1 Chronicles Chapter 6 Back Next{6:1} The sons of
Levi:
Gershon,
Kohath, and
Merari.
{6:2} The sons of Kohath:
Amram,
Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel.
{6:3} The children of Amram:
Aaron, and Moses, and
Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and
Abihu,
Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
{6:4} Eleazar became the
father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of
Abishua,
{6:5} and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,
{6:6} and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of
Meraioth,
{6:7} Meraioth became the father of
Amariah, and Amariah became the father of
Ahitub,
{6:8} and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of
Ahimaaz,
{6:9} and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of
Johanan,
{6:10} and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in
Jerusalem),
{6:11} and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
{6:12} and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
{6:13} and Shallum became the father of
Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah,
{6:14} and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of
Jehozadak;
{6:15} Jehozadak went into
captivity, when Yahweh carried away
Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
{6:16} The sons of Levi:
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
{6:17} These are the names of the sons of Gershom:
Libni and Shimei.
{6:18} The sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
{6:19} The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the
Levites according to their fathers' households.
{6:20} Of Gershom: Libni his son,
Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
{6:21}
Joah his son,
Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
{6:22} The sons of Kohath:
Amminadab his son,
Korah his son, Assir his son,
{6:23}
Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
{6:24} Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
{6:25} The sons of Elkanah:
Amasai, and Ahimoth.
{6:26} As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
{6:27}
Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
{6:28} The sons of Samuel: the
firstborn Joel, and the second
Abijah.
{6:29} The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
{6:30} Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
{6:31} These are they whom
David set over the service of song in the house of Yahweh, after that the
ark had rest.
{6:32} They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.
{6:33} These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the
Kohathites:
Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
{6:34} the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of
Eliel, the son of Toah,
{6:35} the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of
Mahath, the son of Amasai,
{6:36} the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
{6:37} the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
{6:38} the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel.
{6:39} His
brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of
Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
{6:40} the son of
Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
{6:41} the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
{6:42} the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
{6:43} the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
{6:44} On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of
Abdi, the son of
Malluch,
{6:45} the son of
Hashabiah, the son of
Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
{6:46} the son of Amzi, the son of
Bani, the son of Shemer,
{6:47} the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
{6:48} Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God's house.
{6:49} But Aaron and his sons offered on the
altar of
burnt offering, and on 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.
{6:50} These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
{6:51} Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
{6:52} Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
{6:53} Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
{6:54} Now these are their dwelling places according to their
encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
{6:55} to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it;
{6:56} but the
fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to
Caleb the son of
Jephunneh.
{6:57} To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron;
Libnah also with its suburbs, and
Jattir, and
Eshtemoa with its suburbs,
{6:58} and
Hilen with its suburbs,
Debir with its suburbs,
{6:59} and
Ashan with its suburbs, and
Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;
{6:60} and out of the tribe of
Benjamin,
Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
{6:61} To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of
Manasseh, ten cities.
{6:62} To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities.
{6:63} To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
{6:64} The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.
{6:65} They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
{6:66} Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of
Ephraim.
{6:67} They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the
hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs;
Gezer also with its suburbs,
{6:68} and
Jokmeam with its suburbs, and
Beth Horon with its suburbs,
{6:69} and
Aijalon with its suburbs, and
Gath Rimmon with its suburbs;
{6:70} and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and
Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
{6:71} To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and
Ashtaroth with its suburbs;
{6:72} and out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kedesh with its suburbs,
Daberath with its suburbs,
{6:73} and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;
{6:74} and out of the tribe of Asher,
Mashal with its suburbs, and
Abdon with its suburbs,
{6:75} and
Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;
{6:76} and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in
Galilee with its suburbs, and
Hammon with its suburbs, and
Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
{6:77} To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;
{6:78} and beyond the
Jordan at
Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and
Jahzah with its suburbs,
{6:79} and
Kedemoth with its suburbs, and
Mephaath with its suburbs;
{6:80} and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and
Mahanaim with its suburbs,
{6:81} and
Heshbon with its suburbs, and
Jazer with its suburbs.
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