^6:4Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas was the father of Abishua. ^6:5Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi. ^6:6Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth. ^6:7Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. ^6:8Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz. ^6:9Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan. ^6:10Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem.²^6:11Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. ^6:12Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum. ^6:13Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. ^6:14Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. ^6:15Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of³ Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

^{6:16 (6:1)}⁴ The sons of Levi:

Gershom,⁵ Kohath, and Merari.

^6:17These are the names of the sons Gershom:

Libni and Shimei.

^6:18The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

^6:19The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the clans of the Levites by their families.⁶

^6:20To Gershom:

His son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, ^6:21his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

^6:22The sons⁷ of Kohath:

His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, ^6:23his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, ^6:24his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

^6:25The sons of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,⁸^6:26his son Elkanah,⁹ his son Zophai, his son Nahath, ^6:27his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.¹⁰

^6:28The sons of Samuel:

Joel the firstborn¹¹ and Abijah the second oldest.

^6:29The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, ^6:30his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

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^6:31These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary,¹² after the ark was placed there. ^6:32They performed music¹³ before the sanctuary¹⁴ of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem.¹⁵ They carried out their tasks according to regulations.

^6:33These are the ones who served along with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel, ^6:34son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, ^6:35son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, ^6:36son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, ^6:37son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, ^6:38son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

^6:39Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph,¹⁶ son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, ^6:40son of Michael, son of Baaseiah,¹⁷ son of Malkijah, ^6:41son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, ^6:42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, ^6:43son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

^6:44Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by¹⁸ Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, ^6:45son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, ^6:46son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, ^6:47son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

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Footnotes

1 Beginning with 6:1, the verse numbers through 6:81 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (), with 6:1 = 5:27 , 6:2 = 5:28 , 6:16 = 6:1 , etc., through 6:81 = 6:66 . Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the and are again the same.
2 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
3 The words “the people of” are added in the translation for clarification.
4 Chapter 6 of 1 Chr begins here in the Hebrew text; 6:16–81 = 6:1–66 . See the note at .
5 The name “Gershom” (also in vv. 17, 20, 43, 62, 71) appears as “Gershon” in 1 Chr 6:1.
6 Heb “by their fathers.”
7 Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.
8 Heb “and Achimoth.”
9 The consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib) has, “Elkanah, his son, Elkanah.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah.” The text probably originally read simply, “Elkanah his son.”
10 After the last named individual (“Elkanah” in v. 27) some insert the words “Samuel his son” to facilitate a transition to the following verse, which beings “and the sons of Samuel.” Among the English versions that include this added phrase are , , and .
11 The Hebrew text lacks the name יוֹאֵל (yo’el, “Joel”), which has probably dropped out due to homoioteleuton (note the last three letters of the preceding name שְׁמוּאֵל (shémuel, “Samuel”).
12 Heb “house.”
13 Heb “they were serving … with music.”
14 Or traditionally “tabernacle.”
15 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
16 Heb “and his brother Asaph, the one who stood at his right hand.”
17 A few Hebrew , one , and the read “Maaseiah.”
18 Heb “and the sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left.”