1 Chronicles 9
1 So all
Israel were reckoned by
genealogies; and, behold, they were
written in the
book of the
kings of
Israel and
Judah, who were carried
away to
Babylon for their
transgression. 2 Now the
first inhabitants that dwelt in their
possessions in their
cities were, the
Israelites, the
priests, Levites, and the
Nethinims. 3 And in
Jerusalem dwelt of the
children of
Judah, and of the
children of
Benjamin, and of the
children of
Ephraim, and
Manasseh; 4 Uthai the
son of
Ammihud, the
son of
Omri, the
son of
Imri, the
son of
Bani, of the
children of
Pharez the
son of
Judah. 5 And of the
Shilonites; Asaiah the
firstborn, and his
sons. 6 And of the
sons of
Zerah; Jeuel, and their
brethren, six hundred and
ninety. 7 And of the
sons of
Benjamin; Sallu the
son of
Meshullam, the
son of
Hodaviah, the
son of
Hasenuah, 8 And
Ibneiah the
son of
Jeroham, and
Elah the
son of
Uzzi, the
son of
Michri, and
Meshullam the
son of
Shephathiah, the
son of
Reuel, the
son of
Ibnijah; 9 And their
brethren, according to their
generations, nine hundred and
fifty and
six. All these
men were
chief of the
fathers in the
house of their
fathers. 10 And of the
priests; Jedaiah, and
Jehoiarib, and
Jachin, 11 And
Azariah the
son of
Hilkiah, the
son of
Meshullam, the
son of
Zadok, the
son of
Meraioth, the
son of
Ahitub, the
ruler of the
house of
God; 12 And
Adaiah the
son of
Jeroham, the
son of
Pashur, the
son of
Malchijah, and
Maasiai the
son of
Adiel, the
son of
Jahzerah, the
son of
Meshullam, the
son of
Meshillemith, the
son of
Immer; 13 And their
brethren, heads of the
house of their
fathers, a
thousand and
seven hundred and
threescore; very
able men for the
work of the
service of the
house of
God. 14 And of the
Levites; Shemaiah the
son of
Hasshub, the
son of
Azrikam, the
son of
Hashabiah, of the
sons of
Merari; 15 And
Bakbakkar, Heresh, and
Galal, and
Mattaniah the
son of
Micah, the
son of
Zichri, the
son of
Asaph; 16 And
Obadiah the
son of
Shemaiah, the
son of
Galal, the
son of
Jeduthun, and
Berechiah the
son of
Asa, the
son of
Elkanah, that
dwelt in the
villages of the
Netophathites. 17 And the
porters were,
Shallum, and
Akkub, and
Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their
brethren: Shallum was the
chief; 18 Who hitherto waited in the
king's gate eastward: they were
porters in the
companies of the
children of
Levi. 19 And
Shallum the
son of
Kore, the
son of
Ebiasaph, the
son of
Korah, and his
brethren, of the
house of his
father, the
Korahites, were over the
work of the
service, keepers of the
gates of the
tabernacle: and their
fathers, being over the
host of the
LORD, were
keepers of the
entry. 20 And
Phinehas the
son of
Eleazar was the
ruler over them in time
past, and the
LORD was with him.
21 And
Zechariah the
son of
Meshelemiah was
porter of the
door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation. 22 All these which were
chosen to be
porters in the
gates were two
hundred and
twelve. These were reckoned by their
genealogy in their
villages, whom David and
Samuel the
seer did
ordain in their set
office. 23 So they and their
children had the oversight of the
gates of the
house of the
LORD, namely, the
house of the
tabernacle, by
wards. 24 In
four quarters were the
porters, toward the
east, west, north, and
south. 25 And their
brethren, which were in their
villages, were to
come after
seven days from
time to
time with them.
26 For these
Levites, the
four chief porters, were in their set
office, and were over the
chambers and
treasuries of the
house of
God. 27 And they
lodged round
about the
house of
God, because the
charge was upon them, and the
opening thereof every
morning pertained to them.
28 And certain of them had the charge
of the
ministering vessels, that they should bring them
in and
out by
tale.
29 Some of them also were
appointed to oversee the
vessels, and all the
instruments of the
sanctuary, and the fine
flour, and the
wine, and the
oil, and the
frankincense, and the
spices. 30 And some of the
sons of the
priests made the
ointment of the
spices. 31 And
Mattithiah, one of the
Levites, who was the
firstborn of
Shallum the
Korahite, had the set
office over the things that were
made in the
pans. 32 And other of their
brethren, of the
sons of the
Kohathites, were over the
shewbread, to
prepare it every
sabbath. 33 And these are the
singers,
chief of the
fathers of the
Levites, who remaining in the
chambers were
free: for they were employed in that
work day and
night. 34 These
chief fathers of the
Levites were
chief throughout their
generations; these
dwelt at
Jerusalem. 35 And in
Gibeon dwelt the
father of
Gibeon,
Jehiel, whose
wife's name was
Maachah: 36 And his
firstborn son Abdon, then
Zur, and
Kish, and
Baal, and
Ner, and
Nadab, 37 And
Gedor, and
Ahio, and
Zechariah, and
Mikloth. 38 And
Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also
dwelt with their
brethren at
Jerusalem, over against their
brethren. 39 And
Ner begat Kish; and
Kish begat Saul; and
Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchishua, and
Abinadab, and
Eshbaal. 40 And the
son of
Jonathan was
Meribbaal: and
Meribbaal begat Micah. 41 And the
sons of
Micah were,
Pithon, and
Melech, and
Tahrea, and Ahaz.
42 And
Ahaz begat Jarah; and
Jarah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and
Zimri begat Moza; 43 And
Moza begat Binea; and
Rephaiah his
son, Eleasah his
son, Azel his
son. 44 And
Azel had
six sons, whose
names are these,
Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and
Obadiah, and
Hanan: these were the
sons of
Azel.