1 Chronicles 23 1-1 Chronicles 23 26
Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges;and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan.And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.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 Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever.But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief.The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife.The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever:and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.
Nehemiah 12:1-26
Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah.Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them according to their offices.And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers’ houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;and of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi;of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers’ houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.The sons of Levi, heads of fathers’ houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch next to watch.Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store- houses of the gates.These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe.