“David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.”
1 Chronicles 23:6 (WEB)
Context Reading
4David said, “Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of Yahweh’s house, six thousand were officers and judges, 5four thousand were doorkeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made for giving praise.” 6David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. 8The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel, three.