1 Chronicles 6:1–7:40

Levi

6 a The sons of Levi:h

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

2 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.i

3 The children of Amram:

Aaron, Moses and Miriam.j

The sons of Aaron:

Nadab, Abihu,k Eleazarl and Ithamar.m

4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,n

Phinehas the father of Abishua,

5 Abishua the father of Bukki,

Bukki the father of Uzzi,

6 Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,

Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,

7 Meraioth the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

8 Ahitub the father of Zadok,o

Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,

9 Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,

Azariah the father of Johanan,

10 Johanan the father of Azariahp (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),

11 Azariah the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

12 Ahitub the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Shallum,

13 Shallum the father of Hilkiah,q

Hilkiah the father of Azariah,

14 Azariah the father of Seraiah,r

and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.b

15 Jozadaks was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi:t

Gershon,c Kohath and Merari.u

17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.v

18 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.w

19 The sons of Merari:x

Mahli and Mushi.y

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

20 Of Gershon:

Libni his son, Jahath his son,

Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son,

Iddo his son, Zerah his son

and Jeatherai his son.

22 The descendants of Kohath:

Amminadab his son, Korahz his son,

Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24 Tahath his son, Uriela his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

25 The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

26 Elkanah his son,d Zophai his son,

Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanahb his son

and Samuelc his son.e

28 The sons of Samuel:

Joelf d the firstborn

and Abijah the second son.

29 The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son

and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians

6:54–80pp—Jos 21:4–39

31 These are the mene David put in charge of the musicf in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. 32 They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

33 Here are the men who served, together with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman,g the musician,

the son of Joel,h the son of Samuel,

34 the son of Elkanah,i the son of Jeroham,

the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,

the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,

the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,

the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,j

38 the son of Izhar,k the son of Kohath,

the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

39 and Heman’s associate Asaph,l who served at his right hand:

Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,m

40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,g

the son of Malkijah, 41 the son of Ethni,

the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,

the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath,

the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;

44 and from their associates, the Merarites,n at his left hand:

Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,

the son of Malluk, 45 the son of Hashabiah,

the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,

the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli,

the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,

the son of Levi.

48 Their fellow Leviteso were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altarp of burnt offering and on the altar of incenseq in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 These were the descendants of Aaron:

Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,

Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son,

Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,

Ahitub his son, 53 Zadokr his son

and Ahimaaz his son.

54 These were the locations of their settlementss allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

55 They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.t

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,h u Jattir,v Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir,w 59 Ashan,x Juttahi and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,j Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,y together with their pasturelands.

The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

62 The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

63 The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

64 So the Israelites gave the Levites these townsz and their pasturelands. 65 From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

66 Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

67 In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,k a 68 Jokmeam,b Beth Horon,c 69 Aijalond and Gath Rimmon,e together with their pasturelands.

70 And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

71 The Gershonitesf received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashang and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

72 from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,h 73 Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

74 from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,i 75 Hukokj and Rehob,k together with their pasturelands;

76 and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammonl and Kiriathaim,m together with their pasturelands.

77 The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah,l Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

78 from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho

they received Bezern in the wilderness, Jahzah, 79 Kedemotho and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;

80 and from the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead,p Mahanaim,q 81 Heshbon and Jazer,r together with their pasturelands.s

Issachar

7 The sons of Issachar:t

Tola, Puah,u Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

3 The son of Uzzi:

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs. 4 According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5 The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

Benjamin

6 Three sons of Benjamin:v

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

8 The sons of Beker:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. 9 Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

10 The son of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushitesa the descendants of Aher.

Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali:w

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillemb—the descendants of Bilhah.

Manasseh

14 The descendants of Manasseh:x

Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.y 15 Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad,z who had only daughters.

16 Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 The son of Ulam:

Bedan.

These were the sons of Gileada son of Makir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezerb and Mahlah.

19 The sons of Shemidac were:

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

Ephraim

20 The descendants of Ephraim:d

Shuthelah, Bered his son,

Tahath his son, Eleadah his son,

Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son

and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock. 22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23 Then he made love to his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. He named him Beriah,c because there had been misfortune in his family. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horone as well as Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,d

Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,

Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son

and Joshua his son.

28 Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, …