1 Chronicles 5–6

Chapter 5

Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

²But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.)

³The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

⁴The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son,

⁵Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

⁶Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

⁷And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

⁸And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

⁹And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.

¹⁰And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.

¹¹And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan, as far as Selcha:

¹²Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

¹³And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.

¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of Buz.

¹⁵And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house in their families,

¹⁶And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Basan and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders.

¹⁷All these were numbered in the days of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸The Sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war.

¹⁹They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab,

²⁰Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

²¹And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.

²²And many fell down slain: for it was the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.

²³And the children of the half tribe of Manasses possessed the land, from the borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their number was great.

²⁴And these were the heads of the house of their kindred, Epher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia, and Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and powerful men, and famous chiefs in their families.

²⁵But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phul king of the Assyrians. and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king of Assur: and he carried away Ruben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, and brought them to Lahela, and to Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

Chapter 6

The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

²The Sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The Sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phinees begot Abisue,

⁵And Abisue begot Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.

⁶Ozi begot Zaraias, and Zaraias begot Maraioth.

⁷And Maraioth begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob.

⁸Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.

⁹Achimaas begot Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,

¹⁰Johanan begot Azarias. This is he that executed the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

¹¹And Azarias begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob.

¹²And Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Sellum,

¹³Sellum begot Helcias, and Helcias begot Azarias,

¹⁴Azarias begot Saraias, and Saraias begot Josedec.

¹⁵Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem, by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

¹⁶So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

¹⁸The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

¹⁹The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

²⁰Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,

²¹Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

²²The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,

²³Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son,

²⁴Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias his son, Saul his son.

²⁵The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth.

²⁶And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: Sophai his son, Nahath his son,

²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.

²⁸The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.

²⁹And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

³⁰Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Asaia his son.

³¹These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed.

³²And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony, with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their order in the ministry.

³³And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Sammuel,

³⁴The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

³⁵The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

³⁶The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

³⁷The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,

³⁸The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa.

⁴⁰The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the, son of Melchia.

⁴¹The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia.

⁴²The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei.

⁴³The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,

⁴⁵The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasai, the son of Helcias,

⁴⁶The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,

⁴⁷The son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁵⁰And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son,

⁵¹Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia his son,

⁵²Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son,

⁵³Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

⁵⁴And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

⁵⁵And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

⁵⁶But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,

⁵⁸And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir with their suburbs:

⁵⁹Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs.

⁶⁰And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

⁶¹And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in possession.

⁶²And to the sons of Gerson by their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.

⁶³And to the sons of Merari by their families out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

⁶⁴And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.

⁶⁵And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they called by their names.

⁶⁶And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,

⁶⁸Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Beth-horon in like manner,

⁶⁹Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethremmon in like manner,

⁷⁰And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs, to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

⁷¹And to the sons of Gersom, out the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its suburbs.

⁷²Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs;

⁷³Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.

⁷⁴And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal with…