2 He then gathered together all the officials of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.
3 The Levites thirty years old and above were counted, and their total number was found to be thirty-eight thousand.
4 Of these, twenty-four thousand were to direct the service of the house of the Lord, six thousand were to be officials and judges,
5 four thousand were to be gatekeepers, and four thousand were to praise the Lord with the instruments which [David] had devised for praise.
6 David apportioned them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 To the Gershonites belonged Ladan and Shimei.
8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, then Zetham and Joel; three in all.