1 Chronicles 23-25
Christian Standard Bible
The Divisions of the Levites
23 When David was old and full of days,(A) he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.(B) 2 Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites. 3 The Levites thirty years old or more were counted;(C) the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand by headcount.(D) 4 “Of these,” David said, “twenty-four thousand are to be in charge of the work on the Lord’s temple,(E) six thousand are to be officers and judges,(F) 5 four thousand are to be gatekeepers, and four thousand are to praise the Lord with the instruments that I have made for worship.”(G)
6 Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons:(H) Gershom,[a] Kohath, and Merari.
7 The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
8 Ladan’s sons: Jehiel was the first, then Zetham, and Joel—three.
9 Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.
10 Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah,[b] Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons—four. 11 Jahath was the first and Zizah was the second; however, Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became one family[c] and received a single assignment.
12 Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four.
13 Amram’s sons:(I) Aaron and Moses.
Aaron, along with his descendants,(J) was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of the Lord,(K) to minister to him, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever. 14 As for Moses the man of God,(L) his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.
15 Moses’s sons: Gershom and Eliezer.
16 Gershom’s sons: Shebuel was first.
17 Eliezer’s sons were Rehabiah, first; Eliezer did not have any other sons, but Rehabiah’s sons were very numerous.
18 Izhar’s sons: Shelomith was first.
19 Hebron’s sons: Jeriah was first, Amariah second, Jahaziel third, and Jekameam fourth.
20 Uzziel’s sons: Micah was first, and Isshiah second.
21 Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.
22 Eleazar died having no sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
23 Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three.
24 These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral families[d]—the family heads, according to their registration by name in the headcount—twenty years old or more, who worked in the service of the Lord’s temple.(M) 25 For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people,(N) and he has come to stay in Jerusalem forever. 26 Also, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service”(O)— 27 for according to the last words of David, the Levites twenty years old or more were to be counted— 28 “but their duty will be to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple— 29 as well as the rows of the Bread of the Presence,(P) the fine flour for the grain offering,(Q) the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking,[e](R) the mixing,(S) and all measurements of volume and length.(T) 30 They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise in the evening. 31 Whenever burnt offerings are offered to the Lord on the Sabbaths, New Moons,(U) and appointed festivals, they are to offer them regularly in the Lord’s presence according to the number prescribed for them.(V) 32 They are to carry out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the holy place,(W) and for their relatives, the descendants of Aaron,(X) in the service of the Lord’s temple.”
The Divisions of the Priests
24 The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.(Y) 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.(Z) 3 Together with Zadok(AA) from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service. 4 Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral families[f] were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral families were from Ithamar’s. 5 They(AB) were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.
6 The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech(AC) son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral family[g] was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,(AD)
11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19 These had their assigned duties for service when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to their regulations, which they received from their ancestor Aaron, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
The Rest of the Levites
20 As for the rest of Levi’s sons:
from Amram’s sons: Shubael;
from Shubael’s sons: Jehdeiah.
21 From Rehabiah:
from Rehabiah’s sons: Isshiah was the first.
22 From the Izharites: Shelomoth;
from Shelomoth’s sons: Jahath.
Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
24 From Uzziel’s sons: Micah;
from Micah’s sons: Shamir.
25 Micah’s brother: Isshiah;
from Isshiah’s sons: Zechariah.
26 Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi,
and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.[i]
27 Merari’s sons, by his son Jaaziah:[j]
Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 From Kish, from Kish’s sons: Jerahmeel.
30 Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
Those were the descendants of the Levites according to their ancestral families.[k] 31 They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.(AF)
The Levitical Musicians
25 David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman,(AG) and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy(AH) accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals.(AI) This is the list of the men who performed their service:
2 From Asaph’s sons:
Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.
3 From Jeduthun:(AJ) Jeduthun’s sons:
Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei,[l] Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six—under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
4 From Heman: Heman’s sons:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 5 All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer,(AK) were given by the promises of God to exalt him,[m] for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the Lord’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority. 7 They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the Lord. 8 They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.(AL)
| 9 The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his relatives— | 12[n] |
| to Gedaliah the second: him, his relatives, and his sons— | 12 |
| 10 the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 11 the fourth to Izri,[o] his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 14 the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 18 the eleventh to Azarel,[p] his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 20 the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 22 the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 23 the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 25 the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 26 the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 27 the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 28 the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 29 the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his relatives— | 12 |
| 31 and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his relatives— | 12. |
Footnotes
- 23:6 Lit Gershon
- 23:10 LXX, Vg; MT reads Zina
- 23:11 Lit a father’s house
- 23:24 Lit the house of their fathers
- 23:29 Lit the griddle
- 24:4 Lit house of fathers
- 24:6 Lit father’s house
- 24:23 Some Hb mss, some LXX mss; other Hb mss omit Hebron’s; 1Ch 23:19
- 24:26 Or Mushi; Jaaziah’s sons: Beno.
- 24:27 Or sons, Jaaziah: Beno,
- 24:30 Lit the house of their fathers
- 25:3 One Hb ms, LXX; other Hb mss omit Shimei
- 25:5 Lit by the words of God to lift a horn
- 25:9 LXX; MT lacks his sons, and his relatives—12
- 25:11 Variant of Zeri
- 25:18 Variant of Uzziel
Psalm 108-110
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 108
A Plea for Victory
A song. A psalm of David.
1 My heart is confident, God;
I will sing; I will sing praises
with the whole of my being.[a](A)
2 Wake up, harp and lyre!
I will wake up the dawn.(B)
3 I will praise you, Lord, among the peoples;
I will sing praises to you among the nations.(C)
4 For your faithful love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.(D)
5 God, be exalted above the heavens,(E)
and let your glory be over the whole earth.(F)
6 Save with your right hand and answer me
so that those you love may be rescued.(G)
7 God has spoken in his sanctuary:[b]
“I will celebrate!
I will divide up Shechem.(H)
I will apportion the Valley of Succoth.(I)
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
and Ephraim is my helmet;(J)
Judah is my scepter.(K)
9 Moab is my washbasin;(L)
I throw my sandal on Edom.(M)
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”(N)
10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?(O)
11 God, haven’t you rejected us?
God, you do not march out with our armies.(P)
12 Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.(Q)
13 With God we will perform valiantly;(R)
he will trample our foes.(S)
Psalm 109
Prayer against an Enemy
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 God of my praise, do not be silent.(T)
2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.(U)
3 They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.(V)
4 In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.[c](W)
5 They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.(X)
6 Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser[d] stand at his right hand.(Y)
7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.(Z)
8 Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.(AA)
9 Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.(AB)
10 Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far[e] from their demolished homes.(AC)
11 Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.(AD)
12 Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.(AE)
13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.(AF)
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered before the Lord,(AG)
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.(AH)
15 Let their sins[f] always remain before the Lord,
and let him remove[g] all memory of them from the earth.(AI)
16 For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.(AJ)
17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.(AK)
18 He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.(AL)
19 Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.(AM)
20 Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.(AN)
21 But you, Lord, my Lord,
deal kindly with me for your name’s sake;(AO)
because your faithful love is good, rescue me.(AP)
22 For I am suffering and needy;(AQ)
my heart is wounded within me.(AR)
23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow;(AS)
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.[h](AT)
25 I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;[i]
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.(AU)
26 Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your faithful love(AV)
27 so they may know that this is your hand
and that you, Lord, have done it.(AW)
28 Though they curse, you will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.(AX)
29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.(AY)
30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise him in the presence of many.(AZ)
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.(BA)
Psalm 110
The Priestly King
A psalm of David.
1 This is the declaration of the Lord
to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.”(BB)
2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule[j] over your surrounding[k] enemies.(BC)
3 Your people will volunteer
on your day of battle.[l](BD)
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of your youth belongs to you.[m](BE)
4 The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“You are a priest forever
according to the pattern of Melchizedek.”(BF)
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his anger.(BG)
6 He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;(BH)
he will crush leaders over the entire world.(BI)
7 He will drink from the brook by the road;(BJ)
therefore, he will lift up his head.(BK)
Footnotes
- 108:1 Lit praises, even my glory
- 108:7 Or has promised by his holy nature
- 109:4 Lit but I, prayer
- 109:6 Or adversary
- 109:10 LXX reads beggars, driven far
- 109:15 Lit Let them
- 109:15 Or cut off
- 109:24 Lit denied from fat
- 109:25 Lit to them
- 110:2 One Hb ms, LXX, Tg read You will rule
- 110:2 Lit Rule in the midst of your
- 110:3 Lit power
- 110:3 Hb obscure
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