1 Chronicles — Chapter 6

KJVThe sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

KJVAnd the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

KJVAnd the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

KJVEleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,

KJVAnd Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,

KJVAnd Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

KJVMeraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

KJVAnd Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

KJVAnd Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

KJVAnd Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

KJVAnd Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

KJVAnd Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,

KJVAnd Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

KJVAnd Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,

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

KJVThe sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

KJVAnd these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

KJVAnd the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

KJVAnd the sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

KJVOf Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

KJVJoah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

KJVThe sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

KJVElkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

KJVTahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

KJVAnd the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

KJVAs for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

KJVEliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

KJVAnd the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

KJVThe sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

KJVShimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

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

KJVAnd 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.

KJVAnd 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,

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

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

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

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

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

KJVAnd his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

KJVThe son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

KJVThe son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

KJVThe son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

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

KJVAnd on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

KJVThe son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

KJVThe son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

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

KJVTheir brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

KJVBut 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.

KJVAnd these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

KJVBukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

KJVMeraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

KJVZadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

KJVNow 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.

KJVAnd they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

KJVBut the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

KJVAnd 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 her suburbs,

KJVAnd Hilen with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

KJVAnd Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

KJVAnd 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.

KJVAnd 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.

KJVAnd 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.

KJVUnto 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.

KJVAnd the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

KJVAnd 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.

KJVAnd of the families of the sons of Kohath, the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim.

KJVAnd they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

KJVAnd Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,

KJVAnd Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

KJVAnd 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.

KJVUnto 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:

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

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

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

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

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

KJVUnto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

KJVAnd 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,

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

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

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