1 qch. 29:28 When David was old and full of days,r[ch. 28:5; 29:22, 28]; See 1 Kgs. 1:33-39 he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. 3 The Levites,sNum. 4:3, 47 thirty years old and upward, were numbered, andtver. 24; Num. 1:2 the total wasu[Num. 4:47, 48] 38,000 men. 4 “Twenty-four thousand of these, ” David said,v[2 Chr. 2:2, 18; 34:12; Ezra 3:8, 9] “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall bewch. 26:29; [Deut. 16:18; 2 Chr. 19:8] officers and judges, 5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instrumentsx2 Chr. 29:25, 26; Neh. 12:36; Amos 6:5 that I have made for praise. ” 6 y[2 Chr. 8:14; 23:18; 35:4; Ezra 6:18] And David organized them in divisionszch. 6:1, 16; Ex. 6:16; Num. 26:57 corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 ach. 26:21 The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan:bch. 15:18; 29:8; [ch. 26:21] Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, therefore they became counted as a single father's house.
12 cch. 6:18; 26:23; Ex. 6:18; Num. 3:19 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 dEx. 6:20 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses.eEx. 28:1; [Heb. 5:4] Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever shouldfEx. 30:7; Num. 16:40; 1 Sam. 2:28 make offerings before the Lord andgDeut. 21:5 minister to him andhNum. 6:23 pronounce blessings in his name forever. 14 But the sons of Moses thei[ch. 26:23-25] man of God were named among thejDeut. 33:1 tribe of Levi. 15 ThekEx. 2:22; 18:3, 4 sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16 The sons of Gershom:lch. 26:24 Shebuel the chief. 17 The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 19 Themch. 24:23; [ch. 26:31] sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 nch. 24:24, 25 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief and Isshiah the second.
21 och. 6:19, 29; 24:26; Ex. 6:19; [Num. 26:58] The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar andpch. 24:29 Kish. 22 Eleazar diedqch. 24:28 having no sons, but only daughters; theirr[Num. 36:6, 8] kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them. 23 sch. 24:30 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 t[Num. 10:17, 21] These were the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, the heads of fathers' housesuver. 3 as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals fromv2 Chr. 31:17; Ezra 3:8; [ver. 3; Num. 4:3; 8:24] twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 25 For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel,wSee ch. 22:18 has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever. 26 And so the Levites no longer needxSee Num. 4:5-15 to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service. ” 27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered fromv[See ver. 24 above] twenty years old and upward. 28 For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God. 29 Their duty was also to assist with theySee Lev. 24:5-8 showbread, thezch. 9:29; Lev. 6:20, 21 flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, theach. 9:31 baked offering, thebLev. 6:21; 7:12 offering mixed with oil, and allc[Lev. 19:35] measures of quantity or size. 30 And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening, 31 and whenever burnt offerings were offered to the LorddIsa. 1:13 on Sabbaths,eSee Num. 28:11 new moons and feast days,fSee Lev. 23:2, 4 according to the number required of them, regularly before the Lord. 32 ThusgNum. 1:53 they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for thehSee Num. 3:6-9 service of the house of the Lord.