1 Chronicles 6:1–47

Levi

6^aThe sons of Levi:^h

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

²The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.ⁱ

³The children of Amram:

Aaron, Moses and Miriam.^j

The sons of Aaron:

Nadab, Abihu,^k Eleazar^l and Ithamar.^m

⁴Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,ⁿ

Phinehas the father of Abishua,

⁵Abishua the father of Bukki,

Bukki the father of Uzzi,

⁶Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,

Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,

⁷Meraioth the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

⁸Ahitub the father of Zadok,^o

Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,

⁹Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,

Azariah the father of Johanan,

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

¹¹Azariah the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

¹²Ahitub the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Shallum,

¹³Shallum the father of Hilkiah,^q

Hilkiah the father of Azariah,

¹⁴Azariah the father of Seraiah,^r

and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.^b

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

¹⁶The sons of Levi:^t

Gershon,^c Kohath and Merari.^u

¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.^v

¹⁸The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^w

¹⁹The sons of Merari:^x

Mahli and Mushi.^y

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

²⁰Of Gershon:

Libni his son, Jahath his son,

Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son,

Iddo his son, Zerah his son

and Jeatherai his son.

²²The descendants of Kohath:

Amminadab his son, Korah^z his son,

Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel^a his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

²⁶Elkanah his son,^d Zophai his son,

Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanah^b his son

and Samuel^c his son.^e

²⁸The sons of Samuel:

Joel^fd the firstborn

and Abijah the second son.

²⁹The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son

and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians

6:54–80pp—Jos 21:4–39

³¹These are the men^e David put in charge of the music^f in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. ³²They 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.

³³Here 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,

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

the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,

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,^j

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

the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

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

Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,^m

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

the son of Malkijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni,

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 Gershon, the son of Levi;

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

Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,

the son of Malluk, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah,

the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,

the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli,

the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,

the son of Levi.