1 Chronicles 23:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:12

And from the sandal-wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody: never has such sandal-wood been seen to this day.

2 Kings 7:10

So they came in, and, crying out to the door-keepers of the town, they gave them the news, saying, We came to the tents of the Aramaeans, and there was no one there and no voice of man, only the horses and the asses in their places, and the tents as they were.

1 Chronicles 16:38

And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:

1 Chronicles 16:4

And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:

1 Chronicles 23:30

They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening;

1 Chronicles 9:33

And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.

2 Chronicles 20:28

So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:13

Had authority over the transport workers, giving directions to all who were doing any sort of work; and among the Levites there were scribes and overseers and door-keepers.

2 Chronicles 35:15

And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the door-keepers were stationed at every door: there was no need for them to go away from their places, for their brothers the Levites made ready for them.

2 Chronicles 8:14

And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.

Ezra 7:7

And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

Nehemiah 7:73

So the priests and the Levites and the door-keepers and the music-makers and some of the people and the Nethinim, and all Israel, were living in their towns.

Psalm 87:7

The players on instruments will be there, and the dancers will say, All my springs are in you.

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.

Amos 6:5

Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;