The rest of their fellow Levites ¹  were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary. ² 

There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, ¹  for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ¹ 

I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’” ¹ 

David then said, “This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families.

His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected.

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.

and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the Lord’s temple.

Realize ¹  now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”

All who possessed precious ¹  stones donated them to the treasury of the Lord’s temple, which was under the supervision of Jehiel the Gershonite.

These were the leaders of their families: ¹  Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, ²  and leaders of their families.

When David had settled into his palace, ¹  he ²  said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace ³  made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” ⁴ 

These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. ¹ 

Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. ¹ 

The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. ¹