# General Information:

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

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Some of David's men counted the Levites who were 30 years old and older" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# They numbered thirty-eight thousand

"There were 38,000 of them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])