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When David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites.
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The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was thirty-eight thousand men.
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"Twenty-four thousand of these," David said, "shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, six thousand shall be officers and judges
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four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments which I have made for praise."
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And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i.
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The sons of Gersham were Ladan and Shim'e-i.
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The sons of Ladan: Jehi'el the chief, and Zetham, and Jo'el, three.
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The sons of Shim'e-i: Shelo'moth, Ha'zi-el, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan.
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And the sons of Shim'e-i: Jahath, Zina, and Je'ush, and Beri'ah. These four were the sons of Shim'e-i.
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Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je'ush and Beri'ah had not many sons, therefore they became a father's house in one reckoning.