1 Chronicles 23
Reading 1 Chronicles chapter 23 in the Webster's Bible, public-domain text from 1833.
Verses 1–10
1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 And he assembled all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:
5 Moreover, four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [with them].
6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites, [were], Laadan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan: the chief [was] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei [were], Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four [were] the sons of Shimei.
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