1 Paralipomenon 6

¹The sons of Levi: Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

²The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moyses, and Maria. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

⁴Eleazar begat Phinees, and Phinees begat Abisue,

⁵and Abisue begat Bocci, and Bocci begat Ozi.

⁶Ozi begat Zaraias, and Zaraias begat Maraioth.

⁷Moreover Meraioth begat Amarias, and Amarias begat Achitob.

⁸Achitob begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Achimaas,

⁹Achimaas begat Azarias, Azarias begat Johanan,

¹⁰Johanan begat Azarias. The same is he that executed the priestly office in the house, which Salomon built in Jerusalem.

¹¹And Azarias begat Amarias, and Amarias begat Achitob,

¹²and Achitob begat Sadoc, and Sadoc begat Sellum,

¹³Sellum begat Helcias, and Helcias begat Azarias,

¹⁴Azarias begat Saraias, & Saraias begat Josedec.

¹⁵Moreover Josedec went forth, when our Lord transported Juda and Jerusalem by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

¹⁶The sons then of Levi: Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

¹⁷And these be the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

¹⁸The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

¹⁹The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

²⁰Gerson, Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,

²¹Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

²²The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,

²³Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son.

²⁴Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias his son, Saul his son.

²⁵The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth,

²⁶& Elcana: The sons of Elcana: Sophai his son, Nahath his son,

²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.

²⁸The sons of Samuel: the first-begotten Vasseni, and Abia.

²⁹And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

³⁰Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Asaia his son.

³¹These are they, whom David appointed over the singing men of the house of our Lord, since the Ark was placed:

³²& they ministered before the tabernacle of testimony, singing, until Salomon built the house of our Lord in Jerusalem: & they stood according to their order in the ministry.

³³And these are they, which assisted with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam singing man, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

³⁴the son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

³⁵the son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

³⁶the son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azaria, the son of Sophonias,

³⁷the son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,

³⁸the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa,

⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia.

⁴¹the son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia,

⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei.

⁴³the son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴And the children of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Maloch,

⁴⁵the son of Hasabia, the son of Amasia, the son of Helcias,

⁴⁶the son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,

⁴⁷the son of Moholi, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸Their brethren also the Levites, which were ordained for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of our Lord.

⁴⁹But Aaron, and his sons burnt incense upon the altar of holocaust, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of Sancta Sanctorum: and to pray for Israel according to all things, which Moyses the servant of God commanded.

⁵⁰And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son.

⁵¹Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia his son,

⁵²Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son,

⁵³Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

⁵⁴And these are their habitations by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, according to the kindreds of the Caathites: for they were fallen to them by lot.

⁵⁵They gave therefore to them Hebron in the Land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

⁵⁶but the fields of the city, and the towns to Caleb the son of Jephone.

⁵⁷Moreover to the sons of Aaron they gave cities, to fly unto, Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,

⁵⁸Jether also and Esthemo with the suburbs thereof, yea and Helon, and Dabir with their suburbs:

⁵⁹Asan also and Bethsemes, & their suburbs.

⁶⁰And of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and the suburbs thereof, Almath with the suburbs thereof, Anothoth also with the suburbs thereof. All the cities, thirteen, by their kindreds.

⁶¹And to the children of Caath the residue of their kindred they gave of the half tribe of Manasses in possession ten cities.

⁶²Moreover to the children of Gerson by their kindreds of the tribe of Issachar, and of the tribe of Aser, and of the tribe of Nephthali, and of the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.

⁶³And to the sons of Merari by their kindreds of the tribe of Ruben, and of the tribe of Gad, & of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

⁶⁴Also the children of Israel gave to the Levites cities, and their suburbs:

⁶⁵and they gave by lot, of the tribe of the children of Juda, and of the tribe of the children of Simeon, & of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which they called by their names,

⁶⁶and to them, that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, & the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷They therefore gave them cities, to fly unto, Sichem with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with the suburbs thereof,

⁶⁸Jecmaan also with the suburbs thereof, & Bethhoron in like manner,

⁶⁹moreover Helon also with the suburbs thereof, and Gethremmon in like manner.

⁷⁰Moreover of the half tribe of Manasses Aner & the suburbs thereof, Balaam & the suburbs thereof: to wit, to them, which were left of the kindred of the sons of Caath.

⁷¹And to the sons of Gerson of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon in Basan, & the suburbs thereof, & Astaroth with the suburbs thereof.

⁷²Of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes & the suburbs thereof, & Dabereth with the suburbs thereof,

⁷³Ramoth also & the suburbs thereof, & Anem with the suburbs thereof.

⁷⁴And of the tribe of Aser: Masal with the suburbs thereof, and Abdon in like manner,

⁷⁵Hucac also and the suburbs thereof, & Rohob with the suburbs thereof.

⁷⁶Moreover of the tribe of Nephthali, Cedes in Galilee and the suburbs thereof, Hamon with the suburbs thereof, and Cariathaim, and the suburbs thereof.

⁷⁷And to the rest of the sons of Merari: of the tribe of Zabulon Remmono and the suburbs thereof, and Thabor with the suburbs thereof:

⁷⁸beyond Jordan also over against Jericho, against the East of Jordan, of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with the suburbs thereof, and Jassa with the suburbs thereof,

⁷⁹Cademoth also and the suburbs thereof, and Mephaath with the suburbs thereof.

⁸⁰Moreover also of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad and the suburbs thereof, and Manaim with the suburbs thereof,

⁸¹Yea and Hesebon with the suburbs thereof, and Jezer with the suburbs thereof.