1 Chronicles 6:1-48

1The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

2The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;

5Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;

6Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;

7Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

8Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;

9Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;

10Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

11Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;

12Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;

13Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;

14Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.

15Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:

20Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.

22The sons of Kohath were 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 were Amasai and Ahimoth.

26As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

28The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.

29The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

31Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark came to rest.

32They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.

33And these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

34the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

41the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.

44Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.