1 Chronicles 5–6

The Descendants of Reuben

5The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but when he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that he was not enrolled in the genealogy as the firstborn, ²though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, but the birthright belonged to Joseph). ³The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ⁴The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶Beerah his son, a leader of the Reubenites, whom Tiglath-Pilneser king of Assyria deported into exile. ⁷And his kinsmen by their families, when their generations were recorded in the genealogy: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon. ⁹He also lived to the east up to the entrance of the desert this side of^a the River Euphrates, for their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. ¹⁰And in the days of Saul they made war against the Hagrites, and they^b fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents in all the region east of Gilead.

The Descendants of Gad

¹¹And the sons of Gad lived near to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: ¹²Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. ¹⁵Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ households. ¹⁶And they lived in Gilead, in Bashan, and in its towns,^c and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. ¹⁷All of them were enrolled in the genealogy in the days of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

¹⁸The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant^d men who carried a shield and a sword, and archers, and who were expert in war, forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty for going out as an army. ¹⁹And they made war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. ²⁰And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he responded to their prayer because they trusted in him. ²¹And they captured their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels; two hundred and fifty thousand sheep; two thousand donkeys; and one hundred thousand men alive. ²²For many were slain because the war was of God. And they lived under them until the exile.

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

²³And the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They were numerous. ²⁴Now these were the heads of their fathers’ households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of strength, famous men,^e heads of their fathers’ households. ²⁵But they transgressed against the God of their ancestors^f and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pilneser, king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, until this day.

6^a The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua; ⁵Abishua fathered Bukki; Bukki fathered Uzzi; ⁶Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth; ⁷Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub; ⁸Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz; ⁹Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; Azariah fathered Johanan; ¹⁰and Johanan fathered Azariah. It was he who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ¹¹And Azariah fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub; ¹²Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Shallum; ¹³Shallum fathered Hilkiah; Hilkiah fathered Azariah; ¹⁴Azariah fathered Seraiah; Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. ¹⁵And Jehozadak went into exile when Yahweh sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

The Descendants of Levi

¹⁶The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷Now these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their ancestors.^{b 20}Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. ²²The 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: Joel^c his firstborn and Abijah the second. ²⁹The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

David’s Appointees for Music in the Temple

³¹Now these are the men whom David appointed for control of singing^d in the house of Yahweh where the ark rested. ³²They were ministering with song before the tabernacle of the tent of assembly^e until Solomon built the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their order with respect to their duty. ³³Now these are those who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, son of Samuel, 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 Asaph, who stood on his right namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, ⁴⁰son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malkijah, 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 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. ⁴⁸And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

The Descendants of Aaron

⁵⁰Now 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. ⁵⁴And these are their dwellings according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for the first lot was theirs, ⁵⁵and they gave to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, ⁵⁶but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, ⁵⁸Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, ⁵⁹Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-Shemesh with its pasturelands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities were thirteen cities throughout their clans. ⁶¹To the Kohathites who remained from the family of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, were given by lot ten cities. ⁶²To the Gershomites according to their clans thirteen cities were allotted out of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. ⁶³To the Merarites twelve cities were allotted according to their clans out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun. ⁶⁴So the Israelites^f gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. ⁶⁵And they gave by lot out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name. ⁶⁶And of the clans of the sons of Kohath were cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷And they gave them the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, ⁶⁸Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-Horon with its pasturelands, ⁶⁹Aijalon with its pasturelands, and Gath-Rimmon with its pasturelands. ⁷⁰And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining clans of the Kohathites. ⁷¹To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands. ⁷²And out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, ⁷³Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands. ⁷⁴And out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, ⁷⁵Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands. ^76…