(David appoints Solomon as his successor and organizes Levitical priests and staff for temple service)

## The Levites who were thirty years old and older were counted ##

AT: "Some of David's men counted the Levites who were 30 years old and older" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## They numbered thirty-eight thousand ##

eight thousand** - AT: "There were 38,000"