1. And David is old, and satisfied with days, and causeth his son Solomon to reign over Israel,
2. and gathereth all the heads of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites;
3. and the Levites are numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, and their number, by their polls, is of mighty men thirty and eight thousand.
4. Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah [are] twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
5. and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, `with instruments that I made for praising,' [saith David.]
6. And David distributeth them into courses: Of the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.