1 Chronicles 23–26

¹And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel, ²and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites; ³and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand. ⁴Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah are twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand, ⁵and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, ‘with instruments that I made for praising,’ saith David. ⁶And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁷Of the Gershonite: Laadan and Shimei. ⁸Sons of Laadan: the head is Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹Sons of Shimei are Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three; these are heads of the fathers of Laadan. ¹⁰And sons of Shimei are Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah; these are sons of Shimei, four. ¹¹And Jahath is the head, and Zizah the second, and Jeush and Beriah have not multiplied sons, and they become the house of a father by one numbering. ¹²Sons of Kohath are Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ¹³Sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron is separated for his sanctifying the holy of holies, he and his sons—unto the age, to make perfume before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name—unto the age. ¹⁴As to Moses, the man of God, his sons are called after the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵Sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶Sons of Gershom: Shebuel the head. ¹⁷And sons of Eliezer are Rehabiah the head, and Eliezer had no other sons, and the sons of Rehabiah have multiplied exceedingly. ¹⁸Sons of Izhar: Shelomith the head. ¹⁹Sons of Hebron: Jeriah the head, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰Sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Ishshiah, the second. ²¹Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. ²²And Eleazar dieth, and he had no sons, but daughters, and sons of Kish their brethren take them. ²³Sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

²⁴These are sons of Levi, by the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, by their appointments, in the number of names, by their polls, doing the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from a son of twenty years and upward, ²⁵for David said, ‘Jehovah, God of Israel, hath given rest to His people, and He doth tabernacle in Jerusalem unto the age;’ ²⁶and also of the Levites, ‘None are to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;’ ²⁷for by the last words of David they took the number of the sons of Levi from a son of twenty years and upward, ²⁸for their station is at the side of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of Jehovah, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing of every holy thing, and the work of the service of the house of God, ²⁹and for the bread of the arrangement, and for fine flour for present, and for the thin unleavened cakes, and for the work of the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all liquid measure and solid measure; ³⁰and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening; ³¹and for all the burnt-offerings—burnt-offerings to Jehovah for sabbaths, for new moons, and for appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them continually, before Jehovah. ³²And they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.

Chapter 24

¹And to the sons of Aaron are their courses: sons of Aaron are Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, ²and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests. ³And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service; ⁴and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight. ⁵And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. ⁶And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar. ⁷And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second, ⁸for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth, ⁹for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth, ¹⁰for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth, ¹¹for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth, ¹²for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth, ¹³for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth, ¹⁴for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth, ¹⁵for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth, ¹⁶for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth, ¹⁷for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth, ¹⁸for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth. ¹⁹These are their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them.

²⁰And for the sons of Levi who are left: for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. ²¹For Rehabiah: for sons of Rehabiah, the head Ishshiah. ²²For the Izharite: Shelomoth; for sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. ²³And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴Sons of Uzziel: Michah; for sons of Michah: Shamir. ²⁵A brother of Michah is Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah; ²⁶sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno; ²⁷sons of Merari: of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸For Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons; ²⁹for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. ³⁰And sons of Mushi are Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these are sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers, ³¹and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.

Chapter 25

¹And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service. ²Of sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, are by the side of Asaph, who is prophesying by the side of the king. ³Of Jeduthun: sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, Shisshah, are by the side of their father Jeduthun; with a harp he is prophesying, for giving of thanks and of praise to Jehovah. ⁴Of Heman: sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth; ⁵all these are sons of Heman—seer of the king in the things of God—to lift up a horn; and God giveth to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these are by the side of their father in the song of the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; by the side of the king are Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman. ⁷And their number, with their brethren—taught in the song of Jehovah, all who are intelligent—is two hundred, eighty and eight.

⁸And they cause to fall lots—charge over-against charge, as well the small as the great, the intelligent with the learner. ⁹And the first lot goeth out for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second; he, and his brethren and his sons, twelve; ¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁴the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁸eleventh to Azareel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁰at the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²¹at the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²²at the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²³at the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁴at the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁵at the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁶at the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁷at the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁸at the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁹at the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³⁰at the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³¹at the four and twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

Chapter 26

¹For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites is Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; ²and to Meshelemiah are sons, Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴And to Obed-Edom are sons, Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth,…