1 Chronicles 9

9^*So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, ^athey were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their ^btransgression.

^2*cNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and ^dthe Nethinims. ^3eAnd in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; ⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of ^fPharez the son of Judah. ⁵And of the ^gShilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. ⁶And of the sons of ^fZerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin; ^hSallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, ⁸And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; ⁹And their brethren, according to their generations, ⁱnine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers ⁱⁱin the house of their fathers.

^10jAnd of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, ¹¹And ^||Azariah the son of ^kHilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of ^kZadok, the son of ^kMeraioth, the son of ^kAhitub, ^lthe ruler of the house of God; ^12mAnd Adaiah the son of ^mJeroham, the son of ^mPashur, the son of Malchijah, and ⁿMaasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of ⁿⁿImmer; ¹³And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; ^†very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

^14oAnd of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵And ^pBakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and ^qMattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of ^rAsaph; ¹⁶And ^pObadiah the son of ^pShemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of ^sJeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the ^tNetophathites. ¹⁷And the porters were, ^uShallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; ¹⁸Who hitherto waited in ^wthe king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of ^xEbiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, ^ythe Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the ^†gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry. ²⁰And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and ^zthe Lord was with him. ²¹And ^aZechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²²All these which were ^bchosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom ^aDavid and Samuel ^cthe seer ^†did ordain in their ^||set office. ²³So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. ²⁴In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren, which were ^din their villages, were to come ^eafter seven days from time to time with them. ²⁶For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their ^||set office, and were over the ^||chambers and treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged round about the house of God, because ^fthe charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. ²⁸And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should ^†bring them in and out by tale. ²⁹Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the ^||instruments of the sanctuary, and ^gthe fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests ^hmade the ointment of the spices. ³¹And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of ⁱShallum the Korahite, had the ^||set office over the things that were made ^||in the pans. ³²And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were ^jover the ^†shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. ³³And these are ^kthe singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were ^lfree: for ^†they were employed in that work ^mday and night. ³⁴These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

³⁵ⁿAnd in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah: ³⁶And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, ³⁷And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

^39oAnd Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. ⁴⁰And the son of Jonathan was ^pMerib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. ⁴¹And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, ^qand Ahaz. ⁴²And Ahaz begat ^rJarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; ⁴³And Moza begat Binea; and ^sRephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ⁴⁴And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.