1Chr.23.5

1 Chronicles 23:5

KJV

Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

The Divisions of the Levites

Offices of the Levites

Cross References

2 Kings 7:10

KJV

So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

The Syrians Flee

Four Lepers Relate Arameans’ Flight

1 Chronicles 15:16

KJV

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.

The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark

1 Chronicles 25:7

KJV

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.

Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians

Number and Services of Musicians

2 Chronicles 29:26

KJV

And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

Amos 6:5

KJV GOD

That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;