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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 gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and the Levites,
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were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
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Of which, twenty-four thousand
were to set forward 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
David had made to praise
therewith.
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And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Gershon: Laadan and Shimei.
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The sons of Laadan: Jehiel, the first, Zetham and Joel, three.
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The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These
were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
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And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These four
were the sons of Shimei.