1 Chronicles 24

¹The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abiʹhu, Eleaʹzar, and Ithʹamar. ²But Nadab and Abiʹhu died before their father, and had no children, so Eleaʹzar and Ithʹamar became the priests. ³With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleaʹzar, and Ahimʹelech of the sons of Ithʹamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service. ⁴Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleaʹzar than among the sons of Ithʹamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleaʹzar, and eight of the sons of Ithʹamar. ⁵They organized them by lot, all alike, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both the sons of Eleaʹzar and the sons of Ithʹamar. ⁶And the scribe Shemaiʹah the son of Nethanʹel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimʹelech the son of Abiʹathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s house being chosen for Eleaʹzar and one chosen for Ithʹamar.

⁷The first lot fell to Jehoiʹarib, the second to Jedaiʹah, ⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Se-oʹrim, ⁹the fifth to Malchiʹjah, the sixth to Miʹjamin, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abiʹjah, ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniʹah, ¹²the eleventh to Eliʹashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebʹe-ab, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Hapʹpizzez, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiʹah, the twentieth to Jehezʹkel, ¹⁷the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiʹah, the twenty-fourth to Ma-aziʹah. ¹⁹These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the Lord according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁰And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shuʹba-el; of the sons of Shuʹba-el, Jehdeʹiah. ²¹Of Rehabiʹah: of the sons of Rehabiʹah, Isshiʹah the chief. ²²Of the Izʹharites, Sheloʹmoth; of the sons of Sheloʹmoth, Jahath. ²³The sons of Hebron: Jeriʹah the chief, Amariʹah the second, Jahaʹziel the third, Jekameʹam the fourth. ²⁴The sons of Uzʹziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. ²⁵The brother of Micah, Isshiʹah; of the sons of Isshiʹah, Zechariʹah. ²⁶The sons of Merarʹi: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Ja-aziʹah: Beno. ²⁷The sons of Merarʹi: of Ja-aziʹah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸Of Mahli: Eleaʹzar, who had no sons. ²⁹Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahʹmeel. ³⁰The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerʹimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. ³¹These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brethren the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimʹelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.