1 Chronicles 6
1 The
sons of
Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari. 2 And the
sons of
Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and
Hebron, and
Uzziel. 3 And the
children of
Amram; Aaron, and
Moses, and
Miriam. The
sons also of
Aaron; Nadab, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 5 And
Abishua begat Bukki, and
Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 And
Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and
Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and
Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 And
Ahitub begat Zadok, and
Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And
Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and
Azariah begat Johanan, 10 And
Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's
office in the
temple that
Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
11 And
Azariah begat Amariah, and
Amariah begat Ahitub, 12 And
Ahitub begat Zadok, and
Zadok begat Shallum, 13 And
Shallum begat Hilkiah, and
Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And
Azariah begat Seraiah, and
Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And
Jehozadak went into captivity, when the
LORD carried
away Judah and
Jerusalem by the
hand of
Nebuchadnezzar. 16 The
sons of
Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and
Merari. 17 And these be the
names of the
sons of
Gershom; Libni, and
Shimei. 18 And the
sons of
Kohath were,
Amram, and
Izhar, and
Hebron, and
Uzziel. 19 The
sons of
Merari; Mahli, and
Mushi. And these are the
families of the
Levites according to their
fathers. 20 Of
Gershom; Libni his
son, Jahath his
son, Zimmah his
son, 21 Joah his
son, Iddo his
son, Zerah his
son, Jeaterai his
son. 22 The
sons of
Kohath; Amminadab his
son, Korah his
son, Assir his
son, 23 Elkanah his
son, and
Ebiasaph his
son, and
Assir his
son, 24 Tahath his
son, Uriel his
son, Uzziah his
son, and
Shaul his
son. 25 And the
sons of
Elkanah; Amasai, and
Ahimoth. 26 As for
Elkanah: the
sons of
Elkanah; Zophai his
son, and
Nahath his
son, 27 Eliab his
son, Jeroham his
son, Elkanah his
son. 28 And the
sons of
Samuel; the
firstborn Vashni, and
Abiah. 29 The
sons of
Merari; Mahli, Libni his
son, Shimei his
son, Uzza his
son, 30 Shimea his
son, Haggiah his
son, Asaiah his
son. 31 And these are they whom
David set over the
service of
song in the
house of the
LORD, after that the
ark had
rest. 32 And they
ministered before the
dwelling place of the
tabernacle of the
congregation with
singing, until
Solomon had
built the
house of the
LORD in
Jerusalem: and then they
waited on their
office according to their
order. 33 And these are they that
waited with their
children. Of the
sons of the
Kohathites: Heman a
singer, the
son of
Joel, the
son of
Shemuel, 34 The
son of
Elkanah, the
son of
Jeroham, the
son of
Eliel, the
son of
Toah, 35 The
son of
Zuph, the
son of
Elkanah, 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 And his
brother Asaph, who
stood on his right
hand, even
Asaph the
son of
Berachiah, the
son of
Shimea, 40 The
son of
Michael, the
son of
Baaseiah, the
son of
Malchiah, 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 And their
brethren the
sons of
Merari stood on the left
hand: 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
Shamer, 47 The
son of
Mahli, the
son of
Mushi, the
son of
Merari, the
son of
Levi. 48 Their
brethren also the
Levites were
appointed unto all manner of
service of the
tabernacle of the
house of
God. 49 But
Aaron and his
sons offered upon the
altar of the burnt
offering, and on the
altar of
incense, and were appointed for all the
work of the place
most holy, and to make an
atonement for
Israel, according to all that
Moses the
servant of
God had
commanded.
50 And 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, Ahimaaz his
son. 54 Now these are their dwelling
places throughout their
castles in their
coasts, of the
sons of
Aaron, of the
families of the
Kohathites: for theirs was the
lot. 55 And they
gave them
Hebron in the
land of
Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round
about it.
56 But the
fields of the
city, and the
villages thereof, they
gave to
Caleb the
son of
Jephunneh. 57 And to the
sons of
Aaron they
gave the
cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of
refuge, and
Libnah with her
suburbs, and
Jattir, and
Eshtemoa, with their
suburbs, 58 And
Hilen with her
suburbs, Debir with her
suburbs, 59 And
Ashan with her
suburbs, and
Bethshemesh with her
suburbs: 60 And out of the
tribe of
Benjamin; Geba with her
suburbs, and
Alemeth with her
suburbs, and
Anathoth with her
suburbs. All their
cities throughout their
families were
thirteen cities. 61 And unto the
sons of
Kohath, which were
left of the
family of that
tribe, were cities given out of the
half tribe, namely, out of the
half tribe of
Manasseh, by
lot, ten cities. 62 And to the
sons of
Gershom throughout 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 Unto the
sons of
Merari were given by
lot, throughout 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 And the
children of
Israel gave to the
Levites these
cities with their
suburbs. 65 And 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
called by their
names. 66 And the residue of the
families of the
sons of
Kohath had
cities of their
coasts out of the
tribe of
Ephraim. 67 And they
gave unto them, of the
cities of
refuge, Shechem in
mount Ephraim with her
suburbs; they gave also
Gezer with her
suburbs, 68 And
Jokmeam with her
suburbs, and
Bethhoron with her
suburbs, 69 And
Aijalon with her
suburbs, and
Gathrimmon with her
suburbs: 70 And out of the
half tribe of
Manasseh; Aner with her
suburbs, and
Bileam with her
suburbs, for the
family of the
remnant of the
sons of
Kohath. 71 Unto the
sons of
Gershom were given out of the
family of the
half tribe of
Manasseh, Golan in
Bashan with her
suburbs, and
Ashtaroth with her
suburbs: 72 And out of the
tribe of
Issachar; Kedesh with her
suburbs, Daberath with her
suburbs, 73 And
Ramoth with her
suburbs, and
Anem with her
suburbs: 74 And out of the
tribe of
Asher; Mashal with her
suburbs, and
Abdon with her
suburbs, 75 And
Hukok with her
suburbs, and
Rehob with her
suburbs: 76 And out of the
tribe of
Naphtali; Kedesh in
Galilee with her
suburbs, and
Hammon with her
suburbs, and
Kirjathaim with her
suburbs. 77 Unto the
rest of the
children of
Merari were given out of the
tribe of
Zebulun, Rimmon with her
suburbs, Tabor with her
suburbs: 78 And on the other
side Jordan by
Jericho, on the east
side of
Jordan, were given them out of the
tribe of
Reuben, Bezer in the
wilderness with her
suburbs, and
Jahzah with her
suburbs, 79 Kedemoth also with her
suburbs, and
Mephaath with her
suburbs: 80 And out of the
tribe of
Gad; Ramoth in
Gilead with her
suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her
suburbs, 81 And
Heshbon with her
suburbs, and
Jazer with her
suburbs.