1 Chronicles 23–26

23^*So when David was old and ^afull of days, he made ^bSolomon his son king over Israel.

²And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. ³Now the Levites were numbered from the age of ^cthirty years and upward: and their number ^dby their polls, man by man, was ^ethirty and eight thousand. ⁴Of which, twenty and four thousand were ^||to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were ^fofficers and judges: ⁵Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments ^gwhich I made, ^hsaid David, to praise therewith. ⁶And ⁱDavid divided them into ^†courses among ^kthe sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

^7lOf the Gershonites were, ^||Laadan, and Shimei. ⁸The sons of Laadan; the chief was ^mJehiel, and ^lZetham, and ^lJoel, three. ⁹The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰And the sons of ⁿShimei were, Jahath, ^||Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. ¹¹And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah ^†had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

^12oThe sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³The sons of ^pAmram; Aaron and Moses: and ^qAaron was separated, that he should sanctify ^rthe most holy things, he and his sons for ever, ^sto burn incense before the Lord, ^tto minister unto him, and ^tuto bless in his name for ever. ¹⁴Now concerning Moses ^xthe man of God, ^yhis sons were named of the tribe of Levi. ^15zThe sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. ^16aOf the sons of Gershom, ^||Shebuel was the chief. ¹⁷And the sons of Eliezer were, ^bRehabiah ^||the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah ^†were very many. ¹⁸Of the sons of Izhar; ^||Shelomith the chief. ^19cOf the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰Of the sons of Uzziel; ^dMichah the first, and ^dJesiah the second.

^21eThe sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and ^fKish. ²²And Eleazar died, and ^ghad no sons, but daughters: and their ^||brethren the sons of Kish ^htook them. ²³ⁱThe sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁴These were ^kthe sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as ^lthey were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of ^mtwenty years and upward. ²⁵For David said, The Lord God of Israel ⁿhath given rest unto his people, ^||that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: ²⁶And also unto the Levites; they shall no more ^ocarry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. ²⁷For by the last words of David the Levites were ^†numbered from twenty years old and above: ²⁸Because ^†their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the ^pchambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; ²⁹Both for ^qthe shewbread, and for ^rthe fine flour for meat offering, and for ^sthe unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the ^||pan, and for that which is ^tfried, and for all manner of ^umeasure and ^usize; ³⁰And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even; ³¹And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the ^xsabbaths, in the ^ynew moons, and on the ^zset feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord: ³²And that they should ^akeep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and ^bthe charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

24Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. ^aThe sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ²But ^bNadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office. ³And David distributed them, both ^cZadok of the sons of Eleazar, and ^cAhimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. ⁴And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men ^dof the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar ^daccording to the house of their fathers. ⁵Thus were they divided by ^elot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. ⁶And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and ^cZadok the priest, and ^cAhimelech the son of ^fAbiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one ^†principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. ⁷Now the first lot came forth to ^gJehoiarib, the second to ^hJedaiah, ⁸The third to ^hHarim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹The fifth to ⁱMalchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to ^jAbijah, ¹¹The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, ¹²The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to ^hImmer, ¹⁵The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, ¹⁶The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, ¹⁷The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, ¹⁸The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. ¹⁹These were the orderings of them in their service ^kto come into the house of the Lord, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁰And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of ^lAmram; ^||Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. ²¹Concerning ^lRehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. ²²Of the Izharites; ^||Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. ²³And the sons ^mof Hebron; Jeriah ^mthe first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴Of the sons of Uzziel; ⁿMichah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. ²⁵The brother of Michah was ⁿIsshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. ^26oThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. ²⁷The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸Of Mahli came Eleazar, ^pwho had no sons. ²⁹Concerning ^qKish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. ^30rThe sons also of Mushi; ^sMahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. ³¹These likewise ^tcast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron ^uin the presence of David the king, and ^cZadok, and ^cAhimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

25^*Moreover David and ^athe captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of ^bAsaph, and of ^cHeman, and of ^dJeduthun, ^ewho should prophesy with ^fharps, with ^fpsalteries, and with ^fcymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: ²Of the sons of ^bAsaph; ^ffZaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and ^||Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, ^ewhich prophesied ^†according to the order of the king. ³Of ^dJeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and ^||Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, ^||six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, ^ewho prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord. ⁴Of ^cHeman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, ^||Uzziel, ^||Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: ⁵All these were the sons of Heman the king’s ^gseer in the ^||words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with ^fcymbals, ^fpsalteries, and ^fharps, for the service of the house of God, ^†according to the king’s order to ^bAsaph, ^dJeduthun, and ^cHeman. ⁷So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were ^hcunning, was ⁱtwo hundred fourscore and eight.

⁸And they cast lots, ward against ^jward, as well the small as the great, the ^hteacher as the scholar. ⁹Now ^kthe first lot came forth for Asaph to ^lJoseph: the second to ^mGedaliah, who ⁿwith his brethren and sons were twelve: ¹⁰The third to ^lZaccur, ⁿhe, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹¹The fourth to ^mIzri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹²The fifth to ^lNethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹³The sixth to ^oBukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹⁴The seventh to ^lJesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹⁵The eighth to ^mJeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹⁶The ninth to ^oMattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹⁷The tenth to ^pShimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹⁸The eleventh to ^qAzareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ¹⁹The twelfth to ^mHashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²⁰The thirteenth to ^qShubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²¹The fourteenth to ^mMattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²²The fifteenth to ^rJeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²³The sixteenth to ^oHananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²⁴The seventeenth to ^oJoshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²⁵The eighteenth to ^oHanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²⁶The nineteenth to ^oMallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²⁷The twentieth to ^oEliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: ²⁸The one and twentieth to ^oHothir, he, his…