Chronological
23 1 David being old, ordaineth Solomon King. 3 He causeth the Levites to be numbered, 4 and assigneth them to their offices. 13 Aaron and his sons are for the high Priest. 14 The sons of Moses.
1 So when David was old and full of days, (A)he made Solomon his son King over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel with the Priests and the Levites.
3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above, and their number according to their sum was eight and thirty thousand men.
4 Of these four and twenty thousand were set to [a]advance the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were overseers and judges.
5 And four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the Lord with instruments which [b]he made to praise the Lord.
6 (B)So David divided offices unto them, to wit, to the sons of Levi, to (C)Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were [c]Laadan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan, the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham and Joel, three.
9 The Sons of Shimei, Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three: these were the chief fathers of Laadan.
10 Also the sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah: these four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and [d]Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons: therefore they were in the families of their father, counted but as one.
12 ¶ The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four.
13 (D)The sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated to [e]sanctify the most holy place, he and his sons forever to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to bless in his Name forever.
14 ¶ Moses also the man of God and his children were named with the [f]tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gershon, and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of (E)Gershon was Shebuel the chief.
17 And the son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the [g]chief: for Eliezer had none other sons: but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief.
19 The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel were Michah the first, and Jesshiah the second.
21 ¶ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli, Eleazar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters, and their [h]brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 The sons of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, even the chief fathers according to their offices, according to the number of names, and their sum that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord from the age of [i]twenty years and above.
25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever.
26 And also the Levites shall no more bear the Tabernacle and all the vessels for the service thereof.
27 Therefore according to the last words of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty years and above,
28 And their office was under the hand of the sons of Aaron, for the service of the house of the Lord in the courts, and chambers, and in the [j]purifying of all holy things, and in the work of the service of the house of God,
29 Both for the showbread, and for the fine flour, for the meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried things, and for that which was roasted, and for all measures and size,
30 And for to stand every morning, to give thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise at even,
31 And to offer all burnt offerings unto the Lord in the Sabbaths, in the months, and at the appointed times, according to the number and according to their custom, continually before the Lord,
32 And that they should keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of the Lord.
24 3 David assigneth offices to the sons of Aaron.
1 These are also the (F)divisions of the sons of Aaron: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died [k]before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the Priest’s office.
3 And David distributed them, even Zadok of the [l]sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar according to their offices in their ministration.
4 And there were found more of the sons of Eleazar by the [m]number of men, than of the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them, to wit, among the sons of Eleazar, sixteen heads, according to the household of their fathers, and among the sons of Ithamar, according to the household of their fathers, eight.
5 Thus they distributed them by lot the one from the other, and so the rulers of the Sanctuary and the rulers of the house of God were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites, wrote them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief fathers of the Priests and of the Levites, one family being reserved for Eleazar, and another reserved for Ithamar.
7 And the first [n]lot fell to Jehoiarib, and 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 eight to [o]Abijah,
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 Jehezekel,
17 The one and twenty to Jachin, the two and twenty to Gamul,
18 The three and twenty to Delaiah, the four and twenty to Maaziah.
19 These were their orders according to their offices, when they entered into the house of the Lord according to their custom under [p]the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
20 ¶ And of the sons of Levi that remained of the sons of Amram, was Shubael, of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah,
21 Of Rehabiah, even of the sons of Rehabiah, the first Isshiah,
22 Of Izhari, Shelomoth, of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath,
23 And his sons, Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth,
24 The son of Uzziel was Michah, the son of Michah was Shamir,
25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah, the son of Isshiah, Zechariah,
26 The sons of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi, the son of Jaaziah was Beno,
27 The sons of Merari, of Jaaziah were Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, which had no sons.
29 Of Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel,
30 And the sons of [q]Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth: these were sons of the Levites after the household of their fathers.
31 And these also cast [r]lots with their brethren the sons of Aaron before King David, and Zadok and Ahimelech and the chief fathers of the Priests, and of the Levites, even the chief of the families against their younger brethren.
25 The singers are appointed with their places and lots.
1 So David and the captains of the army [s]separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who should sing prophesies with harps, with viols, and with cymbals, and their number was even of the men for the office of their ministry, to wit,
2 Of the sons of Asaph, Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah the sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, which sang prophecies by the [t]commission of the King.
3 Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, [u]six, under the hands of their father: Jeduthun sang [v]prophecies with an harp, for to give thanks and to praise the Lord.
4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
5 All these were the sons of Heman, the King’s [w]Seer in the words of God to lift up the [x]horn: and God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the [y]hand of their father singing in the house of the Lord with cymbals, viols and harps, for the service of the house of God, and Asaph, and Jeduthun, and Heman were at the King’s [z]commandment.
7 So was their number with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even of all that were cunning, two hundred fourscore and eight.
8 And they cast lots, [aa]charge against charge, as well [ab]small as great, the cunning man as the scholar.
9 And the first lot fell to [ac]Joseph, which was of Asaph, the second, to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and his sons were twelve.
10 The third, to Zaccur, he, his sons and his brethren were twelve.
11 The fourth, to [ad]Jizri, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
12 The fifth, to Nethaniah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
13 The sixth, to Bukkiah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
14 The seventh, to Jesharelah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
18 The eleventh to Azarel, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, he, his sons and his brethren twelve.
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