2Sa 23:1, 1Ch 23:3, 24, Psa 72:20 | TSK | STEP | David, in his last words, professes his faith in God's promises to be beyond sense or experience. The different state of the wicked. A catalogue of David's mighty men. A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. An. Ex. Is. 476. the last. raised. the anointed. sweet psalmist.

from the age.At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple which was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this latter period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue to serve. See the Note on Nu 8:24.

twenty.

3,27; Nu 1:3; 4:3; 8:24; Ezr 3:8

Psalms 72:20

The prayers.This was probably the last Psalm he ever wrote; and with it ends the second book of the Psalter.

2Sa 23:1; Job 31:40; Jer 51:64; Lu 24:51