The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 06
1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses,
and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab,
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas,
Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
5 Abishua became the father of Bukki.
Bukki became the father of Uzzi.
6 Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah.
Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.
7 Meraioth became the father of
Amariah. Amariah became the father of
Ahitub.
8 Ahitub became the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.
9 Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah.
Azariah became the father of Johanan.
10 Johanan became the father of Azariah,
who executed the priest’s office in the
house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.
11 Azariah became the father of
Amariah. Amariah became the father of
Ahitub.
12 Ahitub became the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Shallum.
13 Shallum became the father of Hilkiah.
Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah became the father of Seraiah.
Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak went into captivity when
Yahweh carried Judah and Jerusalem
away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath,
and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of
Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram,
Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
20 Of Gershom: 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 sons of Kohath: Amminadab his
son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah
his son, and Shaul his son.
25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah:
Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and
Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel,
and the second, Abijah.
29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his
son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 These are they whom David set over
the service of song in Yahweh’s house after
the ark came to rest there.
32 They ministered with song before
the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting until Solomon had built Yahweh’s house in
Jerusalem. They performed the duties of
their office according to their order.
33 These are those who served, and their
sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Samuel,
34 the sonof Elkanah,the sonofJeroham,
the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35 the sonof Zuph,the sonofElkanah,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,
38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39 His brother Asaph, who stood on
his right hand, even Asaph the son of
Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
40 the sonofMichael,the sonofBaaseiah,
the son of Malchijah,
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 Gershom,
the son of Levi.
44 On the left hand their brothers the
sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the
son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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 brothers the Levites were appointed for allthe
service ofthe tabernacle of God’s house.
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.
50 These are the sons 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 Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
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),
55 to them they gave Hebron in the land
of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56 butthefields ofthe city andits villages,
they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the
cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with
its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its
pasture lands,
58 Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir
with its pasture lands,
59 Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth
Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba
with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its
pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their
families were thirteen cities.
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.
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.
63 To the sons ofMerari were givenby 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.
64 The children of Israel gave to the
Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
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 ofthe tribe
of the children of Benjamin, these cities
which are mentioned by name.
66 Some of the families of the sons of
Kohath had cities of their borders out of
the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They gave to them the cities of refuge,
Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim
with its pasture lands and Gezer with its
pasture lands,
68 Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth
Horon with its pasture lands,
69 Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath
Rimmon with its pasture lands;
70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam
with its pasture lands, for the rest of the
family of the sons of Kohath.
71 To the sons of Gershom were given,
out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture
lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture
lands;
72 and out ofthe tribe ofIssachar, Kedesh
with its pasture lands, Daberath with its
pasture lands,
73 Ramoth with its pasture lands, and
Anem with its pasture lands;
74 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal
with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
75 Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands,
Hammon with its pasture lands, and
Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
77 To the rest of the Levites, the sons
of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of
Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands,
and Tabor with its pasture lands;
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 pasture lands,
Jahzah with its pasture lands,
79 Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and
Mephaath with its pasture lands;
80 and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in
Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim
with its pasture lands,
81 Heshbon with its pasture lands, and
Jazer with its pasture lands.