21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
22And at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
23The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.
24These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.
25For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel, has given his people rest, and he has made his resting-place in Jerusalem for ever;
26And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
27So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
