---
title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  1 Chronicles 24"
description: "Overview  1 Chronicles 24:1, The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders; 1 Chronicles 24:20, The Kohathites, 1 Chronicles 24:26"
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**Overview**
**** [1 Chronicles 24:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/1), The division of the sons of Aaron by lot into four and twenty orders; [1 Chronicles 24:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/20), The Kohathites, [1 Chronicles 24:26](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/26), and the Merarites, divided by lot.

**the divisions:** [1 Chronicles 23:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/6), *marg.
**The sons:** [1 Chronicles 6:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/3), [Exodus 6:23](../../../kjv/exodus/6/23), [Exodus 28:1](../../../kjv/exodus/28/1), [Leviticus 10:1-6](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/1-6), [Numbers 3:2](../../../kjv/numbers/3/2), [Numbers 26:60](../../../kjv/numbers/26/60)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 26:61](../../../kjv/numbers/26/61) - *General* [1 Chronicles 6:50](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/50) - Eleazar [1 Chronicles 24:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/19) - under Aaron [1 Chronicles 28:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/13) - the courses [1 Chronicles 28:21](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/28/21) - the courses [2 Chronicles 5:11](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/5/11) - wait by course [2 Chronicles 7:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/7/6) - the priests [2 Chronicles 8:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/8/14) - the courses [2 Chronicles 23:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/8) - the courses [2 Chronicles 35:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/35/2) - charges [Ezra 7:5](../../../kjv/ezra/7/5) - Eleazar [Ezra 8:2](../../../kjv/ezra/8/2) - Phinehas [Matthew 16:21](../../../kjv/matthew/16/21) - chief priests [Matthew 21:23](../../../kjv/matthew/21/23) - the chief priests [Luke 20:1](../../../kjv/luke/20/1) - the chief

**Nadab:** [Exodus 24:1](../../../kjv/exodus/24/1), [Exodus 24:9](../../../kjv/exodus/24/9)
**died:** [Leviticus 10:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/2), [Numbers 3:4](../../../kjv/numbers/3/4), [Numbers 26:61](../../../kjv/numbers/26/61)
**Eleazar:** [Exodus 29:9](../../../kjv/exodus/29/9), [Leviticus 10:12](../../../kjv/leviticus/10/12), [Numbers 16:39](../../../kjv/numbers/16/39), [Numbers 16:40](../../../kjv/numbers/16/40), [Numbers 18:7](../../../kjv/numbers/18/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 6:23](../../../kjv/exodus/6/23) - Nadab [1 Chronicles 6:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/3) - Nadab [Luke 1:8](../../../kjv/luke/1/8) - he

**Zadok:** [1 Chronicles 24:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/6), [1 Chronicles 24:31](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/31), [1 Chronicles 6:4-8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/4-8), [1 Chronicles 6:50-53](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/50-53), [1 Chronicles 12:27](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/27), [1 Chronicles 12:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/28), [1 Chronicles 15:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/11), [1 Chronicles 16:39](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/16/39), [2 Samuel 20:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/25), [1 Kings 2:35](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/35)
**Ahimelech:** This was Abiathar, who appears to have had the name of Ahimelech, as well as his father. [1 Samuel 21:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/21/1), [1 Samuel 22:9-23](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/9-23), [2 Samuel 8:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/17)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Kings 11:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/11/5) - that enter [1 Chronicles 6:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/3) - Eleazar [1 Chronicles 6:53](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/53) - Zadok [1 Chronicles 16:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/16/4) - he appointed [2 Chronicles 23:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/4) - entering

**more:** [1 Chronicles 15:6-12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/6-12)
**sons of Eleazar:** [Numbers 25:11-13](../../../kjv/numbers/25/11-13)
**according:** [1 Chronicles 23:24](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/24)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 8:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/17) - Zadok [2 Kings 23:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/23/4) - priestss of the second order [1 Chronicles 27:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/27/17) - of the Aaronites [2 Chronicles 1:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/2) - the chief [2 Chronicles 35:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/35/8) - rulers [Jeremiah 19:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/1) - the ancients of the people [Matthew 2:4](../../../kjv/matthew/2/4) - the chief

**they divided by lot:** [Joshua 18:10](../../../kjv/joshua/18/10), [Proverbs 16:33](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/33), [Jonah 1:7](../../../kjv/jonah/1/7), [Acts 1:26](../../../kjv/acts/1/26)
**the governors:** [1 Chronicles 9:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/11), [2 Chronicles 35:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/35/8), [Nehemiah 11:11](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/11), [Matthew 26:3](../../../kjv/matthew/26/3), [Matthew 27:1](../../../kjv/matthew/27/1), [Acts 4:1](../../../kjv/acts/4/1), [Acts 4:6](../../../kjv/acts/4/6), [Acts 5:24](../../../kjv/acts/5/24)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 18:5](../../../kjv/numbers/18/5) - And ye [Judges 20:9](../../../kjv/judges/20/9) - by lot against it [1 Chronicles 24:31](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/31) - lots [1 Chronicles 25:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/1) - the captains [1 Chronicles 25:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/8) - cast lots [2 Chronicles 31:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/31/13) - Azariah [Nehemiah 10:34](../../../kjv/nehemiah/10/34) - cast

**the scribe:** [1 Kings 4:3](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/3), [2 Chronicles 34:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/34/13), [Ezra 7:6](../../../kjv/ezra/7/6), [Nehemiah 8:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/8/1), [Matthew 8:19](../../../kjv/matthew/8/19), [Matthew 13:52](../../../kjv/matthew/13/52), [Matthew 23:1](../../../kjv/matthew/23/1), [Matthew 23:2](../../../kjv/matthew/23/2)
**principal household:** Heb. house of the father, [1 Chronicles 23:24](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/24)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 24:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/3) - Zadok [1 Chronicles 24:31](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/31) - lots [1 Chronicles 25:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/1) - the captains [2 Chronicles 5:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/5/2) - the chief [2 Chronicles 23:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/2) - the chief of [Nehemiah 12:12](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/12) - the chief

**Jehoiarib:** [1 Chronicles 9:10](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/10), [Nehemiah 12:19](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/19), Joiarib
**to Jedaiah:** [Ezra 2:36](../../../kjv/ezra/2/36), [Nehemiah 7:39](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/39), [Nehemiah 11:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/11/10)
**Reciprocal:** [Nehemiah 10:34](../../../kjv/nehemiah/10/34) - cast

**Harim:** [Ezra 2:39](../../../kjv/ezra/2/39), [Ezra 10:21](../../../kjv/ezra/10/21), [Nehemiah 7:35](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/35), [Nehemiah 12:15](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/15)
**Reciprocal:** [Nehemiah 7:42](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/42) - Harim

**Mijamin:** [Nehemiah 12:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/17), Miniamin
**Reciprocal:** [Nehemiah 7:41](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/41) - Pashur

**Abijah:** As the Evangelist Luke mentions the course of Abia, it is evident that these courses of the priests, established by David, no doubt under Divine direction, were continued, with some alterations, till the days of Christ: these records must therefore have been very useful after the Babylonian captivity. [Nehemiah 12:4](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/4), [Nehemiah 12:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/17), [Luke 1:5](../../../kjv/luke/1/5), Abia

**Jeshuah:** [Ezra 2:36](../../../kjv/ezra/2/36), [Nehemiah 7:39](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/39), [Nehemiah 12:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/10)

**Eliashib:** [Nehemiah 12:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/10)

**Immer:** [Ezra 2:37](../../../kjv/ezra/2/37), [Ezra 10:20](../../../kjv/ezra/10/20), [Nehemiah 7:40](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/40)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 9:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/12) - Immer [Jeremiah 20:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/20/1) - Immer

**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 119:120](../../../kjv/psalms/119/120) - My flesh

**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 119:120](../../../kjv/psalms/119/120) - My flesh

**Reciprocal:** [Nehemiah 12:7](../../../kjv/nehemiah/12/7) - the chief

**the orderings:** [1 Chronicles 9:25](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/25), [2 Chronicles 23:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/4), [2 Chronicles 23:8](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/8), [1 Corinthians 14:40](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/14/40)
**under Aaron:** [1 Chronicles 24:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/1), [Hebrews 7:11](../../../kjv/hebrews/7/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Luke 1:5](../../../kjv/luke/1/5) - of the course [Luke 1:8](../../../kjv/luke/1/8) - in

**Amram:** [1 Chronicles 6:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/18), [1 Chronicles 23:12-14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/12-14)
**Shubael:** [1 Chronicles 23:16](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/16), [1 Chronicles 26:24](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/24), Shebuel
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 25:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/4) - Shebuel [2 Chronicles 8:14](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/8/14) - the Levites [2 Chronicles 31:17](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/31/17) - by their courses

**Rehabiah:** [1 Chronicles 23:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/17)
**Isshiah:** Probably Isshiah is a contracted form, or a corruption, of Jeshaiah. [1 Chronicles 26:25](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/25), Jeshaiah

**Izharites:** The original is uniformly Izharites. [1 Chronicles 23:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/18); [Exodus 6:21](../../../kjv/exodus/6/21); [Numbers 3:19](../../../kjv/numbers/3/19), [Numbers 3:27](../../../kjv/numbers/3/27), Izeharites
**Shelomoth:** The variation of שלמית Shelomith, and שלמות Shelomoth, arises from the mutation of ו, wav and י, yood. [1 Chronicles 23:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/18), [1 Chronicles 26:26](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/26), Shelomith

**Jeriah:** The following variations exist only in the translation, the original being uniformly יריה or יריהו Jerijah, מיכה Michah, and ישיה Isshiah. [1 Chronicles 23:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/19), [1 Chronicles 26:31](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/31), Jerijah

**Michah:** [1 Chronicles 23:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/20), Micah
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 25:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/4) - Uzziel

**Isshiah:** [1 Chronicles 23:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/20), Jesiah
**Zechariah:** [1 Chronicles 15:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/18), [1 Chronicles 15:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/20)

**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 6:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/19) - Mahli [1 Chronicles 23:21](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/21) - Merari

**sons:** [1 Chronicles 6:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/19), [1 Chronicles 23:21](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/21), [Exodus 6:19](../../../kjv/exodus/6/19), [Numbers 3:20](../../../kjv/numbers/3/20)

**who had no sons:** [1 Chronicles 23:22](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/22)

**Jerahmeel:** i.e. God is merciful, [1 Chronicles 2:9](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/9)

**Mushi:** [1 Chronicles 6:47](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/47), [1 Chronicles 23:23](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/23/23)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 25:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/4) - Jerimoth [Psalms 119:120](../../../kjv/psalms/119/120) - My flesh

**lots:** [1 Chronicles 24:5](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/5), [1 Chronicles 24:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/6), [Numbers 26:56](../../../kjv/numbers/26/56)
**even the principal:** The whole company being ranged according to their families, with the proper number of divisions, the order of their courses was assigned them by lot, without respect to rank or seniority. [1 Chronicles 25:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/8), [1 Chronicles 26:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/13)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 6:53](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/53) - Zadok [1 Chronicles 15:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/12) - Ye are the chief [1 Chronicles 24:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/24/3) - Zadok [1 Chronicles 26:32](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/26/32) - chief fathers [1 Chronicles 27:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/27/17) - of the Aaronites [2 Chronicles 1:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/2) - the chief [2 Chronicles 5:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/5/2) - the chief [2 Chronicles 23:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/23/18) - whom David [Ezra 8:1](../../../kjv/ezra/8/1) - the chief [Proverbs 18:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/18) - *General*

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