He said to them, "You [are] the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to [the place] I have prepared for it.

These [were] the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses -- the heads of the fathers' [houses] as they were counted individually by the number of their names, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and above.

These also cast lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and Levites. The chief fathers [did] just as their younger brethren.

of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every [kind] of weapon of war.

"And take notice: Amariah the chief priest [is] over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters; also the Levites [will be] officials before you. Behave courageously, and the LORD will be with the good."