concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 13:022:014 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. 13:022:015 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 13:022:016 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. 13:022:017 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 13:022:018 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. 13:022:019 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. 13:023:001 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 13:023:002 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 13:023:003 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 13:023:004 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: 13:023:005 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 13:023:006 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.