1 David became an old man, so he made his son Solomon the new king of Israel.
2 David gathered all the leaders of Israel and also the priests and Levites.
3 David counted the Levites who were 30 years old and older. All together there were 38,000 Levites.
4 David said, “24,000 will supervise the work of building the Lord’S Temple. 6000 will be court officers and judges.
5 4000 will be gatekeepers, and 4000 will be musicians. I made special musical instruments for them. They will use them to praise the Lord.”
6 David separated the Levites into three groups. They were the tribes of Levi’s three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.