1 Chronicles 6

Descendants of Levi

¹The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.²The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.⁴Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,⁵Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,⁶Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,⁷Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,⁸Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,⁹Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,¹⁰and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).¹¹Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,¹²Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,¹³Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,¹⁴Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;¹⁵and Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.¹⁸The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.¹⁹The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.²⁰Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.²²The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah 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: Amasai and Ahimoth,²⁶Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.²⁸The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.²⁹The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

³¹These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.³²They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.³³These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,³⁴son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,³⁵son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,³⁶son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,³⁷son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,³⁸son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;³⁹and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,⁴⁰son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,⁴¹son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,⁴²son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,⁴³son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.⁴⁴On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,⁴⁵son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,⁴⁶son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,⁴⁷son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.⁴⁸And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons made offerings 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.⁵⁰These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,⁵⁵to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,⁵⁶but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.⁵⁷To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,⁵⁸Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,⁵⁹Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;⁶⁰and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.

⁶¹To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.⁶²To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.⁶³To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.⁶⁴So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.⁶⁵They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.

⁶⁶And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.⁶⁷They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,⁶⁸Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,⁶⁹Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,⁷⁰and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

⁷¹To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;⁷²and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,⁷³Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;⁷⁴out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,⁷⁵Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;⁷⁶and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.⁷⁷To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,⁷⁸and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,⁷⁹Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;⁸⁰and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,⁸¹Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.