Leadership Verses

So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Of which, twenty and four thousand {were} to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand {were} officers and judges: {set...: or, oversee}

Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors {of the house} of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, {one} of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and {before} the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and {one} taken for Ithamar. {principal...: Heb. house of the father}

These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. {Asarelah: otherwise called Jesharelah} {according...: Heb. by the hands of the king}

All these {were} the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. {words: or, matters}

All these {were} under the hands of their father for song {in} the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. {according...: Heb. by the hands of the king}

And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, {was} ruler of the treasures.

Which Shelomith and his brethren {were} over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons {were} for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

{And} of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, {were} officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. {officers...: Heb. over the charge}