The First Book of The Chronicles

1Ch 23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1Ch 23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

1Ch 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

1Ch 23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

1Ch 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

1Ch 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Ger´-shon, Ko´-hath, and Mera´-ri.

1Ch 23:7 Of the Ger´-shon-ites were, La´a-dan, and Shim´-e-i.

1Ch 23:8 The sons of La´-a-dan; the chief was Je-hi´-el, and Ze´-tham, and Jo´el, three.

1Ch 23:9 The sons of Shim´-e-i; Shel´-omith, and Ha´-zi-el, and Ha´-ran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of La´-a-dan.

1Ch 23:10 And the sons of Shim´-e-i were, Ja´-hath, Zi´-na, and Je´-ush, and Be-ri´-ah. These four were the sons of Shim´-e-i.

1Ch 23:11 And Ja´-hath was the chief, and Zi´-zah the second: but Je´-ush and Be-ri´-ah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

1Ch 23:12 The sons of Ko´-hath; Am´ram, Iz´-har, He´-bron, and Uz-zi´-el, four.

1Ch 23:13 The sons of Am´-ram; 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.

1Ch 23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.

1Ch 23:15 The sons of Moses were, Ger´shom, and E-li-e´-zer.

1Ch 23:16 Of the sons of Ger´-shom, Sheb´u-el was the chief.

1Ch 23:17 And the sons of E-li-e´-zer were, Re-ha-bi´-ah the chief. And E-li-e´-zer had none other sons; but the sons of Re-ha-bi´-ah were very many.

1Ch 23:18 Of the sons of Iz´-har; Shel´-omith the chief.

1Ch 23:19 Of the sons of He´-bron; Je-ri´ah the first, Am-a-ri´-ah the second, Ja-ha´-zi-el the third, and Jek-a-me´am the fourth.

1Ch 23:20 Of the sons of Uz-zi´-el; Mi´-chah the first, and Je-si´-ah the second.

1Ch 23:21 The sons of Me-ra´-ri; Mah´-li, and Mu´-shi. The sons of Mah´-li; E-lea´-zar, and Kish.

1Ch 23:22 And E-le-a´-zar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

1Ch 23:23 The sons of Mu´-shi; Mah´-li, and E´-der, and Jer´-e-moth, three.

1Ch 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.

1Ch 23:25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

1Ch 23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

1Ch 23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

1Ch 23:28 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;

1Ch 23:29 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;

1Ch 23:30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even;

1Ch 23:31 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:

1Ch 23:32 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.