1 Chronicles 23

World English Bible · 2000 · Old Testament · 29 chapters

Reading 1 Chronicles chapter 23 in the World English Bible, public-domain text from 2000.

Verses 1–10

1 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

2 He gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

3 The Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

4 David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the LORD’s house, six thousand were officers and judges,

5 four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made for giving praise.”

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

7 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.

9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ households of Ladan.

10 The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

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