1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2 And he got together all the chiefs of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 And the Levites, all those of thirty years old and over, were numbered; and the number of them, by heads, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to be overseers of the work of the house of the Lord, and six thousand were judges and men of authority; 5 Four thousand were door-keepers; and four thousand gave praise to the Lord with the instruments which I made, said David, for giving praise. 6 And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei. 11 Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family. 12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever. 14 And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first. 17 And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number. 18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first. 19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first, and Isshiah the second. 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. 22 And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. 23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three. 24 These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord. 25 For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever; 26 And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites. 27 So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over. 28 Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord, 29 The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures; 30 They had to take their places every morning to give praise and make melody to the Lord, and in the same way at evening; 31 At every offering of burned offerings to the Lord, on Sabbaths, and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts, in the number ordered by the law, at all times before the Lord; 32 And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
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People
Amariah
Second of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Beriah
Son of Shimei the Gershonite; counted with Jeush as one family with a single assignment.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Eder
Son of Mushi the Merarite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Eleazar
Son of Mahli who died without sons; his daughters were married by their cousins, the sons of Kish.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:21; 1 Chronicles 23:22; 1 Chronicles 24:28
Eliezer
Moses' second son, named 'God is my help' in thanks for deliverance from Pharaoh.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 18:4; 1 Chronicles 23:15
Haran
Son of Shimei, one of the heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Haziel
Son of Shimei, one of the heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Isshiah
Second son of Uzziel and brother of Micah; his son was Zechariah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 24:25
Jahath
The first of the four sons of Shimei the Gershonite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Jahaziel
Third of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Jehiel
Firstborn son of Ladan the Gershonite; descendants of Ladan through Jehieli were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD, and Jehiel the Gershonite oversaw the…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:21; 1 Chronicles 29:8
Jekameam
Fourth of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Jeremoth
Son of Mushi the Merarite, called Jerimoth in 24:30.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Jeriah
First of the sons of Hebron; Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites, and in David's fortieth year 2,700 capable men of his relatives were found at Jazer in Gilead and appointed over…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23; 1 Chronicles 26:31
Jeush
Son of Shimei the Gershonite; with Beriah he did not have many sons, so they were counted as one family.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Joel
Son of Ladan the Gershonite; he and his brother Zetham were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22
Kish
Son of Mahli whose sons married the daughters of his brother Eleazar; his son was Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:21; 1 Chronicles 23:22; 1 Chronicles 24:29
Ladan
Son of Gershon; his sons were Jehiel, Zetham and Joel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:21
Mahli
Mahli is named as the son of Mushi in Ethan's Merarite ancestry (1 Chronicles 6:44-47).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Micah
First of the sons of Uzziel; his son was Shamir.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 24:24
Rehabiah
First descendant of Eliezer son of Moses; Eliezer had no other sons but Rehabiah's sons were very numerous.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:17; 1 Chronicles 24:21; 1 Chronicles 26:25
Shebuel
Descendant of Gershom son of Moses and the first among his descendants; he was the officer in charge of the treasuries (24:20 calls a Shubael a son of Amram whose son was…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:16; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 26:24
Shelomith
First of the sons of Izhar; called Shelomoth the Izharite in 24:22, whose son was Jahath.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:18; 1 Chronicles 24:22
Shelomoth
Son of Shimei, one of the heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Shimei
Named as the father of Shelomoth, Haziel and Haran, heads of the families of Ladan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:9
Zetham
Son of Ladan the Gershonite; he and his brother Joel were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD (26:22 calls them sons of Jehieli).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22
Zina
Son of Shimei the Gershonite, called Zizah in 23:11 where he is the second.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:10; 1 Chronicles 23:11
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 29:28; 1 Chronicles 28:5; 1 Kings 1:33–39; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Chronicles 29:22–25
- 2 1 Chronicles 28:1; 1 Chronicles 13:1; Joshua 24:1; 2 Chronicles 34:29–30; Joshua 23:2
- 3 1 Chronicles 23:24; Numbers 4:2–49
- 4 2 Chronicles 19:8; Deuteronomy 16:18; Nehemiah 11:9; 1 Chronicles 26:20–27; 1 Chronicles 6:48
- 5 2 Chronicles 8:14; Amos 6:5; Psalm 87:7; 2 Chronicles 29:25–26; 1 Chronicles 6:31–48
- 6 2 Chronicles 8:14; 1 Chronicles 6:1; 1 Chronicles 6:16; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Ezra 6:18
- 7 1 Chronicles 26:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17–20; 1 Chronicles 15:7; Exodus 6:17
- 8 1 Chronicles 15:17–18; 1 Chronicles 15:20–21; 1 Chronicles 15:11; 1 Chronicles 15:7; 1 Chronicles 6:33–34
- 12 Exodus 6:18; Numbers 26:58; 1 Chronicles 6:2; Numbers 3:27
- 13 Exodus 6:20; Deuteronomy 21:5; 1 Samuel 2:28; Exodus 30:6–10; Revelation 8:3
- 14 Deuteronomy 33:1; 1 Chronicles 26:23–25; Psalm 90:1
- 15 Exodus 18:3–4; Exodus 2:22; Exodus 4:20
- 16 1 Chronicles 26:24; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 25:20
- 17 1 Chronicles 26:25
- 18 1 Chronicles 26:26; 1 Chronicles 24:22
- 19 1 Chronicles 24:23; 1 Chronicles 23:12; 1 Chronicles 15:9
- 21 Exodus 6:19; 1 Chronicles 6:30; 1 Chronicles 23:6; 1 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Chronicles 24:26–30
- 22 1 Chronicles 24:28; Numbers 36:6–8
- 23 1 Chronicles 24:30
- 24 Numbers 10:17; Numbers 10:21; 1 Chronicles 23:3; Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24
- 25 2 Samuel 7:11; Psalm 132:13–14; 1 Chronicles 22:18; Psalm 135:21; Zechariah 8:3
- 26 Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:9; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:49; Deuteronomy 10:8
- 27 1 Chronicles 23:24; 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 23:3; Psalm 72:20
- 28 2 Chronicles 31:11; 2 Chronicles 35:3–6; Nehemiah 13:9; 2 Chronicles 35:11–14; Jeremiah 35:4
- 29 Leviticus 19:35–36; Leviticus 2:4–7; Leviticus 6:20–23; Leviticus 24:5–9; Exodus 25:30
- 30 Psalm 92:1–3; 1 Chronicles 9:33; Ezra 3:10–11; Exodus 29:39–42; 2 Chronicles 31:2
- 31 Isaiah 1:13–14; Leviticus 23:39; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 28:1–29; Psalm 81:1–4
- 32 Numbers 1:53; Numbers 3:6–9; Numbers 3:38; 1 Chronicles 9:27; 1 Kings 8:4
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