1 Chronicles 24
1 These are also the diuisions of the sonnes of Aaron: The sonnes of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Forsothe to the sones of Aaron these porciouns schulen be; the sones of Aaron weren Nadab, and Abyud, Eleazar, and Ythamar;
2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the Priestes office.
but Nadab and Abyud weren deed with out fre children bifor her fadir, and Eleazar and Ythamar weren set in presthod.
3 And Dauid distributed them, euen Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sonnes of Ithamar according to their offices in their ministration.
And Dauith departide hem, that is, Sadoch, of the sones of Eleazar, and Achymelech, of the sones of Ithamar, by her whiles and seruyce;
4 And there were found more of the sonnes of Eleazar by the number of men, then of the sonnes of Ithamar. and they deuided them, to wit, among the sonnes of Eleazar, sixteene heads, according to the houshould of their fathers, and among ye sonnes of Ithamar, according to the housholde of their fathers, eight.
and the sones of Eleazar weren founden many mo in the men princes, than the sones of Ythamar. Forsothe he departide to hem, that is, to the sones of Eleazar, sixtene prynces bi meynees; and to the sones of Ythamar eiyte prynces bi her meynees and howsis.
5 Thus they distributed them by lot the one from the other, and so the rulers of the Sanctuarie and the rulers of the house of God were of the sonnes of Eleazar and of the sonnes of Ithamar.
Sotheli he departide euer eithir meynees among hem silf bi lottis; for there weren princes of the seyntuarye, and princes of the hows of God, as wel of the sones of Eleazar as of the sones of Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the sonne of Nethaneel the scribe of the Leuites, wrote them before ye King and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar, and before ye chiefe fathers of the Priests and of the Leuites, one familie being reserued for Eleazar, and another reserued for Ithamar.
And Semeye, the sone of Nathanael, a scribe of the lynage of Leuy, discriuede hem bifore the king and pryncis, and bifor Sadoch, the preest, and Achymelech, the sone of Abiathar, and to the prynces of meynees of the preestis and of the dekenes; he discriuyde oon hows of Eleazar, that was souereyn to othere, and `the tother hows of Ithamar, that hadde othere vndir hym.
7 And the first lot fell to Iehoiarib, and the second to Iedaiah,
Forsothe the firste lot yede out to Joiarib, the secounde to Jedeie,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
the thridde to Aharym, the fourthe to Seorym,
9 The fifth to Malchiiah, the sixt to Miiamin,
the fyuethe to Melchie,
10 The seuenth to Hakkoz, the eight to Abiiah,
the sixte to Maynan, the seuenthe to Accos,
11 The ninth to Ieshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
the eiythe to Abia, the nynthe to Hieusu, the tenthe to Sechema, the elleuenthe to Eliasib,
12 The eleuenth to Eliashib, the twelft to Iakim,
the tweluethe to Jacyn,
13 The thirteenth to Huppa, the fouretenth to Ieshebeab,
the thrittenthe to Opha, the fourtenthe to Isbaal,
14 The fiftenth to Bilgah, the sixtenth to Immer,
the fiftenthe to Abelga, the sixtenthe to Emmer,
15 The seuententh to Hezir, the eightenth to Happizzer,
the seuententhe to Ezir, the eiytenthe to Ahapses, the nyntenthe to Pheseye,
16 The ninetenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Iehezekel,
the twentithe to Jezechel,
17 The one and twentie to Iachin, the two and twentie to Gamul,
the oon and twentithe to Jachym, the two and twentithe to Gamul, the thre and twentithe to Dalayam,
18 The three and twentie to Deliah, the foure and twentie to Maaziah.
the foure and twentithe to Mazzian.
19 These were their orders according to their offices, when they entred into the house of the Lord according to their custome vnder the hande of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel had commanded him.
These weren the whilis of hem bi her mynysteries, that thei entre in to the hows of God, and bi her custom vndur the hond of Aaron, her fadir, as the Lord God of Israel comaundide.
20 And of the sonnes of Leui that remained of the sonnes of Amram, was Shubael, of the sonnes of Shubael, Iedeiah,
Forsothe Sebahel was prince of the sones of Leuy that weren resydue, of the sones of Amram; and the sone of Sebahel was Jedeie;
21 Of Rehabiah. euen of the sonnes of Rehabiah, the first Isshiiah,
also Jesie was prince of the sones of Roobie.
22 Of Izhari, Shelomoth, of the sonnes of Shelomoth, Iahath,
Sotheli Salomoth was prince of Isaaris; and the sone of Salamoth was Janadiath;
23 And his sonnes Ieriah the first, Amariah the second, Iahaziel the thirde, and Iekameam the fourth,
and his firste sone was Jeriuans, `Amarie the secounde, Azihel the thridde, `Jethmoan the fourthe.
24 The sonne of Vzziel was Michah, ye sonne of Michah was Shamir,
The sone of Ozihel was Mycha; the sone of Mycha was Samyr;
25 The brother of Michah was Isshiiah, the sonne of Isshiiah, Zechariah,
the brother of Mycha was Jesia; and the sone of Jesia was Zacharie.
26 The sonnes of Merari, were Mahli and Mushi, the sonne of Iaaziiah was Beno,
The sones of Merary weren Mooli and Musi; the sone of Josyan was Bennon;
27 The sonnes of Merari of Iahaziah were Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur and Ibri.
and the sone of Merarie was Ozian, and Soen, and Zaccur, and Hebri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, which had no sonnes.
Sotheli the sone of Mooli was Eleazar, that hadde not fre sones; forsothe the sone of Cys was Jeremyhel;
29 Of Kish. the sonne of Kish was Ierahmeel,
the sones of Musy weren Mooli,
30 And the sonnes of Mushi were Mahli, and Eder, and Ierimoth: these were sonnes of the Leuites after the houshold of their fathers.
Eder, Jerymuth. These weren the sones of Leuy, bi the housis of her meynees.
31 And these also cast lots with their brethren the sonnes of Aaron before King Dauid, and Zadok and Ahimelech and the chiefe fathers of the Priests, and of the Leuites, euen the chiefe of the families against their yonger brethren.
Also and thei senten lottis ayens her britheren, the sones of Aaron, bifor Dauid the kyng, and bifor Sadoch, and Achymelech, and the princes of meynees of preestis and of dekenes; lot departide euenli alle, bothe the gretter and the lesse.
