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1David was old when he chose his son Solomon to be king of Israel.[#1 K 1.1-40.]
2Some time later, David called together all of Israel's leaders, priests, and Levites.
3He then counted the Levite men who were at least 30 years old, and the total was 38,000.
4He said, “Twenty-four thousand of the Levites will be in charge of the temple, 6,000 will be temple officials and judges,
54,000 will be guards at the temple, and 4,000 will praise the Lord by playing the musical instruments I have given them.”
6David then divided the Levites into three groups according to the clans of Levi's sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7Gershon had two sons: Ladan and Shimei.
8Ladan was the father of Jehiel, Zetham, and Joel.
9They were all family leaders among their father's descendants. Shimei was the father of Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran.
10-11Later, Shimei had four more sons, in the following order: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. But Jeush and Beriah didn't have many children, so their descendants were counted as one family.
12Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
13Amram was the father of Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen to be in charge of all the sacred things. They served the Lord by offering sacrifices to him and by blessing the people in his name.[#Ex 28.1.]
14-15Moses, the man of God, was the father of Gershom and Eliezer, and their descendants were considered Levites.
16Gershom's oldest son was Shebuel.
17Rehabiah, who was Eliezer's only son, had many children.
18The second son born to Kohath was Izhar, and his oldest son was Shelomith.
19Hebron, the third son of Kohath, was the father of Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam.
20Kohath's youngest son, Uzziel, was the father of Micah and Isshiah.
21Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli was the father of Eleazar and Kish.
22Eleazar had no sons, only daughters, and they married their uncle's sons.
23Mushi the second son of Merari, was the father of Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth.
24These were the clans and families of the tribe of Levi. Those who were 20 years and older were assigned to work at the Lord 's temple.
25David said: