1 Chronicles 6

Descendants of Levi

1 The sons of Levi were a Gershon, 1 Kohath, and Merari. 2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, b Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were c Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua; 5 Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi; 6 Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; 7 Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; 8 d Ahitub begot e Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; 9 Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; 10 Johanan begot Azariah (it was he f who ministered as priest in the g temple 2 that Solomon built in Jerusalem); 11 h Azariah begot i Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; 12 Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot 3 Shallum; 13 Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah; 14 Azariah begot j Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak. 15 Jehozadak went into captivity k when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi were l Gershon, 4 Kohath, and Merari. 17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei. 18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers: 20 Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, m Zimmah his son, 21 5 Joah his son, 6 Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and 7 Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath were 8 Amminadab his son, n 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 were o Amasai and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah, 9 the sons of Elkanah were 10 Zophai his son, 11 Nahath 12 his son, 27 13 Eliab 14 his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel were 15 Joel the firstborn, and Abijah 16 the second. 29 The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

31 Now these are p the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the q ark came to rest. 32 They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order. 33 And these are the ones who 17 ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the r Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 18 Eliel, the son of 19 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 s 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 t Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 the son of u 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 Gershon, the son of Levi. 44 Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were 20 Ethan the son of 21 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 to every v kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 w But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices x on the altar of burnt offering and y on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 Now these are the z 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, and Ahimaaz his son.

54 a Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites: 55 b They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding 22 common-lands. 56 c But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And d to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands, 58 23 Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands, 59 24 Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, 25 Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.

61 e To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave f by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh. 62 And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 63 To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave g twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun. 64 So the children of Israel gave these cities with their 26 common-lands to the Levites. 65 And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.

66 Now h some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. 67 i And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands, 68 j Jokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands, 69 Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands. 70 And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

71 From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and 27 Ashtaroth with its common-lands. 72 And from the tribe of Issachar: 28 Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands, 73 Ramoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands. 74 And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands, 75 Hukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands. 76 And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands. 77 From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given 29 Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands. 78 And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands, 79 Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands. 80 And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands, Mahanaim with its common-lands, 81 Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 46:11
    The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    Exodus 6:16
    These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
    Numbers 26:57
    And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
    1 Chronicles 23:6
    Also David separated them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:18
    The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
    1 Chronicles 6:22
    The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:1
    Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them.
    Leviticus 10:2
    So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
  4. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:17
    Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe.
  5. Cross References
    2 Samuel 15:27
    The king also said to Zadok the priest, " Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
  6. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 26:17
    So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the LORD - valiant men.
    2 Chronicles 26:18
    And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, " It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the LORD God.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:1
    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel had come 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, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
    2 Chronicles 3:1
    Now Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
  8. Cross References
    Ezra 7:3
    The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth.
  9. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 19:11
    "And take notice: Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters; also the Levites will be officials before you. Behave courageously, and the LORD will be with the good."
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:18 - 21
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
    Nehemiah 11:11
    Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God.
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:21
    Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 46:11
    The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
    Exodus 6:16
    These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
  13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:42
    The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 16:1
    Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.
  15. Cross References
    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.
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:16 - 22
    Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.
    1 Chronicles 15:27
    David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.
    1 Chronicles 16:4 - 6
    And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD God of Israel:
  17. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:17
    So they brought the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
    1 Kings 8:4
    Then they brought up the ark of the LORD, the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priests and the Levites brought them up.
    1 Chronicles 15:25
    So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of ObedE'dom with joy.
    1 Chronicles 16:1
    So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 26:57
    And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 6:24
    And the sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
  20. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 5:12
    And the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets -
  21. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:21
    Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
  22. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:14 - 34
    Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Numbers 18:1 - 8
    Then the LORD said to Aaron: "You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear the iniquity related to the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity associated with your priesthood.
  24. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:8
    Then the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar.
    Leviticus 1:9
    But he shall wash its entrails and its legs with water. And the priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 30:7
    Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it.
  26. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:4 - 8
    Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua.
    Ezra 7:5
    The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest -
  27. Cross References
    Joshua 21:1
    Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came near to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.
  28. Cross References
    Joshua 14:13
    And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
    Joshua 21:11
    And they gave them Kirjath Arba ( Arba was the father of Anak), which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it.
    Joshua 21:12
    But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
  29. Cross References
    Joshua 14:13
    And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
    Joshua 15:13
    Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron ( Arba was the father of Anak).
  30. Cross References
    Joshua 21:13
    Thus to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), Libnah with its common-land.
    Joshua 21:19
    All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their common-lands.
  31. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:66 - 70
    Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
  32. Cross References
    Joshua 21:5
    The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  33. Cross References
    Joshua 21:7
    The children of Merari according to their families had twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
    Joshua 21:34 - 40
    And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its common-land.
  34. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:61
    To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.
  35. Cross References
    Joshua 21:21
    For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common-land.
  36. Cross References
    Joshua 21:22
    Kibzaim with its common-land, and Beth Horon with its common-land: four cities.
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