1 Chronicles 23:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Chronicles 23:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Chronicles 23:27 is a verse from the book of 1 Chronicles in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: numbered: Heb. number" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Chronicles 23:27 — KJV
“For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: numbered: Heb. number”
— 1 Chronicles 23:27 (KJV)
1 Chronicles 23:27 in Context — About the Book of 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles retells David's story for a generation returning from exile, anchoring their identity in genealogy, worship, and covenant. Its highlights are musical and devotional: David appoints singers, organizes temple worship, and prays one of Scripture's greatest thanksgiving prayers — including the famous prayer of Jabez.
Cross-References for 1 Chronicles 23:27
“Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:27: numbered, twenty, years
“A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. every man: Heb. a poll”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:27: numbered, twenty, years
“Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:27: numbered, twenty, years
“Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:27: numbered, twenty, years
“So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:27: numbered, twenty, years
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