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 30 years old, and the total was 38,000.
4 He said, “Twenty-four thousand of the Levites will be in charge of the temple, 6,000 will be temple officials and judges,