Verse 4

And prepare your selues by your auncient housholdes, and companies, according to the writing of Dauid king of Israel, and the writing of Solomon his sonne:

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 8:14 : 14 And Solomon set the sortes of priestes to their offices as Dauid his father had ordered them, and the Leuites in their watches, for to prayse and minister before the priestes day by day, and the porters by course at euery gate: for so had Dauid the man of God commaunded.
• 1 Chr 23:1-9 : 1 So when Dauid was olde and full of dayes, he made Solomon his sonneking ouer Israel. 2 And then he gathered together all the lordes of Israel, with the priestes and the Leuites. 3 And the Leuites were numbred from the age of thirtie yeres and aboue: and the number and summe of them was thirtie and eyght thousande men. 4 Of which twentie and foure thousand were set to further the worke of the house of the Lorde: and sixe thousande were officers and iudges. 5 Foure thousande were porters, & foure thousand praysed the Lorde with such instrumentes as was made to prayse withall. 6 And so Dauid put an order among them deuiding them, in partes: Of the children of Leui, Gerson, Caath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gersonites was Laadan, and Semei. 8 The sounes of Laadan, the chiefe was Iehiel, Zethan, and Ioel, three. 9 The sonnes of Semei: Selomith, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the auncient fathers of Laadan. 10 And the sonnes of Semei: were, Iahath, Zina, Ieus, & Beria: these foure were the sonnes of Semei. 11 And Iahath was the chiefe, Ziza the seconde: but Ieus, and Beria had not many sonnes, therfore they were in one reckening according to their fathers housholde, reckened for one auncient housholde. 12 The sonnes of Caath: Amram, Izahar, Hebron, and Uzziel, foure. 13 The sonnes of Amram: Aaron, and Moyses: And Aaron was separated to haue the rule of the holy thinges in the place most holy, he & his sonnes for euer, and to burne incense before the Lorde, and to minister vnto him, and to blesse in his name for euer. 14 Moyses also the man of God, and his children, were named with the tribe of Leui. 15 The sonnes of Moyses: Gerso, & Eliezer. 16 Of the sonnes of Gersom, Sebuel was the chiefe. 17 The sonnes of Eliezer, Rehabia the chiefe: And Eliezer had none other sonnes, but the sonnes of Rehabia were verie many. 18 The sonnes of Izahar, Selomith the chiefe. 19 The sonnes of Hebron, Ieriahu the first, Amaria the seconde, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iermaam the fourth. 20 The sonnes of Uzziel: Micha the first, and Iesia the seconde. 21 The sonnes of Merati: Mahli, & Musi. The sonnes of Mahli: Eleazar and Cis. 22 And Eleazar dyed, and had no sonnes, but daughters: and their brethren the sonnes of Cis toke them. 23 The sonnes of Musi: Mahli, Eder, and Ieremoth, three. 24 These are the children of Leui after the houshold of their fathers, euen the auncient of the fathers according to their offices, and after the number and summe of the names of them that dyd the worke in the seruice of the house of the Lord, from the age of twentie yeres and aboue. 25 And Dauid sayde: The Lorde God of Israel hath geuen rest vnto his people, that they may dwell in Hierusalem for euer. 26 That the Leuites also shoulde nowe no more beare the tabernacle, and al the vessels for the seruice thereof.
• 1 Chr 24:1 : 1 These are the deuisions of the sonnes of Aaro. The sonnes of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
• Neh 11:10-20 : 10 Of the priestes: Iedatah the sonne of Ioiarib, Iachin, 11 Saraiah the sonne of Helkia, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Zador, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Achitob, was chiefe in the house of God, 12 And their brethren that dyd the worke in the temple, eyght hundred and twentie and two: And Adaia the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Pelaliah, the sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Zachari, the sonne of Phashur, the sonne of Malchia, 13 And his brethren chiefe among the fathers, two hundred and fourtie & two: And Amasai the sonne of Azrael, the sonne of Ahasai, the sonne of Moselemoth, the sonne of Immer, 14 And their brethren valiaunt men, an hundred and twentie and eyght: And their ouersear was Zabdiel a sonne of one of the great men. 15 Of the Leuites: Semeia the sonne of Hasub, the sonne of Azarikam, the sonne of Hasabia, the sonne of Buni, 16 And Sabathai, and Iosabad of the chiefe of the Leuites, had the ouersight of the outwarde businesse of the house of God. 17 And Mathania, the sonne of Micha, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Asaph, was the principall to begin the thankesgeuing and prayer: and Bacbucia the seconde among his brethren, and Abda the sonne of Sammua, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Ieduthun. 18 All the Leuites in the holy citie, were two hundred foure score and foure. 19 And the porters Accub and Talmon, and their brethren that kept the portes, were an hundred and seuentie and two. 20 As for the residue of Israel, of the priestes and Leuites, they were in al the cities of Iuda, euery one in his inheritaunce.
• 1 Chr 9:10-34 : 10 And of the priestes: Iedaia, Iehoiarib, and Iachin, 11 Azaria the sonne of Helkia, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Zadoc, the sonne of Maraioth, the sonne of Ahitob the chiefest in the house of God. 12 And Adaiah the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Phashur, the sonne of Melchia: and Maasi the sonne of Adiel, the sonne of Iehezrah, the sonne of Mesullam, the sonne of Mesillamith, the sonne of Immer. 13 And their brethren which were heads of the auncient housholdes of their fathers, a thousand seuen hundred and threescore, actiue men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God. 14 And of the Leuites: Semeia the sonne of Hasub, ye sonne of Africam, the sonne of Hasabia of the sonnes of Merari. 15 And Bacbakar Heres, and Galal: And Mathania the sonne of Micah, the sonne of Zicri, the sonne of Asaph. 16 And Obadia the sonne of Semeia, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Iduthun: And Berechia the sonne of Aza, the sonne of Elcana, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 The porters were, Sallum, Accub, Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brother: Sallum was the chiefe. 18 For they watched hitherto, euen vnto the kinges gate eastwarde by course, the children of Leui. 19 And Sallum the sonne of Core, the sonne of Abiasaph, the sonne of Corah, and his brethren the Corathites of the house of their father, had their busines and office to kepe the porches of the tabernacle: and their fathers being ouer the hoast of the Lorde, kept the entering. 20 And Phinehes the sonne of Eliazar was their foreguide, and the Lord was with him. 21 And Zacharia the sonne of Meselemia kept the watch before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these were chosen men to kepe the thressholdes, euen two hundred and twelue: and throughout all the genealogie wer they numbred in their villages: And them did Dauid and Samuel the sear institute, because of their fidelitie. 23 So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lorde, euen of the tabernacle, to kepe them. 24 In foure quarters did they kepe the watch: toward the east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brethren remayned in the countrey, and came after seuen dayes from tyme to tyme with them. 26 For the Leuites which had the ouersight of the vestries and treasures of the house of God, were vnder the custody of foure notable porters. 27 And they laye rounde about the house of God, because the keping thereof pertayned to them, and they had the charge to open it euery mornyng. 28 And certaine of them had the rule of the ministring vessels, & brought them in and out by tale. 29 Some of them were appoynted to ouersee the vessels, and al the ornaments of the sanctuarie, and the flowre, wine, oyle, frankencense, and sweete odours. 30 And certaine of the sonnes of the priestes made oyntmentes of the sweete odours. 31 And Mathathia one of the Leuites, (which was the eldest sonne of Sallum the Corathite) had the ouersight of the thinges that were made in the frying panne. 32 And other of their brethren the sonnes of Cahath had the ouersight of the shew bread, which they prepared euery Sabbath. 33 These are the singers, euen auncient fathers of the Leuites, which dwelt in seperate chambers and were free: for they had to doe in the temple both day and nyght. 34 These were auncient fathers of the Leuites in their generations, & dwelt at Hierusalem.