronicles 18">18</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_19" title="1 Chronicles 19">19</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_20" title="1 Chronicles 20">20</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_21" title="1 Chronicles 21">21</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_22" title="1 Chronicles 22">22</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_24" title="1 Chronicles 24">24</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_25" title="1 Chronicles 25">25</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_26" title="1 Chronicles 26">26</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_27" title="1 Chronicles 27">27</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_28" title="1 Chronicles 28">28</a></li>
<li><a href="1_Chronicles_29" title="1 Chronicles 29">29</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammon</a></li>
<li><a href="Aram_(region)" title="Aram (region)">Aram</a></li>
<li><a href="Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylon</a></li>
<li><a href="Bethel" title="Bethel">Bethel</a></li>
<li><a href="City_of_David_(historic)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of David (historic)">City of David</a></li>
<li><a href="Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a></li>
<li><a href="Edom" title="Edom">Edom</a></li>
<li><a href="Ekron" title="Ekron">Ekron</a></li>
<li><a href="Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></li>
<li><a href="Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a></li>
<li><a href="Jordan_River" title="Jordan River">Jordan River</a></li>
<li><a href="Lachish" class="mw-redirect" title="Lachish">Lachish</a></li>
<li><a href="Moab" title="Moab">Moab</a></li>
<li><a href="Tel_Megiddo" title="Tel Megiddo">Megiddo</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramoth-Gilead" title="Ramoth-Gilead">Ramoth-Gilead</a></li>
<li><a href="Samaria" title="Samaria">Samaria</a></li>
<li><a href="Dead_Sea" title="Dead Sea">Sea of the Arabah</a></li>
<li><a href="Ziklag" title="Ziklag">Ziklag</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Persons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Genealogies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aaron" title="Aaron">Aaron</a> (<a href="List_of_High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="List of High Priests of Israel">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a> (<a href="Abraham's_family_tree" title="Abraham's family tree">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a> (<a href="Generations_of_Adam" title="Generations of Adam">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="David" title="David">David</a> (<a href="Davidic_line" title="Davidic line">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Jesse_(biblical_figure)" title="Jesse (biblical figure)">Jesse</a> (<a href="Tree_of_Jesse" title="Tree of Jesse">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> (<a href="Generations_of_Noah" title="Generations of Noah">genealogy</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Saul" title="Saul">Saul</a> (<a href="House_of_Saul" title="House of Saul">genealogy</a>)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="David's_Mighty_Warriors" title="David's Mighty Warriors">David's Mighty Warriors</a></li>
<li><a href="High_Priests_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="High Priests of Israel">High Priests of Israel</a></li>
<li><a href="Kings_of_Israel_and_Judah" title="Kings of Israel and Judah">Kings of Israel and Judah</a></li>
<li><a href="Levite" title="Levite">Levites</a></li>
<li><a href="Priestly_divisions" title="Priestly divisions">Priestly divisions</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prominent people</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Abiathar" title="Abiathar">Abiathar</a></li>
<li><a href="Abishai_(biblical_figure)" title="Abishai (biblical figure)">Abishai</a></li>
<li><a href="Asaph_(biblical_figure)" title="Asaph (biblical figure)">Asaph</a></li>
<li><a href="Heman_the_Ezrahite" title="Heman the Ezrahite">Heman</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeduthun" title="Jeduthun">Jeduthun</a></li>
<li><a href="Joab" title="Joab">Joab</a></li>
<li><a href="Obed-Edom" title="Obed-Edom">Obed-Edom</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon" title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li>
<li><a href="Uzzah" title="Uzzah">Uzza</a></li>
<li><a href="Zadok" title="Zadok">Zadok</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prophets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gad_(prophet)" title="Gad (prophet)">Gad</a></li>
<li><a href="Nathan_(prophet)" title="Nathan (prophet)">Nathan</a></li>
<li><a href="Samuel" title="Samuel">Samuel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rulers outside Israel/Judah</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hanun" title="Hanun">Hanun</a></li>
<li><a href="Hiram_I" title="Hiram I">Hiram</a></li>
<li><a href="Nahash_of_Ammon" title="Nahash of Ammon">Nahash</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phrases/events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ark_of_the_Covenant" title="Ark of the Covenant">Ark of the Covenant</a></li>
<li><a href="Solomon's_Temple" title="Solomon's Temple">Solomon's Temple</a></li>
<li><a href="Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">Tabernacle</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Authorship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="The_Chronicler" title="The Chronicler">The Chronicler</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/he:%D7%93%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90_%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:he:דברי הימים א ניקוד">Hebrew Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/el:%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%91%27" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:el:Παραλειπομένων Α'">Septuagint</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Wycliffe)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (Wycliffe)/1 Chronicles">Wycliffe Bible</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (King James)/1 Chronicles">King James Version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(American_Standard)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (American Standard)/1 Chronicles">American Standard Version</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/1_Chronicles" class="extiw external" title="wikisource:Bible (World English)/1 Chronicles">World English Version</a></li></ul>
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