Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 1Ch 29:281Ch 28:51Ki 1:33-391Ch 29:22-251Ki 1:11Ki 1:30Gen 25:8Gen 35:29 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 1Ch 13:11Ch 28:12Ch 34:29-30Jos 23:2Jos 24:1 The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. 1Ch 23:24Num 4:2-49 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the LORD’s house, six thousand were officers and judges, 2Ch 19:8Deu 16:181Ch 23:28-321Ch 26:20-271Ch 26:29-311Ch 6:481Ch 9:28-32Act 20:28 four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.” 2Ch 29:25-262Ch 8:14Amo 6:5Psa 87:71Ch 15:16-241Ch 16:381Ch 16:41-421Ch 25:1-7
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 1Ch 6:12Ch 8:141Ch 6:162Ch 29:25Ezr 6:181Ch 24:11Ch 26:12Ch 31:2
Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. 1Ch 26:211Ch 15:71Ch 6:17-20Exo 6:17 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three. 1Ch 15:111Ch 15:17-181Ch 15:20-211Ch 15:71Ch 6:33-34 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan. The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. Exo 6:181Ch 6:2Num 26:58Num 3:27 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name forever. Deu 21:5Exo 6:201Sa 2:28Exo 30:6-101Ch 6:32Ch 26:18-21Act 13:2Exo 28:1-14 But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. Deu 33:11Ch 26:23-25Psa 90:1 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. Exo 18:3-4Exo 2:22Exo 4:20 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. 1Ch 26:241Ch 24:201Ch 25:20 The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 1Ch 26:25 The son of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 1Ch 24:221Ch 26:26 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 1Ch 24:231Ch 15:91Ch 23:12 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. Exo 6:191Ch 23:61Ch 24:26-301Ch 6:201Ch 6:30 Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only; and their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. 1Ch 24:28Num 36:6-8 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 1Ch 24:30
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the LORD’s house, from twenty years old and upward. 1Ch 23:3Num 10:17Num 10:21Num 4:3Ezr 3:8Num 8:241Ch 23:27Num 1:18 For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever. 1Ch 22:182Sa 7:11Psa 132:13-142Sa 7:1Psa 135:21Zec 8:32Co 6:16Col 2:9 Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.” Num 4:5Num 7:9Num 4:15Deu 10:8Num 4:49 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were counted, from twenty years old and upward. 1Ch 23:241Ch 23:32Sa 23:1Psa 72:20 For their duty was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the LORD’s house—in the courts, in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house; 2Ch 31:112Ch 35:11-142Ch 35:3-6Neh 13:91Ch 18:171Ch 23:41Ch 28:131Ch 9:28-29 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all measurements of quantity and size; Lev 19:35-36Exo 25:30Lev 2:4-7Lev 24:5-9Lev 6:20-231Ch 9:29-341Ki 7:482Ch 13:11 and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise in the evening; Psa 92:1-31Ch 9:33Ezr 3:10-111Ch 16:37-421Ch 25:1-71Ch 6:31-332Ch 29:25-282Ch 31:2 and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD; Isa 1:13-14Lev 23:1-17Lev 23:24Lev 23:39Num 10:10Num 28:1-29Psa 81:1-4 and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers for the service of the LORD’s house. Num 1:53Num 3:38Num 3:6-91Ch 9:271Ki 8:4