[[1 Chronicles 22|<< 1 Chronicles 22]] | [[1 Chronicles|1 Chronicles]] | [[1 Chronicles 24|1 Chronicles 24 >>]] ### 1 Chronicles 23 1 SO when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. ^1 2 ¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. ^2 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. ^3 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: ^4 5 Moreover four thousand _were_ porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, _said_ _David_, to praise _therewith_. ^5 6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, _namely_, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ^6 7 ¶ Of the Gershonites _were_, Laadan, and Shimei. ^7 8 The sons of Laadan; the chief _was_ Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ^8 9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These _were_ the chief of the fathers of Laadan. ^9 10 And the sons of Shimei _were_, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four _were_ the sons of Shimei. ^10 11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to _their_ father's house. ^11 12 ¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ^12 13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify 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. ^13 14 Now _concerning_ Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. ^14 15 The sons of Moses _were_, Gershom, and Eliezer. ^15 16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel _was_ the chief. ^16 17 And the sons of Eliezer _were_, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ^17 18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. ^18 19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ^19 20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second. ^20 21 ¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. ^21 22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. ^22 23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. ^23 24 ¶ These _were_ the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; _even_ the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. ^24 25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: ^25 26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no _more_ carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. ^26 27 For by the last words of David the Levites _were_ numbered from twenty years old and above: ^27 28 Because their office _was_ to wait on 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 the work of the service of the house of God; ^28 29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, 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; ^29 30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; ^30 31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD: ^31 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. ^32