The First Book of Chronicles, starting at chapter 22
{22:1} Then David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this
is the altar of burnt offering for Israel." {22:2} David gave orders
to gather together the foreigners who were in Eretz-Israel; and he set
masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God. {22:3} David
prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates,
and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; {22:4}
and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre
brought cedar trees in abundance to David. {22:5} David said, "Solomon
my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the
LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout
all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David
prepared abundantly before his death. {22:6} Then he called for
Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for the LORD, the
God of Israel. {22:7} David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it
was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.
{22:8} But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed
blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a
house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my
sight. {22:9} Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man
of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his
name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel
in his days. {22:10} He shall build a house for my name; and he shall
be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne
of his kingdom over Israel for ever.' {22:11} Now, my son, may the
LORD be with you and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your
God, as he has spoken concerning you. {22:12} May the LORD give you
discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel; that so
you may keep the law of the LORD your God. {22:13} Then you will
prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which
the LORD gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and courageous.
Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed. {22:14} Now, behold, in my
affliction I have prepared for the house of the LORD one hundred
thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and
iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared
timber and stone; and you may add to them. {22:15} There are also
workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and
timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work:
{22:16} of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is
no number. Arise and be doing, and may the LORD be with you."
{22:17} David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help
Solomon his son, saying, {22:18} "Isn't the LORD your God with you?
Hasn't he given you rest on every side? For he has delivered the
inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before
the LORD, and before his people. {22:19} Now set your heart and your
soul to seek after the LORD your God. Arise therefore, and build the
sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the
LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built
to the name of the LORD."
{23:1} Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his
son king over Israel. {23:2} He gathered together all the princes of
Israel, with the priests and the Levites. {23:3} The Levites were
numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their
polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. {23:4} David said, "Of
these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of
the LORD; six thousand were officers and judges; {23:5} four thousand
were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the
instruments which I made, for giving praise."
{23:6} David divided them into divisions according to the sons of
Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. {23:7} Of the Gershonites: Ladan
and Shimei. {23:8} The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham,
and Joel, three. {23:9} The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and
Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of
Ladan. {23:10} The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and
Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. {23:11} Jahath was the
chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn't have many
sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning. {23:12}
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. {23:13}
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated, that he
should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to
burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his
name, forever. {23:14} But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were
named among the tribe of Levi. {23:15} The sons of Moses: Gershom and
Eliezer. {23:16} The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. {23:17} The
sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other
sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. {23:18} The sons of
Izhar: Shelomith the chief. {23:19} The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the
chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the
fourth. {23:20} The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the
second. {23:21} The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of
Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. {23:22} Eleazar died, and had no sons, but
daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them as
wives. {23:23} The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth,
three. {23:24} These were the sons of Levi after their fathers'
houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were
counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did
the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years
old and upward. {23:25} For David said, "The LORD, the God of Israel,
has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
{23:26} Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle
and all its vessels for its service." {23:27} For by the last words of
David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and
upward. {23:28} For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for
the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the rooms,
and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service
of the house of God; {23:29} for the show bread also, and for the fine
flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that
which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all
kinds of measure and size; {23:30} and to stand every morning to thank
and praise the LORD, and likewise in the evening; {23:31} and to offer
all burnt offerings to the LORD, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons,
and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning
them, continually before the LORD; {23:32} and that they should keep
the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and
the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the
house of the LORD.
{24:1} These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of
Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. {24:2} But Nadab and
Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar
and Ithamar executed the priest's office. {24:3} David with Zadok of
the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided
them according to their ordering in their service. {24:4} There were
more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of
Ithamar; and they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there
were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar,
according to their fathers' houses, eight. {24:5} Thus were they
divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the
sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the
sons of Ithamar. {24:6} Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who
was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the
princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and
the heads of the fathers' households of the priests and of the
Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for
Ithamar. {24:7} Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second
to Jedaiah, {24:8} the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, {24:9}
the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, {24:10} the seventh to
Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, {24:11} the ninth to Yeshua, the tenth
to Shecaniah, {24:12} the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
{24:13} the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, {24:14}
the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, {24:15} the
seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, {24:16} the
nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, {24:17} the
twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, {24:18} the
twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. {24:19} This
was their ordering in their service, to come into the house of the
LORD according to the ordinance given to them by Aaron their father,
as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him. {24:20} Of the rest
of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of
Shubael, Jehdeiah. {24:21} Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah,
Isshiah the chief. {24:22} Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of
Shelomoth, Jahath. {24:23} The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, Amariah the
second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. {24:24} The sons of
Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. {24:25} The brother of
Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. {24:26} The sons of
Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno. {24:27} The sons
of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. {24:28}
Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. {24:29} Of Kish; the sons of Kish:
Jerahmeel. {24:30} The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.
{24:31} These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of
Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and
the heads of the fathers' households of the priests and of the
Levites; the fathers' households of the chief even as those of his
younger brother.
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