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So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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And he assembled all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
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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.
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Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges
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Moreover, four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [with them].
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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Of the Gershonites, [were], Laadan and Shimei.
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The sons of Laadan: the chief [was] Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
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The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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And the sons of Shimei [were], Jahath, Zina, and Jeush and Beriah. These four [were] the sons of Shimei.
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And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to [their] father's house.
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The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
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The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name for ever.
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Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi
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The sons of Moses [were], Gershom, and Eliezer.
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Of the sons of Gershom; Shebuel [was] the chief.
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And the sons of Eliezer [were], Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
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Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
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Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jehaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.
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The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish
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And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
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The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.