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1 Chronicles 23:2

1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

3 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.

4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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BSB
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
KJV
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
WEB
He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
ASV
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
DARBY
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
BLB
And he gathered together all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
ÅB
Og han samlet alle Israels høvdinger og prestene og levittene.
OTB
Og han samlet alle lederne i Israel, inkludert prestene og levittene.
B1930
Og han samlet alle Israels høvdinger og prestene og levittene.

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:1

    And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:1

    And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

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  • Joshua 24:1

    And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:29–30

    Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

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  • Joshua 23:2

    And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

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