^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 ²⁰Of 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.

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Footnotes

a 1 Chronicles 6:1–81 in the English Bible is 5:27–6:66 in the Hebrew Bible
bOr “fathers”
c“Joel” is from 1 Samuel 8:2, the parallel to this genealogy. The name has dropped out of the text here
dLiterally “to the hands of song”
eOr “meeting”