1 Chronicles 6:1–47

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.