2. And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3. And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4. Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
5. and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
6. And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7. Of the Gershonites; Ladan and Shimei.
8. The sons of Ladan; Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9. The sons of Shimei; Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
10. And the sons of Shimei; Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.