1 Chronicles 6:1–47

Descendants of Levi

6^{1 h}The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ²ⁱThe sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ^3jThe children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. ^kThe sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ^4lmEleazar fathered ⁿPhinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, ⁵Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, ⁶Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered ^oMeraioth, ⁷Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, ^8pAhitub fathered ^qZadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, ⁹Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, ¹⁰and Johanan fathered Azariah (^rit was he who served as priest ^sin the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). ^11lAzariah fathered ^tAmariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, ¹²Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered ^uShallum, ¹³Shallum fathered ^vHilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, ¹⁴Azariah fathered ^wSeraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; ¹⁵and ^xJehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile ^yby the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶² The ^zsons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: ^aLibni and Shimei. ^18bThe sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ^19cThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. ^20dOf Gershom: Libni his son, ^eJahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. ^22fThe sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, ²⁶Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸The sons of Samuel: Joel³ his firstborn, the second Abijah.^{4 29g}The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

³¹These are the men ^hwhom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord ⁱafter the ark rested there. ³²They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. ³³These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of ^jSamuel, 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; ³⁹and his brother ^kAsaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the 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 hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the 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.