Chronological
23 ¶ So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon, his son, king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,
3 were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD, and six thousand were officers and judges;
5 moreover, four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which David had made to praise therewith.
6 And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 The sons of Gershon: Laadan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan: Jehiel, the first, Zetham and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the first, and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not multiply in many sons; therefore, they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.
12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be dedicated to the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him and to bless in his name for ever.
14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were counted in the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gershon and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershon, Shebuel was the chief.
17 And the son of Eliezer was Rehabiah, the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith, the chief.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, the first, Amariah, the second, Jahaziel, the third, and Jekameam, the fourth.
20 The sons of Uzziel: Michah, the first, and Jesiah, the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 ¶ These are the sons of Levi after the houses of their fathers, even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did work in the ministry of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto his people, and he shall dwell in Jerusalem for ever.
26 And also unto the Levites, they shall no longer carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for its ministry.
27 For by the last words of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above.
28 And their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and in the work of the ministry of the house of God,
29 both for the showbread and for the fine flour for the sacrifice and for the unleavened cakes and for that which is baked in the pan and for that which is fried and for all manner of measure and size,
30 and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise in the evening;
31 and to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons and solemnities, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD.
32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, in the ministry of the house of the LORD.
24 ¶ The sons of Aaron also had their courses. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children; therefore, Eleazar and Ithamar had the priesthood.
3 And David distributed them, Zadok being of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their turns in their ministry.
4 And there were more 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 of the houses of their fathers and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the houses of their fathers.
5 They divided them, therefore, by lot, one with another for of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar there were princes of the sanctuary and princes of God.
6 And Shemaiah, the scribe, the son of Nethaneel, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king and the princes and before Zadok, the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites; one paternal house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth 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,
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 Aphses,
16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19 These were their orderings in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their right, in the ministry 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, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
21 Rehabiah; of the sons of Rehabiah, the chief was Isshiah.
22 Of the Izharite; Shelomoth; and the son of Shelomoth, Jahath.
23 And of the sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 The sons of Uzziel: Michah; and the son of Michah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah; and the son of Isshiah, Zechariah.
26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah, Beno.
27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 Kish; the son of Kish, Jerahmeel.
30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their fathers.
31 These, likewise, cast lots over against their brethren, the sons of Aaron, in the presence of David, the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
25 ¶ Moreover David and the captains of the host separated unto the ministry the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals; and the number of men that were suitable for the work of their respective ministry was,
2 of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the hand of the king.
3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the ministry of the house of God, under the hand of the king, of Asaph, of Jeduthun, and of Heman.
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that had understanding, was two hundred eighty-eight.
8 ¶ And they cast lots, ward against ward, the small as well as the great, the one with understanding as well as the disciple.
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve;
10 the third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
11 the fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
12 the fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
13 the sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
14 the seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
16 the ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
17 the tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
18 the eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
20 the thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
22 the fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
23 the sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
25 the eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
26 the nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve:
27 the twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
28 the twenty-first to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
29 the twenty-second to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve;
31 the twenty-fourth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren were twelve.
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