1 Chronicles
6
- The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron
and Uzziel.
- The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and
Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas
the father of Abishua,
- Abishua the father of Bukki, Bukki the father
of Uzzi,
- Uzzi the father of Zerahiah, Zerahiah the
father of Meraioth,
- Meraioth the father of Amariah, Amariah
the father of Ahitub,
- Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father
of Ahimaaz,
- Ahimaaz the father of Azariah, Azariah the
father of Johanan,
- Johanan the father of Azariah (it was he
who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),
- Azariah the father of Amariah, Amariah the
father of Ahitub,
- Ahitub the father of Zadok, Zadok the father
of Shallum,
- Shallum the father of Hilkiah, Hilkiah the
father of Azariah,
- Azariah the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah
the father of Jehozadak.
- Jehozadak was deported when the LORD sent
Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
- The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- These are the names of the sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei.
- The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron
and Uzziel.
- The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These
are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
- Of Gershon: Libni his son, Jehath his son,
Zimmah his son,
- Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son
and Jeatherai his son.
- The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his
son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
- Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir
his son,
- Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his
son and Shaul his son.
- The descendants of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth,
- Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath
his son,
- Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah
his son and Samuel his son.
- The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn and
Abijah the second son.
- The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni
his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
- Shimea his son, Haggiah his son and Asaiah
his son.
- These are the men David put in charge of
the music in the house of the LORD after the ark came to rest there.
- They ministered with music before the tabernacle,
the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.
They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.
- Here are the men who served, together with
their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman, the musician, the son of Joel, the
son of Samuel,
- the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
- the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the
son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
- the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the
son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
- the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the
son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
- the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
son of Levi, the son of Israel;
- and Heman's associate Asaph, who served
at his right hand: Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,
- the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,
the son of Malkijah,
- the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the
son of Adaiah,
- the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the
son of Shimei,
- the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the
son of Levi;
- and from their associates, the Merarites,
at his left hand: Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
- the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah,
the son of Hilkiah,
- the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son
of Shemer,
- the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the
son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- Their fellow Levites were assigned to all
the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God.
- But Aaron and his descendants were the ones
who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of
incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making
atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God
had commanded.
- These were the descendants of Aaron: Eleazar
his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
- Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his
son,
- Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub
his son,
- Zadok his son and Ahimaaz his son.
- These were the locations of their settlements
allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron
who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):
- They were given Hebron in Judah with its
surrounding pasturelands.
- But the fields and villages around the city
were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
- So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron
(a city of refuge), and Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
- Hilen, Debir,
- Ashan, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together
with their pasturelands.
- And from the tribe of Benjamin they were
given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands.
These towns, which were distributed among the Kohathite clans, were thirteen
in all.
- The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted
ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.
- The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan,
were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali,
and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.
- The descendants of Merari, clan by clan,
were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.
- So the Israelites gave the Levites these
towns and their pasturelands.
- From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin
they allotted the previously named towns.
- Some of the Kohathite clans were given as
their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
- In the hill country of Ephraim they were
given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,
- Jokmeam, Beth Horon,
- Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their
pasturelands.
- And from half the tribe of Manasseh the
Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the
rest of the Kohathite clans.
- The Gershonites received the following:
From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they received Golan in Bashan
and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;
- from the tribe of Issachar they received
Kedesh, Daberath,
- Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;
- from the tribe of Asher they received Mashal,
Abdon,
- Hukok and Rehob, together with their pasturelands;
- and from the tribe of Naphtali they received
Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon and Kiriathaim, together with their pasturelands.
- The Merarites (the rest of the Levites)
received the following: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Jokneam, Kartah,
Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;
- from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan
east of Jericho they received Bezer in the desert, Jahzah,
- Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with their
pasturelands;
- and from the tribe of Gad they received
Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim,
- Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
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