1 Chronicles 6

6^*aThe sons of Levi; ^||Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ²And the sons of Kohath; Amram, ^bIzhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. ³And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; ^cNadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

^4dEleazar begat ^ePhinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, ⁵And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, ⁶And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat ^fMeraioth, ⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat ^fAhitub, ⁸And ^gAhitub begat Zadok, and ^hZadok begat ⁱAhimaaz, ⁹And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, ¹⁰And ^jJohanan begat ^kAzariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office ^†in the temple ^lthat Solomon built in Jerusalem:) ¹¹And Azariah begat ^llAmariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, ¹²And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat ^||Shallum, ¹³And Shallum begat ^mHilkiah, and Hilkiah begat ^mmAzariah, ¹⁴And Azariah begat ⁿSeraiah, and Seraiah begat ^oJehozadak, ¹⁵And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem ^pby the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

^16qThe sons of Levi; ^||Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; ^rLibni, and Shimei. ¹⁸And ^sthe sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and ^tHebron, and Uzziel. ^19uThe sons of Merari; ^tMahli, and ^tMushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

^20vOf Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ^21||Joah his son, ^||Iddo his son, Zerah his son, ^||Jeaterai his son.

^22wThe sons of Kohath; ^||Amminadab his son, ^tKorah his son, ^xAssir his son, ²³Elkanah his son, and ^yEbiasaph his son, and Assir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, ^||Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ^25zAnd the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. ²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; ^||Zophai his son, and ^||Nahath his son, ^27||Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. ²⁸And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn ^||Vashni, and Abiah.

²⁹The sons of Merari; ^aMahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

^31*And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, ^bafter that the ark had rest. ³²And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. ³³And these are they that ^†waited with their children.

Of the sons of the Kohathites: ^cHeman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of ^dShemuel, ³⁴The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of ^||Toah, ³⁵The son of ^||Zuph, the son of ^eElkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶The son of Elkanah, the son of ^||Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ³⁷The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, ³⁸The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁹And his brother ^fAsaph, who stood ^gon his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, ⁴⁰The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, ⁴¹The son of ^hEthni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, ⁴²The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, ⁴³The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴And their brethren the sons of Merari ⁱstood ^gon the left hand: ^k||Ethan the son of ^||Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, ⁴⁵The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, ⁴⁷The son of ^lMahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸Their brethren also the Levites were ^mappointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered ⁿupon the altar of the burnt offering, and ^oon the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and ^pto make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. ^50qAnd these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴Now these are their dwelling places throughout their ^rcastles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: ^sfor theirs was the lot. ^55tAnd they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. ⁵⁶But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and ^uEshtemoa, with their suburbs, ⁵⁸And ^||Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, ⁵⁹And ^w||Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: ⁶⁰And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and ^x||Alemeth with her suburbs, and ^xAnathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were ^ythirteen cities.

⁶¹And unto the sons of Kohath, ^zwhich were left of the family of ^athat tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ^bten cities. ^62cAnd to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ^63dUnto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ^64eAnd the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. ^65fAnd they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, ^gthese cities, which are called by their names. ^66hAnd the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, ⁶⁸And ^i||Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, ⁶⁹And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: ^70jAnd out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and ^kBileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

^71lUnto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and ^mAshtaroth with her suburbs: ⁷²And out of the tribe of Issachar; ⁿKedesh with her suburbs, ^oDaberath with her suburbs, ⁷³And ^pRamoth with her suburbs, and ^pAnem with her suburbs: ⁷⁴And out of the tribe of Asher; ^qMashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, ⁷⁵And ^rHukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: ⁷⁶And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and ^sHammon with her suburbs, and ^sKirjathaim with her suburbs.

^77tUnto ^uthe rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, ^xRimmon with her suburbs, ^xTabor with her suburbs: ⁷⁸And ^yon the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and ^zJahzah with her suburbs, ⁷⁹Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: ⁸⁰And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, ⁸¹And ^aHeshbon with her suburbs, and ^bJazer with her suburbs.