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^(C1)Now when David ^(F1)reached old age, ^(C2)he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

^(C1)Now the Levites were counted from thirty years old and upward, and ^(C2)their number by ^(F1)head count of men was thirty-eight thousand.

Of these, twenty-four thousand were ^(C1)to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were ^(C2)officers and judges,

and four thousand were gatekeepers, and ^(C1)four thousand were praising the LORD with the instruments which ^(F1)David made for giving praise.

David divided them into divisions ^(C1)according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Of the Gershonites there were ^(F1)Ladan and Shimei.

The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first, and Zetham and Joel, three.

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

The sons of Shimei were Jahath, ^(F1)Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one group for duty.

The sons of Kohath were four in number: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

^(C1)The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And ^(C2)Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, ^(C3)to burn incense before the LORD, to serve Him and bless in His name forever.