1 Chronicles 6:7-52

7Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.

8Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.

9Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan.

10Johanan became the father of Azariah. Azariah served God as a priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.

12Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.

13Shallum became the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.

14Azariah became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.

15Jehozadak went into exile with the people from Jerusalem and the rest of Judah. The Lord used Nebuchadnezzar to take them away to Babylon.

16Levi's sons were: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

17The names of Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.

18Kohath's sons were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

19Merari's sons were: Mahli and Mushi. These are the ancestors of the clans of the Levites:

20Gershon's descendants were his son Libni, Libni's son Jahath and Jahath's son Zimmah.

21Zimmah's son was Joah. Joah's son was Iddo. Iddo's son was Zerah. Zerah's son was Jeatherai.

22Kohath's descendants were his son Amminadab, Amminadab's son Korah and Korah's son Assir.

23Assir's son was Elkanah. Elkanah's son was Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph's son was Assir.

24Assir's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Uriel. Uriel's son was Uzziah. Uzziah's son was Shaul.

25Elkanah's other sons were Amasai and Ahimoth.

26Ahimoth's son was Elkanah. Elkanah's son was Zophai. Zophai's son was Nahath.

27Nahath's son was Eliab. Eliab's son was Jeroham. Jeroham's son was Elkanah.

28Samuel's firstborn son was Joel and his second son was Abijah.

29Merari's descendants were his son Mahli, Mahli's son Libni, Libni's son Shimei and Shimei's son Uzzah.

30Uzzah's son was Shimea. Shimea's son was Haggiah. Haggiah's son was Asaiah.

31After David put God's Covenant Box in the Lord's house, he chose some men to lead the music there.

32They used music to serve the Lord in his special tent where he met with his people. After King Solomon built the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, they served the Lord there. They obeyed the rules that told them how to do their work.

33These are the leaders of the music and their sons: From Kohath's clan: Heman the singer. He was Joel's son. Joel was Samuel's son.

34Samuel was Elkanah's son. Elkanah was Jeroham's son. Jeroham was Eliel's son. Eliel was Toah's son.

35Toah was Zuph's son. Zuph was Elkanah's son. Elkanah was Mahath's son. Mahath was Amasai's son.

36Amasai was Elkanah's son. Elkanah was Joel's son. Joel was Azariah's son. Azariah was Zephaniah's son.

37Zephaniah was Tahath's son. Tahath was Assir's son. Assir was Ebiasaph's son. Ebiasaph was Korah's son.

38Korah was Izhar's son. Izhar was Kohath's son. Kohath was Levi's son. Levi was Israel's son.

39Heman worked with his relative, Asaph. Asaph was Heman's helper. He was Berekiah's son. Berekiah was Shimea's son.

40Shimea was Michael's son. Michael was Baaseiah's son. Baaseiah was Malkijah's son.

41Malkijah was Ethni's son. Ethni was Zerah's son. Zerah was Adaiah's son.

42Adaiah was Ethan's son. Ethan was Zimmah's son. Zimmah was Shimei's son.

43Shimei was Jahath's son. Jahath was Gershon's son. Gershon was Levi's son.

44Other relatives of Heman and Asaph worked with them. They belonged to Merari's clan and they stood on the left side. Kishi's son Ethan led this group. Kishi was Abdi's son. Abdi was Malluch's son.

45Malluch was Hashabiah's son. Hashabiah was Amaziah's son. Amaziah was Hilkiah's son.

46Hilkiah was Amzi's son. Amzi was Bani's son. Bani was Shemer's son.

47Shemer was Mahli's son. Mahli was Mushi's son. Mushi was Merari's son. Merari was Levi's son.

48All the other Levites also had jobs to do in God's special tent.

49Only Aaron and his descendants served God as priests. They offered sacrifices to God on the altar for burnt offerings. They also burned sweet oils on the altar for incense. That was their work in the Most Holy Place. They made sacrifices so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. They did all this in the way that God's servant Moses had commanded.

50These were Aaron's descendants: Eleazar was Aaron's son. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. Abishua was Phinehas's son.

51Bukki was Abishua's son. Uzzi was Bukki's son. Zerahiah was Uzzi's son.

52Meraioth was Zerahiah's son. Amariah was Meraioth's son. Ahitub was Amariah's son.