The Sons of Levi - 1st Chronicles 6

1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.  

1 Chronicles 6:2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron,  and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and  Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and  Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.  

1 Chronicles 6:4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,  

1 Chronicles 6:5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,  

1 Chronicles 6:6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat  Meraioth, 

1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah  begat Ahitub, 

1 Chronicles 6:8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok  begat Ahimaaz, 

1 Chronicles 6:9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and  Azariah begat Johanan, 

1 Chronicles 6:10 And Johanan begat Azariah,  (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that  Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 

1 Chronicles 6:11 And Azariah begat  Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 

1 Chronicles 6:12 And Ahitub  begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 

1 Chronicles 6:13 And  Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 

1 Chronicles 6:14  And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,  

1 Chronicles 6:15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the  LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of  Nebuchadnezzar.  


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1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.  

1 Chronicles 6:17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom;  Libni, and Shimei. 

1 Chronicles 6:18 And the sons of Kohath were,  Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 

1 Chronicles 6:19 The  sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the  families of the Levites according to their fathers. 

1 Chronicles 6:20 Of  Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,  

1 Chronicles 6:21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his  son. 

1 Chronicles 6:22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son,  Korah his son, Assir his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:23 Elkanah his son, and  Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:24 Tahath his son,  Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 

1 Chronicles 6:25  And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 

1 Chronicles 6:26 As  for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and  Nahath his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son,  Elkanah his son. 

1 Chronicles 6:28 And the sons of Samuel; the  firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. 

1 Chronicles 6:29 The sons of Merari;  Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:30  Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 

1 Chronicles 6:31  And these are they whom David set over the service of  song in the house 
of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.  

1 Chronicles 6:32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the  tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon  had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then  they waited on their office according to their order. 

1 Chronicles 6:33  And these are they that waited with their children. Of the  sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the  son of Shemuel, 

1 Chronicles 6:34 The son of Elkanah, the son of  Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 

1 Chronicles 6:35 The son  of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of  Amasai, 

1 Chronicles 6:36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son  of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 

1 Chronicles 6:37 The son of Tahath,  the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,  

1 Chronicles 6:38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,  the son of Israel. 

1 Chronicles 6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood  on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the  son of Shimea, 

1 Chronicles 6:40 The son of Michael, the son of  Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 

1 Chronicles 6:41 The son of Ethni, the  son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 

1 Chronicles 6:42 The son of Ethan,  the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 

1 Chronicles 6:43 The son of  Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 

1 Chronicles 6:44 And  their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand:  Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,  

1 Chronicles 6:45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son  of Hilkiah, 

1 Chronicles 6:46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the  son of Shamer, 

1 Chronicles 6:47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi,  the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 

1 Chronicles 6:48 Their brethren  also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service  
of the tabernacle of the house of God.   

1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of  the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were  appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to  make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses  the servant of God had commanded. 

1 Chronicles 6:50 And these are  the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,  Abishua his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son,  Zerahiah his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,  Ahitub his son, 

1 Chronicles 6:53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.  

1 Chronicles 6:54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout  their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the  families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 

1 Chronicles 6:55  And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the  suburbs thereof round about it. 

1 Chronicles 6:56 But the fields of the  city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of  Jephunneh. 

1 Chronicles 6:57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the  cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and  Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with  their suburbs, 

1 Chronicles 6:58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir  with her suburbs, 

1 Chronicles 6:59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and  Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 

1 Chronicles 6:60 And out of the tribe  of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her  suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities  throughout their families were thirteen cities. 

1 Chronicles 6:61 And  unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of  that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely,  out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 

1 Chronicles 6:62  And to the sons of Gershom throughout 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. 

1 Chronicles 6:63 Unto the sons of Merari  were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the  tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the  tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 

1 Chronicles 6:64 And the children of  Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.  

1 Chronicles 6:65 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 are called by their names. 

1 Chronicles 6:66 And the residue  of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their  coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 

1 Chronicles 6:67 And they gave  unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount  Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her  suburbs, 

1 Chronicles 6:68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron  with her suburbs, 

1 Chronicles 6:69 And Aijalon with her  suburbs, and Gath- rimmon with her suburbs: 

1 Chronicles 6:70 And  out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs,  and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant  of the sons of Kohath. 

1 Chronicles 6:71 Unto 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: 

1 Chronicles 6:72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh  with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 

1 Chronicles 6:73 And  Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:  

1 Chronicles 6:74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her  suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 

1 Chronicles 6:75 And Hukok  with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 

1 Chronicles 6:76 And  out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her  suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim  with her suburbs. 

1 Chronicles 6:77 Unto the rest of the children of  Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun. Rimmon  with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 

1 Chronicles 6:78 And on  the other side Jordan by 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,   

1 Chronicles 6:79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with  her suburbs: 

1 Chronicles 6:80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in  Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,  

1 Chronicles 6:81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her  suburbs. KJV

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