1Chronicles:22-24
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Then David said ,
This is the house of the LORD God ,
and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel .
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And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel ;
and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God .
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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates ,
and for the joinings ;
and brass in abundance without weight ;
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Also cedar trees in abundance :
for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David .
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And David said ,
Solomon my son is young and tender ,
and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical ,
of fame and of glory throughout all countries :
I will therefore now make preparation for it .
So David prepared abundantly before his death .
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Then he called for Solomon his son ,
and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel .
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And David said to Solomon ,
My son ,
as for me ,
it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God :
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But the word of the LORD came to me ,
saying ,
Thou hast shed blood abundantly ,
and hast made great wars :
thou shalt not build an house unto my name ,
because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight .
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Behold ,
a son shall be born to thee ,
who shall be a man of rest ;
and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about :
for his name shall be Solomon ,
and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days .
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He shall build an house for my name ;
and he shall be my son ,
and I will be his father ;
and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever .
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Now ,
my son ,
the LORD be with thee ;
and prosper thou ,
and build the house of the LORD thy God ,
as he hath said of thee .
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Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding ,
and give thee charge concerning Israel ,
that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God .
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Then shalt thou prosper ,
if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel :
be strong ,
and of good courage ;
dread not ,
nor be dismayed .
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Now ,
behold ,
in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold ,
and a thousand thousand talents of silver ;
and of brass and iron without weight ;
for it is in abundance :
timber also and stone have I prepared ;
and thou mayest add thereto .
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Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance ,
hewers and workers of stone and timber ,
and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work .
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Of the gold ,
the silver ,
and the brass ,
and the iron ,
there is no number .
Arise therefore ,
and be doing ,
and the LORD be with thee .
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David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son ,
saying ,
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Is not the LORD your God with you ?
and hath he not given you rest on every side ?
for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand ;
and the land is subdued before the LORD ,
and before his people .
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Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God ;
arise therefore ,
and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God ,
to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD ,
and the holy vessels of God ,
into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD .
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So when David was old and full of days ,
he made Solomon his son king over Israel .
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And he gathered together all the princes of Israel ,
with the priests and the Levites .
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Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward :
and their number by their polls ,
man by man ,
was thirty and eight thousand .
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Of which ,
twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD ;
and six thousand were officers and judges :
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Moreover four thousand were porters ;
and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made ,
said David ,
to praise therewith .
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And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi ,
namely ,
Gershon ,
Kohath ,
and Merari .
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Of the Gershonites were ,
Laadan ,
and Shimei .
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The sons of Laadan ;
the chief was Jehiel ,
and Zetham ,
and Joel ,
three .
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The sons of Shimei ;
Shelomith ,
and Haziel ,
and Haran ,
three .
These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan .
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And the sons of Shimei were ,
Jahath ,
Zina ,
and Jeush ,
and Beriah .
These four were the sons of Shimei .
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And Jahath was the chief ,
and Zizah the second :
but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons ;
therefore they were in one reckoning ,
according to their father '
s house .
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The sons of Kohath ;
Amram ,
Izhar ,
Hebron ,
and Uzziel ,
four .
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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 the LORD ,
to minister unto him ,
and to bless in his name for ever .
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Now concerning Moses the man of God ,
his sons were named of the tribe of Levi .
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The sons of Moses were ,
Gershom ,
and Eliezer .
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Of the sons of Gershom ,
Shebuel was the chief .
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And the sons of Eliezer were ,
Rehabiah the chief .
And Eliezer had none other sons ;
but the sons of Rehabiah were very many .
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Of the sons of Izhar ;
Shelomith the chief .
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Of the sons of Hebron ;
Jeriah the first ,
Amariah the second ,
Jahaziel the third ,
and Jekameam the fourth .
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Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Michah the first ,
and Jesiah the second .
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The sons of Merari ;
Mahli ,
and Mushi .
The sons of Mahli ;
Eleazar ,
and Kish .
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And Eleazar died ,
and had no sons ,
but daughters :
and their brethren the sons of Kish took them .
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The sons of Mushi ;
Mahli ,
and Eder ,
and Jeremoth ,
three .
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These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers ;
even the chief of the fathers ,
as they were counted by number of names by their polls ,
that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD ,
from the age of twenty years and upward .
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For David said ,
The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people ,
that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever :
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And also unto the Levites ;
they shall no more carry the tabernacle ,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof .
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For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above :
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Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD ,
in the courts ,
and in the chambers ,
and in the purifying of all holy things ,
and the work of the service of the house of God ;
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Both for the shewbread ,
and for the fine flour for meat offering ,
and for the unleavened cakes ,
and for that which is baked in the pan ,
and for that which is fried ,
and for all manner of measure and size ;
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And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD ,
and likewise at even ;
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And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths ,
in the new moons ,
and on the set feasts ,
by number ,
according to the order commanded unto them ,
continually before the LORD :
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And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and the charge of the holy place ,
and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren ,
in the service of the house of the LORD .
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Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron .
The sons of Aaron ;
Nadab ,
and Abihu ,
Eleazar ,
and Ithamar .
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But Nadab and Abihu died before their father ,
and had no children :
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest '
s office .
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And David distributed them ,
both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar ,
and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar ,
according to their offices in their service .
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And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar ;
and thus were they divided .
Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers ,
and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers .
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Thus were they divided by lot ,
one sort with another ;
for the governors of the sanctuary ,
and governors of the house of God ,
were of the sons of Eleazar ,
and of the sons of Ithamar .
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And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe ,
one of the Levites ,
wrote them before the king ,
and the princes ,
and Zadok the priest ,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar ,
and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites :
one principal household being taken for Eleazar ,
and one taken for Ithamar .
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Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib ,
the second to Jedaiah ,
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The third to Harim ,
the fourth to Seorim ,
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The fifth to Malchijah ,
the sixth to Mijamin ,
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The seventh to Hakkoz ,
the eighth to Abijah ,
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The ninth to Jeshua ,
the tenth to Shecaniah ,
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The eleventh to Eliashib ,
the twelfth to Jakim ,
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The thirteenth to Huppah ,
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab ,
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The fifteenth to Bilgah ,
the sixteenth to Immer ,
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The seventeenth to Hezir ,
the eighteenth to Aphses ,
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The nineteenth to Pethahiah ,
the twentieth to Jehezekel ,
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The one and twentieth to Jachin ,
the two and twentieth to Gamul ,
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The three and twentieth to Delaiah ,
the four and twentieth to Maaziah .
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These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD ,
according to their manner ,
under Aaron their father ,
as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him .
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And the rest of the sons of Levi were these :
Of the sons of Amram ;
Shubael :
of the sons of Shubael ;
Jehdeiah .
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Concerning Rehabiah :
of the sons of Rehabiah ,
the first was Isshiah .
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Of the Izharites ;
Shelomoth :
of the sons of Shelomoth ;
Jahath .
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And the sons of Hebron ;
Jeriah the first ,
Amariah the second ,
Jahaziel the third ,
Jekameam the fourth .
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Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Michah :
of the sons of Michah ;
Shamir .
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The brother of Michah was Isshiah :
of the sons of Isshiah ;
Zechariah .
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The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi :
the sons of Jaaziah ;
Beno .
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The sons of Merari by Jaaziah ;
Beno ,
and Shoham ,
and Zaccur ,
and Ibri .
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Of Mahli came Eleazar ,
who had no sons .
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Concerning Kish :
the son of Kish was Jerahmeel .
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The sons also of Mushi ;
Mahli ,
and Eder ,
and Jerimoth .
These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers .
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These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king ,
and Zadok ,
and Ahimelech ,
and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites ,
even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren .
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Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph ,
and of Heman ,
and of Jeduthun ,
who should prophesy with harps ,
with psalteries ,
and with cymbals :
and the number of the workmen according to their service was :