1 Chronicles 9

A Genealogy of the Returned Exiles

1 So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And s Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith. 2 t Now the first to u dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the v temple servants. 3 And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem: 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of w Perez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. 6 Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, 690. 7 Of the Benjaminites: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah, 8 Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, Elah the son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah; 9 and their kinsmen according to their generations, x 956. All these were heads of fathers' houses according y to their fathers' houses.

10 z Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, 11 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the a chief officer of the house of God; 12 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer; 13 besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers' houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.

14 b Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; 16 and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief); 18 until then they were c in the king's gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites. 19 Shallum the son of Kore, son of d Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the e Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. 20 And f Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him. 21 g Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 22 All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. h David and Samuel i the seer established them in their office of trust. 23 So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards. 24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south. 25 And their kinsmen who were j in their villages were obligated to come k in every seven days, in turn, to be with these, 26 for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over l the chambers and the treasures of the house of God. 27 And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and m they had charge of opening it every morning.

28 Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out. 29 Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the n fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices. 30 Others, of the sons of the priests, o prepared the mixing of the spices, 31 and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of p Shallum the e Korahite, was entrusted with q making the flat cakes. 32 Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had r charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.

33 Now these, the s singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night. 34 These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem.

Saul's Genealogy Repeated

35 t In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah, 36 and his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; 38 and Mikloth was the father of Shimeam; and these also lived opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen. 39 u Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 40 And the son of Jonathan was v Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah. 41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and w Ahaz. 1 42 And Ahaz fathered x Jarah, and Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza. 43 Moza fathered Binea, and y Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 44 Azel had six sons and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

  1. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 5:25 - 26
    But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:2 - 22
    Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
    Nehemiah 11:3 - 22
    These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants.
  3. Cross References
    Ezra 2:70
    Now the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel in their towns.
    Nehemiah 7:73
    So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns. And when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.
  4. Cross References
    Ezra 2:43
    The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons...
    Ezra 2:58
    All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon...
    Ezra 7:7
    And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the sev...
    Ezra 8:17
    And sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the p...
    Ezra 8:20
    Besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David ...
    Nehemiah 3:26
    And the temple servants living on Ophel repaire...
    Nehemiah 7:60
    All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon...
    Nehemiah 7:73
    So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, t...
    Nehemiah 10:28
    The rest of the people, the priests, the Levite...
    Nehemiah 11:3
    These are the chiefs of the province who lived ...
    Nehemiah 11:21
    But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Zih...
    Joshua 9:27
    But Joshua made them that day cutters of wood a...
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 2:5 - 6
    The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  6. Cross References
    Nehemiah 11:8
    And his brothers, men of valor, 928.
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 35:4 - 5
    Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses by your divisions, as prescribed in the writing of David king of Israel and the document of Solomon his son.
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:10 - 13
    Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin.
    Nehemiah 11:10 - 14
    Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:1
    Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
    Acts 4:1
    And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them.
  10. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:14 - 17
    Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari.
    Nehemiah 11:15 - 19
    And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 46:1 - 2
    Thus says the Lord God : The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut on the six working days, but on the Sabbath day it shall be opened, and on the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
  12. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 26:1
    As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
  13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 12:6
    Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites.
    Numbers 26:58
    These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.
    2 Chronicles 20:19
    And the Levites, of the Kohathites and the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 25:11 - 13
    Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.
  15. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 26:2
    And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth.
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 26:1 - 2
    As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
  17. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:9
    (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
  18. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:16
    And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
  19. Cross References
    2 Kings 11:5
    And he commanded them, "This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, those who come off duty on the Sabbath and guard the king's house
  20. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:5
    He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary. And he made side chambers all around.
    1 Kings 6:8
    The entrance for the lowest story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.
  21. Cross References
    Numbers 1:53
    But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.
  22. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:29
    Their duty was also to assist with the showbread, the flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.
    Leviticus 6:20 - 21
    This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 30:23 - 25
    Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:19
    Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
  25. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:19
    Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers' house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
  26. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:29
    Their duty was also to assist with the showbread, the flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:5 - 8
    You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
  28. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:31
    These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark rested there.
    1 Chronicles 25:1
    David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:
  29. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:35 - 38
    In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah.
    1 Chronicles 8:29 - 32
    Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah.
  30. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:39 - 44
    Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
    1 Chronicles 8:33 - 38
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.
  31. Cross References
    2 Samuel 4:4
    Jonathan, the son of Saul, had a son who was crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled, and as she fled in her haste, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
    2 Samuel 9:6
    And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, "Mephibosheth!" And he answered, "Behold, I am your servant.
    2 Samuel 9:10
    And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master's grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall always eat at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
  32. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 8:35
    The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
  33. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 8:36
    Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri fathered Moza.
  34. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 8:37
    Moza fathered Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
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