1 Chronicles 24

Divisions of Levites

1Now the divisionsH4256 of the 1descendantsH1121 of AaronH175 were these: 2the sonsH1121 of AaronH175 were NadabH5070, AbihuH30, EleazarH499 and IthamarH385. 23But NadabH5070 and AbihuH30 diedH4191 beforeH6440 their fatherH1 and hadH1961 noH3808 4sonsH1121. So EleazarH499 and IthamarH385 servedH3547 as priestsH3547. 3DavidH1732, with 5ZadokH6659 of the sonsH1121 of EleazarH499 and AhimelechH288 of the sonsH1121 of IthamarH385, dividedH2505 them according to their officesH6486 6for their ministryH5656. 4Since moreH7227 chiefH7218 menH1397 were foundH4672 from the 7descendantsH1121 of EleazarH499 thanH4480 the 8descendantsH1121 of IthamarH385, they dividedH2505 them thus: there were sixteenH8337H6240 headsH7218 of fathers’H1 householdsH1004 of the 9descendantsH1121 of EleazarH499 and eightH8083 of the 10descendantsH1121 of IthamarH385, according to their fathers’H1 householdsH1004. 511Thus they were dividedH2505 by lotH1486, the oneH428 as the otherH428; for they were officersH8269 of the sanctuaryH6944 and officersH8269 of GodH430, both from the 12descendantsH1121 of EleazarH499 and the 13descendantsH1121 of IthamarH385. 6ShemaiahH8098, the sonH1121 of NethanelH5417 the scribeH5613, from the LevitesH3881, recordedH3789 them in the presenceH6440 of the kingH4428, the princesH8269, ZadokH6659 the priestH3548, 14AhimelechH288 the sonH1121 of AbiatharH54, and the headsH7218 of the fathers’H1 households of the priestsH3548 and of the LevitesH3881; oneH259 father’sH1 householdH1004 takenH270 for EleazarH499 and one takenH270 for IthamarH385.

7Now the firstH7223 lotH1486 cameH3318 out for JehoiaribH3080, the secondH8145 for JedaiahH3048, 8the thirdH7992 for HarimH2766, the fourthH7243 for SeorimH8188, 9the fifthH2549 for MalchijahH4441, the sixthH8345 for MijaminH4326, 10the seventhH7637 for HakkozH6976, the eighthH8066 for 15AbijahH29, 11the ninthH8671 for JeshuaH3091, the tenthH6224 for ShecaniahH7935, 12the eleventhH6249H6240 for EliashibH475, the twelfthH8147H6240 for JakimH3356, 13the thirteenthH7969H6240 for HuppahH2647, the fourteenthH702H6240 for JeshebeabH3428, 14the fifteenthH2568H6240 for BilgahH1083, the sixteenthH8337H6240 for ImmerH564, 15the seventeenthH7651H6240 for HezirH2387, the eighteenthH8083H6240 for HappizzezH6483, 16the nineteenthH8672H6240 for PethahiahH6611, the twentiethH6242 for JehezkelH3168, 17the twenty-firstH6242H259 for JachinH3199, the twenty-secondH6242H8147 for GamulH1577, 18the twenty-thirdH6242H7969 for DelaiahH1806, the twenty-fourthH6242H702 for MaaziahH4590. 1916TheseH428 were their officesH6486 for their ministryH5656 when they cameH935 in to the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 according to the ordinanceH4941 given to them throughH3027 AaronH175 their fatherH1, justH3512 as the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 had commandedH6680 him.

20Now for the restH3498 of the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878: of the sonsH1121 of AmramH6019, 17ShubaelH7619; of the sonsH1121 of ShubaelH7619, JehdeiahH3165. 21Of RehabiahH7345: of the sonsH1121 of RehabiahH7345, IsshiahH3449 the firstH7218. 22Of the IzharitesH3325, 18ShelomothH8013; of the sonsH1121 of ShelomothH8013, JahathH3189. 23The sonsH1121 19of Hebron: JeriahH3404 the first, AmariahH568 the secondH8145, JahazielH3166 the thirdH7992, JekameamH3360 the fourthH7243. 24Of the sonsH1121 of UzzielH5816, MicahH4318; of the sonsH1121 of MicahH4318, ShamirH8069. 25The brotherH251 of MicahH4318, IsshiahH3449; of the sonsH1121 of IsshiahH3449, ZechariahH2148. 26The sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, MahliH4249 and MushiH4187; the sonsH1121 of JaaziahH3269, BenoH1131. 27The sonsH1121 of MerariH4847: by JaaziahH3269 were BenoH1131, ShohamH7719, ZaccurH2139 and IbriH5681. 28By MahliH4249: EleazarH499, who hadH1961 noH3808 sonsH1121. 29By KishH7027: the sonsH1121 of KishH7027, JerahmeelH3396. 30The sonsH1121 of MushiH4187: MahliH4249, EderH5740 and JerimothH3406. TheseH428 were the sonsH1121 of the LevitesH3881 according to their fathers’H1 householdsH1004. 3120TheseH1992 alsoH1571 castH5307 lotsH1486 justH5980 as their 21relativesH251 the sonsH1121 of AaronH175 in the presenceH6440 of DavidH1732 the kingH4428, 22ZadokH6659, AhimelechH288, and the headsH7218 of the fathers’H1 households of the priestsH3548 and of the LevitesH3881--the headH7218 of fathers’H1 households as wellH5980 as those of his youngerH6996 brotherH251.