1. WHEN DAVID was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2. David assembled all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and Levites.
3. The Levites thirty years old and upward numbered, man by man, 38,000,
4. Of whom 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord and 6,000 were to be officers and judges.
5. And, said David, 4,000 shall be gatekeepers and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments which I made for praise.
6. And David organized them in sections according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7. Of the Gershonites: Ladan (Libni) and Shimei.
8. The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel–three in all.