1 Chronicles 6

1 The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

2 And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Vzziel.

And the sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.

3 And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses and Miriam. And the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And the sons of Ambram; Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam: and the sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abiud, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar begate Phinehas. Phinehas begate Abishua,

Eleazar begot Phinees, Phinees begot Abisu;

5 And Abishua begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Vzzi,

Abisu begot Bokki, and Bokki begot Ozi;

6 And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth.

Ozi begot Zaraia, Zaraia begot Mariel;

7 Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

and Mariel begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;

8 And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Ahimaaz,

and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas;

9 And Ahimaaz begate Azariah, and Azariah begate Iohanan,

and Achimaas begot Azarias, and Azarias begot Joanan;

10 And Iohanan begate Azariah (it was hee that was Priest in the house that Salomon built in Ierusalem)

and Joanan begot Azarias: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11 And Azariah begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

And Azarias begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;

12 And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Shallum,

and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Salom;

13 And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah,

and Salom begot Chelcias, and Chelcias begot Azarias;

14 And Azariah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak,

and Azarias begot Saraia, and Saraias begot Josadac.

15 And Iehozadak departed when the Lord caried away into captiuitie Iudah and Ierusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar.

And Josadac went into captivity with Juda and Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor.

16 The sonnes of Leui were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

17 And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei.

18 And the sonnes of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Vzziel.

The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.

19 The sonnes of Merari, Mahli and Mushi: and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.

The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these [are] the families of Levi, according to their families.

20 Of Gershom, Libni his sonne, Iahath his sonne, Zimmah his sonne,

To Gedson—to Lobeni his son—[were born] Jeth his son, Zammath his son,

21 Ioah his sonne, Iddo his sonne, Zerah his sonne, Ieaterai his sonne.

Joab his son, Addi his son, Zara his son, Jethri his son.

22 The sonnes of Kohath, Aminadab his sonne, Korah his sonne, Assir his sonne,

The sons of Caath; Aminadab his son, Core his son, Aser his son;

23 Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph his sonne, and Assir his sonne,

Helcana his son, Abisaph his son, Aser his son:

24 Tahath his sonne, Vriel his sonne, Vzziah his sonne, and Shaul his sonne,

Thaath his son, Uriel his son, Ozia his son, Saul his son.

25 And the sonnes of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.

And the sons of Helcana; Amessi, and Achimoth.

26 Elkanah. the sonnes of Elkanah, Zophai his sonne, and Nahath his sonne,

Helcana his son, Suphi his son, Cainaath his son;

27 Eliab his sonne, Ieroham his sonne, Elkanah his sonne,

Eliab his son, Jeroboam his son, Helcana his son.

28 And the sonnes of Shemuel, the eldest Vashni, then Abiah.

The sons of Samuel; the first-born Sani, and Abia.

29 The sonnes of Merari were Mahli, Libni his sonne, Shimei his sonne, Vzzah his sonne,

The sons of Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son;

30 Shimea his sonne, Haggiah his sonne, Asaiah his sonne.

Samaa his son, Angia his son, Asaias his son.

31 And these be they whom Dauid set for to sing in the house of the Lord, after that the Arke had rest.

And these [were the men] whom David set over the service of the singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at rest.

32 And they ministred before the Tabernacle, euen the Tabernacle of the Congregation with singing, vntill Salomon had built ye house of the Lord in Ierusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custome.

And they ministered in front of the tabernacle of witness [playing] on instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for their services.

33 And these ministred with their children: of the sonnes of Kohath, Heman a singer, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Shemuel,

And these [were the men] that stood, and their sons, of the sons of Caath: Aeman the psalm singer, son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

34 The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Toah,

the son of Helcana, the son of Jeroboam, the son of Eliel, the son of Thoas,

35 The sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai,

the son of Suph, the son of Helcana, the son of Maath, the son of Amathi,

36 The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Zephaniah,

the son of Helcana, the son of Joel, the son of Azarias, the son of Japhanias,

37 The sonne of Tahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah,

the son of Thaath, the son of Aser, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,

38 The sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel.

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

39 And his brother Asaph stoode on his right hand: and Asaph was the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Shimea,

And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand; Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa,

40 The sonne of Michael, the sonne of Baaseiah, the sonne of Malchiah,

the son of Michael, the son of Baasia, the son of Melchia,

41 The sonne of Ethni, the sonne of Zerah, the sonne of Adaiah,

the son of Athani, the son of Zaarai,

42 The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,

the son of Adai, the son of Aetham, the son of Zammam, the son of Semei,

43 The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.

the son of Jeeth, the son of Gedson, the son of Levi.

44 And their brethren the sonnes of Merari were on the left hand, euen Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch,

And the sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Aetham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch,

45 The sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

the son of Asebi,

46 The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,

the son of Amessias, the son of Bani, the son of Semer,

47 The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

the son of Mooli, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 And their brethren the Leuites were appointed vnto all the seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God,

And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, [were] the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49 But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the seruant of God had commanded.

And Aaron and his sons [were] to burn incense on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and on the altar of incense, for all the ministry [in] the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

50 These are also the sonnes of Aaron, Eleazar his sonne, Phinehas his sonne, Abishua his sonne,

And these [are] the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisu his son,

51 Bukki his sonne, Vzzi his sonne, Zerahiah his sonne,

Bokki his son, Ozi his son, Saraia his son,

52 Meraioth his sonne, Amariah his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,

Mariel his son, Amaria his son, Achitob his son,

53 Zadok his sonne, and Ahimaaz his sonne.

Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

54 And these are the dwelling places of them throughout their townes and coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron for the familie of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

And these [are] their residences in their villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Caathites: for they had the lot.

55 So they gaue them Hebron in the lande of Iudah and the suburbes thereof rounde about it.

And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.

56 But the fielde of the citie, and the villages thereof they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

57 And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cities of Iudah for refuge, euen Hebron and Libna with their suburbes, and Iattir, and Eshtemoa with their suburbes,

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, [even] Chebron, and Lobna and her suburbs round about, and Selna and her suburbs, and Esthamo and her suburbs,

58 And Hilen with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,

and Jethar and her suburbs, and Dabir and her suburbs,

59 And Ashan and her suburbes, and Bethshemesh and her suburbes:

and Asan and her suburbs, and Baethsamys and her suburbs:

60 And of the tribe of Beniamin, Geba and her suburbes, and Alemeth with her suburbes, and Anathoth with her suburbes: all their cities were thirteene cities by their families.

and of the tribe of Benjamin Gabai and her suburbs, and Galemath and her suburbs, and Anathoth and her suburbs: all their cities [were] thirteen cities according to their families.

61 And vnto the sonnes of Kohath the remnant of the familie of the tribe, euen of the halfe tribe of the halfe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

And to the sons of Caath that were left of their families, [there were given] out of the tribe, [namely], out of the half-tribe of Manasse, by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sonnes of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

And to the sons of Gedson according to their families [there were given] thirteen cities of the tribe of Issachar, of the tribe of Aser, of the tribe of Nephthali, of the tribe of Manasse in Basan.

63 Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

And to the sons of Merari according to their families [there were given], by lot, twelve cities of the tribe of Ruben, of the tribe of Gad, [and] of the tribe of Zabulon.

64 Thus the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites cities with their suburbes.

So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

65 And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Juda, and out of the tribe of the children of Symeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name.

66 And they of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities and their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And [to the members] of the families of the sons of Caath there were also given the cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezer and her suburbes,

And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs,

68 Iokmeam also and her suburbes, and Bethhoron with her suburbes,

and Jecmaan and her suburbs, and Baethoron and her suburbs,

69 And Aialon and her suburbes, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbes,

and Aelon and her suburbs, and Gethremmon and her suburbs:

70 And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Aner and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the families of the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.

and of the half-tribe of Manasse Anar and her suburbs, and Jemblaan and her suburbs, to the sons of Caath that were left, according to [each several] family.

71 Vnto the sonnes of Gershom out of the familie of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, and her suburbes, and Ashtaroth with her suburbes,

To the sons of Gedson from the families of the half-tribe of Manasse [they gave] Golan of Basan and her suburbs, and Aseroth and her suburbs.

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and her suburbes, Daberath and her suburbes,

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedes and her suburbs, and Deberi and her suburbs, and Dabor and her suburbs,

73 Ramoth also and her suburbes, and Anem with her suburbes,

and Ramoth, and Aenan and her suburbs.

74 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbes, and Abdon and her suburbes,

And of the tribe of Aser; Maasal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,

75 And Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbes,

and Acac and her suburbs, and Roob and her suburbs.

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilea and her suburbes, and Hammon and her suburbes, and Kiriathaim and her suburbes.

And of the tribe of Nephthali; Kedes in Galilee and her suburbs, and Chamoth and her suburbs, and Kariathaim and her suburbs.

77 Vnto the rest of the children of Merari were giuen out of ye tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and her suburbes, Tabor and her suburbes,

To the sons of Merari that were left, [they gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon Remmon and her suburbs, and Thabor and her suburbs:

78 And on the other side Iorden by Iericho, euen on the Eastside of Iorden, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbes, and Iahzah with her suburbes,

out of [the country] beyond Jordan; Jericho westward of Jordan: out of the tribe of Ruben; Bosor in the wilderness and her suburbs, and Jasa and her suburbs,

79 And Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes,

and Kadmoth and her suburbs, and Maephla and her suburbs.

80 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,

Out of the tribe of Gad; Rammoth Galaad and her suburbs, and Maanaim and her suburbs,

81 And Heshbon with her suburbes, and Iaazer with her suburbes.

and Esebon and her suburbs, and Jazer and her suburbs.