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1 Chronicles 23:27

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:

1 Chronicles 23:27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 23:27

Theological / Devotional

Last words of David. Some suppose “the last words of David” to constitute an historical work drawn up in the latter years of David’s reign. This cannot be proved.

Twenty years. Compare v. 24 and 2 Chron. 31:17. Some think that David now changed the age limit to meet the new conditions.

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