1 Chronicles 6:1–47

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.