Old Testament1 ChroniclesThe Divisions of the Levites · 23:1–623:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.23:3 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.23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
