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1 Chronicles 6:4-50

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;

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