I Chronicles Chapter 6

I Chronicles Chapter 6
1 The sons of Levi were Gershom,
Kohath, and Merari.
2 And the sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar,
and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the
children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses
and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron,
Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas. Phinehas
begat Abishua,
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki
begat Uzzi,
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah
begat Meraioth.
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah
begat Ahitub,
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok
begat Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and
Azariah begat Johanan,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah (it was he
that was priest in the house that Solomon
built in Jerusalem)
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and
Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok
begat Shallum,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and
Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and
Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15 And Jehozadak departed when the
Lord carried away into captivity Judah
and Jerusalem by the hand of Neb-uchad-
nezzar.
16 The sons of Levi were Gershom,
Kohath and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the sons of
Gershom, Libni, and Shimei. 18 And the
sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar,
and Hebron and Uzziel. 19 The sons of
Merari, Mahli and Mushi: and these are
the families of Levi concerning their
fathers.
20 Of Gershom, Libni his son, Jahath his
son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his
son, Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of
Kohath, Amminadab his son, Korah his
son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son,
and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah
his son, and Shaul his son, 25 And the
son of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 Elkanah. the sons of Elkanah, Zophai
his son, and Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his
son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son,
28 And the sons of Samuel, the eldest
Vashni, then Abijah.
29 The sons of Merari were Mahli,
Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his
son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son,
Asaiah his son.
31 And these be they whom David set
for to sing in the house of the Lord, after
that the ark had rest.
32 And they ministered before the
tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the
congregation with singing, until Solomon
had built the house of the Lord in
Jerusalem: then they continued in their
office, according to their custom. 33 And
these ministered with their children: of
the sons of Kohath, Heman a singer, the
son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of
Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of
Toah, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of
Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of
Amasai,
36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir,
the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath,
the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And
his brother Asaph stood on his right
hand: and Asaph was the son of
Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
40 The son of Michael, the son of
Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 The
son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of
Adaiah,
42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,
the son of Shimei,
43 The son of Jahath, the son of
Gershom, the son of Levi.
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari
were on the left hand, even Ethan the son
of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of
Malluch,
45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of
Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son
of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of
Shamer,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi,
the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48
And their brethren the Levites were
appointed unto all the service of the
tabernacle of the house of God,
49 But Aaron and his sons burned
incense upon the altar of burnt offering,
and on the altar of incense, for all that
was to do in the most holy place, and to
make an atonement for Israel, according
to all that Moses the servant of God had
commanded.
50 These are also the son of Aaron,
Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah
his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
54 And these are the dwelling places of
them throughout their towns and coasts,
even of the sons of Aaron for the family
of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.
55 So they gave them Hebron in the land
of Judah and the suburbs thereof round
about it.
56 But the field of the city, and the
villages thereof they gave to Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave
the cities of Judah for refuge, even
Hebron and Libna with their suburbs,
and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with their
suburbs,
58 And Hilen with her suburbs, and
Debir with her suburbs, 59 And Ashan
and her suburbs, and Bethshemesh and
her suburbs:
60 And of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba
and her suburbs, and Alemeth with her
suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs:
all their cities were thirteen cities by
their families.
61 And unto the sons of Kohath the
remnant of the family of the tribe, even
of the half tribe of the half of Manasseh,
by lot ten cities.
62 And to the sons of Gershom
according to their families out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali,
and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities.
63 Unto the sons of Merari according to
their families out of the tribe of Reuben,
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the
tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.
64 Thus the children of Israel gave to the
Levites cities with their suburbs. 65 And
they gave by lot out of the tribe of the
children of Judah, and out of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, and out of the
tribe of the children of Benjamin, these
cities, which they called by their names.
66 And they of the families of the sons of
Kohath, had cities and their coasts out of
the tribe of Ephraim.
67 And they gave unto them cities of
refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and
her suburbs, and Gezer and her suburbs,
68 Jokmeam also and her suburbs, and
Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69 And
Aijalon and her suburbs, and Gath
Rimmon and her suburbs, 70 And out of
the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner and her
suburbs, and Bileam and her suburbs, for
the families of the remnant of the sons of
Kohath. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom out
of the family of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, and her
suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs,
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kedesh and her suburbs, Daberath and
her suburbs,
73 Ramoth also and her suburbs, and
Anem with her suburbs,
74 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal
and her suburbs, and Abdon and her
suburbs,
75 And Hukok and her suburbs, and
Rehob and her suburbs,
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilea and her suburbs, and
Hammon and her suburbs, and
Kirjathaim and her suburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the children of
Merari were given out of the tribe of
Zebulun Rimmon and her suburbs, Tabor
and her suburbs,
78 And on the other side Jordan by
Jericho, even on the eastside of Jordan,
out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the
wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah
with her suburbs,
79 And Kedemoth with her suburbs, and
Mephaath with her suburbs, 80 And out
of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead
with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with
her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and
Jazer with her suburbs.