These were the potters and those who lived [among plantations and hedges] at Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

They found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful; for those who had lived there previously came from Ham [and had left it a better place for those who came after them].

These are the men who crossed over the Jordan in the first month when it had overflowed all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, east and west.

Those of the tribe of Judah who carried shield and spear were 6,800, armed for war;

of the tribe of Simeon, brave warriors, 7,100;

of the tribe of Levi, 4,600.

Also those who were [living] near them [from] as far as [the tribes of] Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen, abundant supplies of flour, cakes of figs and raisins, wine, [olive] oil, oxen, and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

With them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who were to sound aloud, and instruments for [accompanying] the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the gate.

These were the Levites by their fathers’ households, the heads of the fathers’ households of those registered, according to the number of names of the individuals who were the servants of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, for the Lord had said he would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven.

Ezri the son of Chelub was in charge of those who did the work of the field, tilling the soil.

David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders (officials) of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, with the palace officers and the mighty men, and all the brave warriors.

Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name.