Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez and said, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

David steadily grew more powerful, and the Lord of Hosts was with him.

David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he became the father of more sons and daughters.

What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? You know Your servant.

“Notice I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the Lord—3,775 tons of gold, 37,750 tons of silver, and bronze and iron that can’t be weighed because there is so much of it. I have also provided timber and stone, but you will need to add more to them.

These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses—the heads of families, according to their registration by name in the headcount—20 years old or more, who worked in the service of the Lord’s temple.

for according to the last words of David, the Levites 20 years old or more were to be counted—

Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: 16 heads of ancestral houses were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral houses were from Ithamar’s.