1 Chronicles 5–6

The Family of Reuben

5Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—^ahe was indeed the firstborn, but because he ^bdefiled his father’s bed, ^chis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright; ²yet ^dJudah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ^eruler, although ¹the birthright was Joseph’s—³the sons of ^fReuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

⁴The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶and Beerah his son, whom ²Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria ^gcarried into captivity. He was leader of the Reubenites. ⁷And his brethren by their families, ^hwhen the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in ⁱAroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. ⁹Eastward they settled as far as the ³entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had ⁴multiplied ^jin the land of Gilead.

¹⁰Now in the days of Saul they made war ^kwith the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead.

The Family of Gad

¹¹And the ^lchildren of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of ^mBashan as far as ⁿSalcah: ¹²Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan, ¹³and their brethren of their father’s house: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all. ¹⁴These were the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their father’s house. ¹⁶And the Gadites dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its villages, and in all the ⁵common-lands of ^oSharon within their borders. ¹⁷All these were registered by genealogies in the days of ^pJotham king of Judah, and in the days of ^qJeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war. ¹⁹They made war with the Hagrites, ^rJetur, Naphish, and Nodab. ²⁰And ^sthey were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they ^tcried out to God in the battle. He ⁶heeded their prayer, because they ^uput their trust in Him. ²¹Then they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men; ²²for many fell dead, because the war ^vwas God’s. And they dwelt in their place until ^wthe captivity.

The Family of Manasseh (East)

²³So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to ^xSenir, or Mount Hermon. ²⁴These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers’ houses.

²⁵And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and ^yplayed the harlot 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 ^zPul king of Assyria, that is, ^aTiglath-Pileser ⁷king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to ^bHalah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.

The Family of Levi

6The sons of Levi were ^aGershon, ¹Kohath, and Merari. ²The sons of Kohath were Amram, ^bIzhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ³The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were ^cNadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua; ⁵Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi; ⁶Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; ⁷Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; ^8dAhitub begot ^eZadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; ⁹Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; ¹⁰Johanan begot Azariah (it was he ^fwho ministered as priest in the ^gtemple ²that Solomon built in Jerusalem); ^11hAzariah begot ⁱAmariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; ¹²Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot ³Shallum; ¹³Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah; ¹⁴Azariah begot ^jSeraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak. ¹⁵Jehozadak went into captivity ^kwhen the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi were ^lGershon, ⁴Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers: ²⁰Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, ^mZimmah his son, ²¹⁵Joah his son, ⁶Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and ⁷Jeatherai his son. ²²The sons of Kohath were ⁸Amminadab his son, ⁿKorah 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 were ^oAmasai and Ahimoth. ²⁶As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were ⁹Zophai his son, ¹Nahath his son, ²⁷²Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. ²⁸The sons of Samuel were ³Joel the firstborn, and Abijah ⁴the second. ²⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

Musicians in the House of the Lord

³¹Now these are ^pthe men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ^qark came to rest. ³²They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

³³And these are the ones who ⁵ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the ^rKohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of ⁶Eliel, the son of ⁷Toah, 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 ^sEbiasaph, the son of Korah, ³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. ³⁹And his brother ^tAsaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, ⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, ⁴¹the son of ^uEthni, 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.

⁴⁴Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were ⁸Ethan the son of ⁹Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every ^vkind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

The Family of Aaron

^49wBut Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices ^xon the altar of burnt offering and ^yon 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. ⁵⁰Now these are the ^zsons 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, and Ahimaaz his son.

Dwelling Places of the Levites

^54aNow these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites: ^55bThey gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding ¹common-lands. ^56cBut the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷And ^dto the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands, ⁵⁸²Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands, ⁵⁹³Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, ⁴Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.

^61eTo the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave ^fby lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh. ⁶²And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. ⁶³To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave ^gtwelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun. ⁶⁴So the children of Israel gave these cities with their ⁵common-lands to the Levites. ⁶⁵And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.

⁶⁶Now ^hsome of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ⁱAnd they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands, ^68jJokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands, ⁶⁹Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands. ⁷⁰And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with…