1 Chronicles 23:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Chronicles 23:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Chronicles 23:3 is a verse from the book of 1 Chronicles in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Chronicles 23:3 — KJV
“Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.”
— 1 Chronicles 23:3 (KJV)
1 Chronicles 23:3 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 23:3
“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 23:3: numbered, years, upward
“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 23:3: numbered, years, upward
“All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:3: levites, numbered, upward
“These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:3: age, years, upward
“And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.”
Shares key themes with 1 Chronicles 23:3: years, upward, number
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