1 Chronicles 24–26

David Organizes the Priests

24And as for the sons of Aaron, these were their divisions. The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons,^a so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. ³And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their appointments for their service. ⁴And more sons of Eleazar were found as heads of the men than the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them to the sons of Eleazar to be sixteen heads over the house of the fathers, and to the sons of Ithamar over the house of the fathers were eight heads. ⁵They divided them by lot all alike,^b for they were commanders of the sanctuary and commanders of God from among the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar. ⁶And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them before the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the families^c of the priests and Levites, one father’s house drawn by lot for Eleazar and one drawn by lot for Ithamar. ⁷And the first lot went out to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shekaniah, ¹²the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Ezekiel, ¹⁷the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul, ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. ¹⁹These were their appointments for their service to come into the house of Yahweh according to their custom by the hand of Aaron their father, as Yahweh the God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁰And as for the remainder of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. ²¹Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. ²²Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. ²³Of the sons of Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴The sons of Uzziel, Micah; the sons of Micah, Shamur. ²⁵The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. ²⁶The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, his son.^{d 27}The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, his son,^e Shoham, Zakkur, and Ibri. ²⁸Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. ²⁹Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. ³⁰And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. ³¹And lots were also cast for these, just as their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families^f for the priests and for the Levites the fathers, on the principle of the chief and younger brother alike.^g

David Organizes the Musicians

25And David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with stringed instruments, with harps, and with cymbals. And their inventory of the men of the work and for their duty was: ²for the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under the hand^a of Asaph, who prophesied under the hands^b of the king. ³Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah,^c Heshabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands^d of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the stringed instrument with thanksgiving and praise to Yahweh. ⁴Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵All these were sons to Heman, the seer of the king, according to the words of God to raise a horn.^e And God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these were under the direction^f of their father in the music of the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, harps, and stringed instruments for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction^g of the king. ⁷And their number, along with their brothers, trained singers, all the skilled people for Yahweh, were two hundred and eighty-eight. ⁸And they cast lots for responsibilities on the principle of small and great alike,^h teacher with student.

⁹And the first lot for Asaph went out to Joseph; the second to Gedaliahu; he and his brothers and his twelve sons. ¹⁰The third, Zakkur, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹²the fifth, Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹³the sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁴the seventh, Jesarelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁵the eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁶the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁷the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁸eleventh, Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁰to the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²¹to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²²to the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²³to the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁴to the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁵to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁶to the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁷to the twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁸to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ²⁹to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ³⁰to the twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve; ³¹to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

The Divisions of the Gatekeepers

26As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph. ²And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who were rulers in the house of their father, for they were mighty warriors of ability. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah. ⁸All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers were men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom. ⁹And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen. ¹⁰And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief), ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

¹²These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh. ¹³And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers’ houses, for their gates.^{a 14}And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor,^b they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north. ¹⁵To Obed-Edom went out the south, and to his sons, the storehouses. ¹⁶For Shuppim and Hosah it went out for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard. ¹⁷To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two by two. ¹⁸For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court. ¹⁹These were the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

Treasurers and Other Officials

²⁰And of the Levites: Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects. ²¹The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the families^c belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²²The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Ozzielites: ²⁴Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was commander over the treasuries. ²⁵And his brothers: from Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zikri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶That Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the families^d to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated. ²⁷From the battles and from the spoil they had dedicated these things to strengthen the house of Yahweh. ²⁸And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all the dedicated gifts were under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers. ²⁹For the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were appointed to the duties outside of Israel as officials and as judges. ³⁰For the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brothers, one thousand seven hundred men of ability, were over the administration of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Yahweh and for the service of the king. ³¹For the Hebronites: Jeriah the chief of the Hebronites for the genealogy for the families.^e (In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were examined, and there was found among them mighty warriors of strength at Jazer in Gilead.) ³²And…