1 Chronicles 6

Descendants of Levi

1 1 h The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 i The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 j The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. k The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 l m Eleazar fathered n Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, 5 Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, 6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered o Meraioth, 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 8 p Ahitub fathered q Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, 9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, 10 and Johanan fathered Azariah ( r it was he who served as priest s in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem). 11 l Azariah fathered t Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, 12 Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered u Shallum, 13 Shallum fathered v Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 14 Azariah fathered w Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak; 15 and x Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile y by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 2 The z sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: a Libni and Shimei. 18 b The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 19 c The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 d Of Gershom: Libni his son, e Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 f The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel: Joel 3 his firstborn, the second Abijah. 4 29 g The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

31 These are the men h whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord i after the ark rested there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of j Samuel, 34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, 37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, 38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel; 39 and his brother k Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, 41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, 42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, 43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. 44 On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. 48 And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings l on the altar of burnt offering and on m the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and n to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 o These are the sons 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, Ahimaaz his son.

54 These are their dwelling places according to their p settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the q clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot, 55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands, 56 r but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 s To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, 58 Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, 59 Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands; 60 and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, 5 Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.

61 t To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 62 To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan. 63 u To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 64 v So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands. 65 They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin w these cities that are mentioned by name.

66 x And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands, 68 y Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands, 69 Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands, 70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.

71 z To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and a Ashtaroth with its pasturelands; 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands, 73 Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands; 74 out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands, 75 Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands; 76 and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands. 77 b To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: c Rimmono with its pasturelands, c Tabor with its pasturelands, 78 and d beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands, 79 Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands; 80 and out of the tribe of Gad: e Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, f Mahanaim with its pasturelands, 81 g Heshbon with its pasturelands, and h Jazer with its pasturelands.

  1. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:6
    And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    Genesis 46:11
    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    Exodus 6:16
    These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.
    Numbers 26:57
    This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 6:18
    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years.
    1 Chronicles 6:22
    The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 6:20
    Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:1
    Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them.
    Leviticus 10:12
    Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his surviving sons: "Take the grain offering that is left of the Lord 's food offerings, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:4 - 6
    Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua.
    1 Chronicles 6:11 - 14
    Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub.
    Ezra 7:1 - 5
    Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah.
  6. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:4 - 8
    Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua.
    1 Chronicles 6:50 - 53
    These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 6:25
    Eleazar, Aaron's son, took as his wife one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their clans.
  8. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:11
    And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God.
    Nehemiah 11:11
    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God.
  9. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:17
    And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
  10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:27
    The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
  11. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 26:17 - 18
    But Azariah the priest went in after him, with eighty priests of the Lord who were men of valor.
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:1
    In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
    2 Chronicles 3:1
    Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:4
    Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua.
  14. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 19:11
    And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the Lord be with the upright!
    Ezra 7:3
    Son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth.
  15. Cross References
    Nehemiah 11:11
    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God.
  16. Cross References
    2 Kings 22:4
    Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money that has been brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people.
    Ezra 7:1
    Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah.
  17. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:18
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold.
  18. Cross References
    Ezra 3:2
    Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
  19. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:8 - 21
    In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month - that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon - Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
  20. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:16 - 19
    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
    Exodus 6:16 - 19
    These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.
  21. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:7
    The sons of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.
  22. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:12
    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
  23. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 23:21
    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
    1 Chronicles 6:44
    On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch.
    1 Chronicles 6:47
    Son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:20 - 21
    Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son.
    1 Chronicles 6:41 - 43
    Son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah.
  25. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:43
    Son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
  26. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:22 - 28
    The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.
    1 Chronicles 6:33 - 38
    These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel.
  27. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:19
    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.
    1 Chronicles 6:44 - 47
    On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch.
  28. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:4 - 6
    Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.
  29. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:25 - 16:1
    So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
    2 Samuel 6:12 - 17
    And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
  30. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:28
    The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.
  31. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:17
    So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah.
    1 Chronicles 15:19
    The singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals.
    2 Chronicles 5:12
    And all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 priests who were trumpeters.
    Ezra 2:41
    The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128.
    Nehemiah 7:44
    The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.
  32. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:7
    And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
    Leviticus 1:9
    But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar, as a burnt offering, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  33. Cross References
    Exodus 30:7
    And Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it. Every morning when he dresses the lamps he shall burn it.
  34. Cross References
    Exodus 30:10
    Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year. With the blood of the sin offering of atonement he shall make atonement for it once in the year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.
    Leviticus 4:20
    Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
  35. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:50 - 53
    These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son.
    1 Chronicles 6:4 - 8
    Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua.
  36. Cross References
    Genesis 25:16
    These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
    Numbers 31:10
    All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
  37. Cross References
    Joshua 21:4
    The lot came out for the clans of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, thirteen cities.
    Joshua 21:10
    Which went to the descendants of Aaron, one of the clans of the Kohathites who belonged to the people of Levi; since the lot fell to them first.
  38. Cross References
    Joshua 14:13
    Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
    Joshua 15:13
    According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
  39. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:57 - 60
    To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.
    Joshua 21:13 - 19
    And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands.
  40. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:66 - 70
    And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
    Joshua 21:5
    And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
  41. Cross References
    Joshua 21:7
    The Merarites according to their clans received from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
  42. Cross References
    Joshua 21:3
    So by command of the Lord the people of Israel gave to the Levites the following cities and pasturelands out of their inheritance.
  43. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:57 - 60
    To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.
  44. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:66 - 70
    And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.
    Joshua 21:20 - 26
    As to the rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Kohathite clans of the Levites, the cities allotted to them were out of the tribe of Ephraim.
  45. Cross References
    Joshua 12:22
    The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one.
    1 Kings 4:12
    Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam.
  46. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:71 - 76
    To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.
    Joshua 21:27 - 33
    And to the Gershonites, one of the clans of the Levites, were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah with its pasturelands - two cities.
  47. Cross References
    Joshua 9:10
    And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
  48. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:77 - 81
    To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands.
    Joshua 21:34 - 39
    And to the rest of the Levites, the Merarite clans, were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands.
  49. Cross References
    Joshua 19:12 - 13
    From Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor. From there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia.
  50. Cross References
    Joshua 19:12 - 13
    From Sarid it goes in the other direction eastward toward the sunrise to the boundary of Chisloth-tabor. From there it goes to Daberath, then up to Japhia.
  51. Cross References
    Joshua 13:32
    These are the inheritances that Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho.
  52. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:3 - 4
    And the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
    2 Kings 9:1
    Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Tie up your garments, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
    2 Kings 9:14
    Thus Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. ( Now Joram with all Israel had been on guard at Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Syria.
  53. Cross References
    Genesis 32:2
    And when Jacob saw them he said, "This is God's camp!" So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
  54. Cross References
    Joshua 13:17
    With Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon.
    Joshua 21:39
    Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands - four cities in all.
  55. Cross References
    Numbers 21:32
    And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
    Joshua 21:39
    Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands - four cities in all.
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