I Chronicles Chapter 23

I Chronicles Chapter 23
1 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 with the priests and the
Levites.
3 And the Levites were numbered from
the age of thirty year 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
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 he made to praise the
Lord.
6 So David divided offices unto them, to
wit, to the sons of Levi, to Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were 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 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 aud Uzziel, four. 13 The
sons of Amram, Aaron and Moses: and
Aaron was separated to 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 tribe of
Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gershom,
and Eliezer,
16 Of the sons of Gershom was Shebuel
the chief.
17 And the son of Eliezer was Rehabiah
the 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 Micah the
first, and Isshiah 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 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 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 year 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 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.