1 Chronicles 23:1-11 ▼

1 When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

2 David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.

4 David said, |Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD's temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I supplied for worship.|

6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.

8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the oldest, Zetham, and Joel--three in all.

9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the leaders of the family of Ladan.

10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei's sons--four in all.

11 Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.