Revised Version 1895

1 Chronicles 6

1ThesonsH1121ofLeviH3878; Gershon,KohathH6955, andMerariH4847.

2And thesonsH1121of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3And thechildrenH1121ofAmramH6019; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And thesonsH1121of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua;

5and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi;

6and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth;

7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub;

8and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz;

9and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan;

10and Johanan begat Azariah (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

11and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub;

12and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum;

13and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah;

14and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;

15And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni and Shimei.

18And thesonsH1121of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19ThesonsH1121of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are thefamiliesH1121of the Levites according to their father’s houses.

20Of Gershom; Libni hissonH1121, Jahath hissonH1121, Zimmah hissonH1121;

21Joah hissonH1121, Iddo hissonH1121, Zerah hissonH1121, Jeatherai hissonH1121.

22ThesonsH1121of Kohath; Amminadab hissonH1121, Koran hissonH1121,AssirH617hissonH1121;

23Elkanah hissonH1121, and Ebiasaph hissonH1121, and Assir hissonH1121;

24Tahath hissonH1121, Uriel hissonH1121, Uzziah hissonH1121, and Shaul hissonH1121.

25And thesonsH1121of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

26As for Elkanah: thesonsH1121of Elkanah; Zophai hissonH1121, and Nahath hissonH1121;

27Eliab hissonH1121, Jeroham hissonH1121, Elkanah hissonH1121.

28And thesonsH1121of Samuel; the firstborn, Joel, and the second Abijah.

29ThesonsH1121ofMerariH4847; Mahli, Libni hissonH1121, Shimei hissonH1121, Uzzah hissonH1121;

30Shimea hissonH1121, Haggiah hissonH1121, Asaiah hissonH1121.

31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

32And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.

33Andtheseלְכָ֨ל־le.kholH3605are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel;

34thesonH1121of Elkanah, thesonH1121of Jeroham, thesonH1121of Eliel, thesonH1121of Toah;

35thesonH1121of Zuph, thesonH1121of Elkanah, thesonH1121of Mahath, thesonH1121of Amasai;

36thesonH1121of Elkanah, thesonH1121of Joel, thesonH1121of Azariah, thesonH1121of Zephaniah;

37thesonH1121of Tahath, thesonH1121of Assir, thesonH1121of Ebiasaph, thesonH1121of Korah;

38thesonH1121of Izhar, thesonH1121of Kohath, thesonH1121of Levi, thesonH1121of Israel.

39And his brother Asaph, who stood on hisrightאַהֲרֹן֙'a.ha.RonH175hand,evenכִּ֥יkiH3588Asaph thesonH1121of Berechiah, thesonH1121of Shimea;

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

41thesonH1121of Ethni, thesonH1121of Zerah, thesonH1121of Adaiah;

42thesonH1121of Ethan, thesonH1121of Zimmah, thesonH1121of Shimei;

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

44And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: 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;

46thesonH1121of Amzi, thesonH1121of Bani, thesonH1121of Shemer;

47thesonH1121of Mahli, thesonH1121of Mushi, thesonH1121of Merari, thesonH1121of Levi.

48And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49But Aaron and hissonsH1121offeredH5414upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all theworkH5414of the most holyplaceH5414, and tomakeH5414atonement forIsraelH3478, according to all thatMosesH5414the servant ofGodH5414had commanded.

50AndtheseH428are thesonsH1121of Aaron; Eleazar hissonH1121, Phinehas hissonH1121, Abishua hissonH1121;

51Bukki hissonH1121, Uzzi hissonH1121, Zerahiah hissonH1121;

52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son;

53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

55to them they gave Hebron in thelandלְמִשְׁפַּ֥חַתle.mish.Pa.chatH4940of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

56but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb thesonH1121of Jephunneh.

57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;

58and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs;

59and Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

60andoutH853of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Allemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot,outH853of the family of thetribeH4294,outH853of the halftribeH4294, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

62And to thesonsוְלִבְנֵ֨יve.liv.NeiH1121of Gershom, according to theirfamiliesלִבְנֵ֣יliv.NeiH1121,outH853of thetribeH4294of Issachar, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of Asher, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of Naphtali, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families,outH853of thetribeH4294ofReubenH7205, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of Gad, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

65And they gave by lotoutH853of thetribeH4294of the children of Judah, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of the children of Simeon, andoutH853of thetribeH4294of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

66And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their bordersoutH853of the tribe of Ephraim.

67And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs; Gezer also with her suburbs;

68and Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs;

69and Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:

70and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

71Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

72and out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs;

73and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

74and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs;

75and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

76and out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathaim with her suburbs.

77Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

78and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

79and Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

80and out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

81and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain