1 Chronicles 23:1-6 ▼

1 When David had grown old and had lived out his years, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.

2 He gathered all the officials of Israel and the priests and Levites.

3 Every male Levite who was at least 30 years old was counted. There were 38,000.

4 Of these, 24,000 were appointed to supervise the work on the LORD's temple, 6,000 were appointed to be officers and judges,

5 4,000 were appointed to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 were appointed to praise the LORD with the instruments David had made for praising God.

6 David organized the Levites into divisions based on which of Levi's sons (Gershon, Kohath, or Merari) they were descended from.