1. When David had grown old after a long life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
2. He then gathered together all Israel’s leaders along with the priests and the Levites.
3. When the Levites were counted, the head count of every male 30 and older totaled 38,000.
4. Of these, there were 24,000 to supervise the work on the Lord’s temple, 6,000 officers and judges,
5. 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 praising the Lord with instruments made for offering praise.
6. Then David divided them into three groups named after Levi’s family members: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7. The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.
8. Ladan’s family: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all.
9. Jehiel’s family: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the households of Ladan.
10. Shimei’s family: Jahath, Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. These four were Shimei’s family:
11. Jahath was the first, and Ziza the second; since Jeush and Beriah didn’t have many children, they became a single household.
12. Kohath’s family: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
13. Amram’s family: Aaron and Moses. Aaron, together with his sons, was set apart to make the holiest objects holy, to make offerings before the Lord, to serve him, and to give blessings in his name forever.