(12) The sons of Kohath.--1Chronicles 23:12-20 give the names of nine Kohathite houses, "Amram, Izhar," &c. (Comp. 1Chronicles 6:2; 1Chronicles 6:18.)

Verse 12. - This and the following eight verses give the Kohath heads of houses (1 Chronicles 5:28; 6:2, 3, 18 [1 Chronicles 6:2, 17, 18, 33]; Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:27), four in their leading divisions.

23:1-23 David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it would engage them to love and assist one another.The sons of Kohath,.... The second son of Levi:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four; see Exodus 6:18.