1 Chronicles 23:1-23

23¹ When David got to be an old man, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

The Divisions and Duties of the Levites

² At the same time he brought together all the leaders of Israel, the priests, and the Levites. ³ The Levites thirty years and older were counted; the total was 38,000. ⁴ David sorted them into work groups: "24,000 are in charge of administering worship in the sanctuary; 6,000 are officials and judges ⁵ 4,000 are security guards; and 4,000 are to serve in the orchestra, praising God with instruments that I have provided for praise." ⁶ David then divided the Levites into groupings named after the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ⁷ The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. ⁸ The three sons of Ladan: Jehiel, Zetham, and Joel. ⁹ The three sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, all heads of the families of Ladan. ¹⁰ The four sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. ¹¹ Jahath came first, followed by Ziza. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons so they were counted as one family with one task. ¹² The four sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was especially ordained to work in the Holy of Holies, to burn incense before God, to serve God and bless his Name always. This was a permanent appointment for Aaron and his sons. ¹⁴ Moses and his sons were counted in the tribe of Levi ¹⁵ The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. ¹⁶ Shubael was the first son of Gershom. ¹⁷ Rehabiah was the first and only son of Eliezer; but though Eliezer had no other sons, Rehabiah had many sons. ¹⁸ Shelomith was the first son of Izhar. ¹⁹ Hebron had four sons: Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam ²⁰ Uzziel had two sons: Micah and Isshiah. ²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish ²² Eleazar died without any sons, only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married the daughters. ²³ Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.