1 David was old when he chose his son Solomon to be king of Israel.
2 Some time later, David called together all of Israel's leaders, priests, and Levites.
3 He then counted the Levite men who were at least thirty years old, and the total was thirty-eight thousand.
4 He said, “Twenty-four thousand of the Levites will be in charge of the temple, six thousand will be temple officials and judges,