1 Chronicles 23:5
1 Chronicles · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.”1 Chronicles 23:5
What Does 1 Chronicles 23:5 Mean?
1 Chronicles 23:5 is found in the book of 1 Chronicles, chapter 23, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Chronicles 23:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 87:7“As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee.”2 Chronicles 29:25“And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.”2 Chronicles 29:26“And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.”1 Chronicles 25:7“So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.”2 Chronicles 5:12“Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)”2 Chronicles 20:19“And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.”1 Chronicles 15:16“And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.”1 Chronicles 25:1“Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:”2 Chronicles 8:14“And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.”2 Chronicles 34:12“And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.”Nehemiah 12:36“And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.”Amos 6:5“That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;”1 Kings 10:12“And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king’s house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.”1 Chronicles 6:31“And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.”1 Chronicles 9:17“And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;”1 Chronicles 9:33“And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.”1 Chronicles 13:8“And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.”1 Chronicles 16:38“And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:”1 Chronicles 16:41“And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;”1 Chronicles 25:6“All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.”
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