1 Chronicles 6–7

THE LEVITES

6Levi’s^p sons: Gershom,^C Kohath, and Merari.

²Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

³Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.

Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁴Eleazar fathered Phinehas;^q

Phinehas fathered Abishua;

⁵Abishua fathered Bukki;

Bukki fathered Uzzi;

⁶Uzzi fathered Zerahiah;

Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;

⁷Meraioth fathered Amariah;

Amariah fathered Ahitub;

⁸Ahitub fathered Zadok;

Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;

⁹Ahimaaz fathered Azariah;

Azariah fathered Johanan;

¹⁰Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;

¹¹Azariah fathered Amariah;

Amariah fathered Ahitub;

¹²Ahitub fathered Zadok;

Zadok fathered Shallum;

¹³Shallum fathered Hilkiah;

Hilkiah fathered Azariah;

¹⁴Azariah fathered Seraiah;

and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.

¹⁵Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.^r

¹⁶Levi’s^s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁷These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.

¹⁸Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

¹⁹Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:

²⁰Of Gershom: his son Libni,

his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

²¹his son Joah, his son Iddo,

his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

²²Kohath’s sons: his son Amminadab,

his son Korah, his son Assir,

²³his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph,

his son Assir, ²⁴his son Tahath,

his son Uriel, his son Uzziah,

and his son Shaul.

²⁵Elkanah’s sons: Amasai and Ahimoth,

²⁶his son Elkanah, his son Zophai,

his son Nahath, ²⁷his son Eliab,

his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

²⁸Samuel’s sons: his firstborn Joel,^a

and his second son Abijah.

²⁹Merari’s sons: Mahli, his son Libni,

his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

³⁰his son Shimea, his son Haggiah,

and his son Asaiah.

THE MUSICIANS

³¹These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord’s temple^b after the ark came to rest there.^{c 32}They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them. ³³These are the men who served with their sons.

From the Kohathites: Heman the singer,

son of Joel, son of Samuel,

³⁴son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham,

son of Eliel, son of Toah,

³⁵son of Zuph, son of Elkanah,

son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

³⁶son of Elkanah, son of Joel,

son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

³⁷son of Tahath, son of Assir,

son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

³⁸son of Izhar, son of Kohath,

son of Levi, son of Israel.

³⁹Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand:

Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

⁴⁰son of Michael, son of Baaseiah,

son of Malchijah, ⁴¹son of Ethni,

son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

⁴²son of Ethan, son of Zimmah,

son of Shimei, ⁴³son of Jahath,

son of Gershom, son of Levi.

⁴⁴On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:

Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,

son of Malluch, ⁴⁵son of Hashabiah,

son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

⁴⁶son of Amzi, son of Bani,

son of Shemer, ⁴⁷son of Mahli,

son of Mushi, son of Merari,

son of Levi.

AARON’S DESCENDANTS

⁴⁸Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings^d and on the altar of incense^e to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.^f

⁵⁰These^g are Aaron’s sons: his son Eleazar,

his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

⁵¹his son Bukki, his son Uzzi,

his son Zerahiah, ⁵²his son Meraioth,

his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

⁵³his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

THE SETTLEMENTS OF THE LEVITES

⁵⁴These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.^{h 55}Theyⁱ were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, ⁵⁶but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷Aaron’s descendants were given:^j

Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, ⁵⁸Hilen^A and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, ⁵⁹Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands. ⁶⁰From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns in all among their families.

⁶¹To the rest of the Kohathites, ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.^k

⁶²The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

⁶³The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.^{a 64}So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.^{b 65}They assigned by lot the towns named above^c from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

⁶⁶Some^d of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

⁶⁷Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands, ⁶⁸Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands, ⁶⁹Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands. ⁷⁰From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

⁷¹The Gershomites received:

Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh. ⁷²From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, ⁷³Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands. ⁷⁴From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, ⁷⁵Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands. ⁷⁶From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

⁷⁷The rest of the Merarites received:

From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands. ⁷⁸From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands, ⁷⁹Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands. ⁸⁰From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, ⁸¹Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

ISSACHAR’S DESCENDANTS

7Issachar’s sons:^e Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

²Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.^f

³Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah.

Izrahiah’s sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the family records of their ancestral families, for they had many wives and children. ⁵Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

BENJAMIN’S DESCENDANTS

⁶Three^g of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

⁷Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

⁸Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. ⁹Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families—20,200 valiant warriors.

¹⁰Jediael’s son: Bilhan.

Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army. ¹²Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

NAPHTALI’S DESCENDANTS

¹³Naphtali’s sons:^h Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah’s sons.

MANASSEH’S DESCENDANTS

¹⁴Manasseh’sⁱ sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

¹⁶Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

¹⁷Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh. ¹⁸His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

¹⁹Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

EPHRAIM’S DESCENDANTS

²⁰Ephraim’s^a sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered,

his son Tahath, his son Eleadah,

his son Tahath, ²¹his son Zabad,

his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead.

The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle. ²²Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives^A came to comfort him. ²³He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.^{B 24}His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon^b and Uzzen-sheerah,

²⁵his son Rephah,^C his son Resheph,

his son Telah, his son Tahan,

²⁶his son Ladan, his son Ammihud,

his son Elishama, ²⁷his son Nun,

and his son Joshua.^c

²⁸Their holdings and settlements were Bethel^d and its surrounding villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages, ²⁹and along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean,…