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The Levites prepared all the burnt offerings to the Lord on the Sabbath days, during New Moon celebrations, and on the other special meeting days. They served before the Lord every day. There were special rules for how many Levites should serve each time.

These were the groups chosen to serve in the Lord 's Temple. They obeyed Aaron's rules for serving in the Temple. The Lord , the God of Israel, had given them to Aaron.

They were chosen for special jobs by throwing lots, like their relatives, the priests. The priests were Aaron's descendants. They threw lots in front of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the leaders of the priests' and Levite families. The older families and the younger families were treated the same when their jobs were chosen.

David and the leaders of the army separated the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun for special service. Their special service was to prophesy God's message with harps, lyres, and cymbals. Here is a list of the men who served this way:

Each family was given a gate to guard. Lots were thrown to choose a gate for a family. Young and old were treated the same.

Meshelemiah was chosen to guard the East Gate. Then lots were thrown for Meshelemiah's son Zechariah. Zechariah was a wise counselor. Zechariah was chosen for the North Gate.

Obed Edom was chosen for the South Gate. And Obed Edom's sons were chosen to guard the house where the valuable things were kept.

Shuppim and Hosah were chosen for the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road. Guards stood side by side.

Ahijah was from the tribe of Levi. Ahijah was responsible for taking care of the valuable things in God's Temple. Ahijah also was responsible for the places where the holy things were kept.

Jehieli's sons were Zetham and Zetham's brother Joel. They were responsible for the valuable things in the Lord 's Temple.

Shubael was the leader responsible for the valuable things kept in the Temple. Shubael was Gershom's son. Gershom was Moses' son.

Shelomith and his relatives were responsible for everything that David had collected for the Temple. The officers of the army also gave things for the Temple.

They gave some of the things taken in wars. They gave these things to be used for the Lord 's Temple.

Shelomith and his relatives took care of all the things that people gave to be used for the Temple. This included the things given by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah.

Hashabiah was from the Hebron family. Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for all the Lord 's work and for the king's business in Israel west of the Jordan River. There were 1700 powerful men in Hashabiah's group.

The family history of the Hebron family shows that Jeriah was their leader. When David had been king for 40 years, he ordered his people to search through the family histories for strong and skilled men. Some of them were found among the Hebron family living in the town of Jazer in Gilead.

Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first group for the first month. There were 24,000 men in Jashobeam's group.

Jashobeam, one of Perez's descendants, was leader of all the army officers for the first month.

Dodai, from the Ahoahites, was in charge of the army group for the second month. Mikloth was a leader in that group. There were 24,000 men in Dodai's group.

The third commander, for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the leading priest. There were 24,000 men in Benaiah's group.