1 Chronicles Chapter 6
1 The descendants of LEVI: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari
2 The descendants of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar was father of Phinehas father of 5 Abishua father of Bukki father of 6 Uzzi father of Zerahiah father of 7 Meraioth father of Amariah father of 8 Ahitub father of Zadok father of 9 Ahimaaz father of Azariah, father of 10 Johanan father of Azariah (priest in the Temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem), and 11 Azariah was father of Amariah father of 12 Ahitub father of Zadok father of 13 Shallum father of Hilkiah father of 14 Azariah father of Seraiah father of 15 Jehozadak, who went into exile when the LORD took Judah and Jerusalem away by Nebuchadnezzar. 1 Ch 6:1-15
16 The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 The sons of Gershom were Libni/Ladan and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi.
20 The sons of Gershom were Libni, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath were Amminadab, 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 Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 The sons of Elkanah were Zophai, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel were Joel his firstborn and Ahijah 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. 1 Ch 6:16-30
31 These are the ones David appointed to sing in the LORD’s Tabernacle after the Ark rested there. 32 They served in song at the Tent of Meeting till Solomon built the LORD’s Temple in Jerusalem. They served in their order.
33 These are the ones with their sons that served. From the Kohathites were Heman the singer son of Joel son of 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 Heman’s brother Asaph stood on his right, that is, Asaph 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 were their relatives the sons of Merari: Ethan 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 Their relatives the Levites were appointed for the service of the Tabernacle, God’s house. 1 Ch 6:31-48
49 Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense for the work of the Holy of Holies, and atoned for Israel like Moses had commanded.
50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar, 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 These are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the descendants of Aaron of the clans of the Kohathites (Theirs was the first lot.), 55 they gave Hebron in Judah with its pastures around it. 56 But the fields round the town and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 57 To Aaron’s descendants they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pastures, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pastures, 58 Hilen with its pastures, Debir with its pastures, 59 Ashan with its pastures, and Beth-shemesh with its pastures. 60 From Benjamin they gave Geba with its pastures, Allemeth with its pastures, and Anathoth with its pastures—13 towns. 1 Ch 6:49-60
61 To the rest of Kohath’s descendants, they gave 10 towns by lot from the Manasseh half-tribe.
62 To Gershom’s descendants according to their families, they gave 13 towns in Bashan from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh.
63 To Merari’s descendants according to their families, they gave by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64 Israel’s descendants gave the Levites the towns with their pastures. 65 From the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin, they gave the towns by lot.
66 Some families of Kohath’s descendants had towns from the tribe of Ephraim. 67 They gave them the following cities of refuge with their pastures: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, 68 Jokmeam, Beth-horon, 69 Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon. 70 From the Manasseh half-tribe they gave towns with their pastures: Aner and Bileam for the rest of the descendants of Kohath. 1 Ch 6:61-70
71 To Gershom’s descendants they gave towns with their pastures from the family of the Manasseh half-tribe: Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth. 72 From the tribe of Issachar they gave towns with their pastures: Kedesh, Daberath, 73 Ramoth, Anem. 74 From Asher they gave towns with their pastures: Mashal, Abdon, 75 Hukok, and Rehob. 76 From Naphtali they gave towns with their pastures: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim.
77 To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, from the tribe of Zebulun they gave towns with their pastures: Rimmono and Tabor. 78 On the east side of the Jordan, from Reuben they gave towns with their pastures: Bezer in the open country, Jahzah, 79 Kedemoth, and Mephaath. 80 From Gad they gave towns with their pastures: Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, 81 Heshbon, and Jazer. 1 Ch 6:71-81