1 Chronicles 24

1 and to/for son: descendant/people Aaron division their son: child Aaron Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar

These were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 and to die Nadab and Abihu to/for face: before father their and son: child not to be to/for them and to minister Eleazar and Ithamar

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

3 and to divide them David and Zadok from son: child Eleazar and Ahimelech from son: child Ithamar to/for punishment their in/on/with service: ministry their

David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.

4 and to find son: child Eleazar many to/for head: leader [the] great man from son: child Ithamar and to divide them to/for son: child Eleazar head: leader to/for house: household father six ten and to/for son: child Ithamar to/for house: household father their eight

There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and they were divided like this: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight.

5 and to divide them in/on/with allotted these with these for to be ruler holiness and ruler [the] God from son: child Eleazar and in/on/with son: child Ithamar

Thus they were divided impartially by drawing lots; for there were princes of the sanctuary and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

6 and to write them Shemaiah son: child Nethanel [the] secretary from [the] Levi to/for face: before [the] king and [the] ruler and Zadok [the] priest and Ahimelech son: child Abiathar and head: leader [the] father to/for priest and to/for Levi house: household father one to grasp to/for Eleazar and to grasp to grasp to/for Ithamar

Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

7 and to come out: casting(lot) [the] allotted [the] first to/for Jehoiarib to/for Jedaiah [the] second

Now the first lot came out to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

8 to/for Harim [the] third to/for Seorim [the] fourth

the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

9 to/for Malchijah [the] fifth to/for Mijamin [the] sixth

the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

10 to/for Hakkoz [the] seventh to/for Abijah [the] eighth

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

11 to/for Jeshua [the] ninth to/for Shecaniah [the] tenth

the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

12 to/for Eliashib eleven ten to/for Jakim two ten

the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

13 to/for Huppah three ten to/for Jeshebeab four ten

the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

14 to/for Bilgah five ten to/for Immer six ten

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

15 to/for Hezir seven ten to/for Happizzez eight ten

the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

16 to/for Pethahiah nine ten to/for Jehezkel [the] twenty

the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

17 to/for Jachin one and twenty to/for Gamul two and twenty

the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

18 to/for Delaiah three and twenty to/for Maaziah four and twenty

the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

19 these punishment their to/for service: ministry their to/for to come (in): come to/for house: temple LORD like/as justice: rule their in/on/with hand: by Aaron father their like/as as which to command him LORD God Israel

This was their ordering in their service, to come into the LORD’s house according to the ordinance given to them by Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

20 and to/for son: descendant/people Levi [the] to remain to/for son: child Amram Shebuel to/for son: child Shebuel Jehdeiah

Of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

21 to/for Rehabiah to/for son: child Rehabiah [the] head: leader Isshiah

Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.

22 to/for Izharite Shelomoth to/for son: child Shelomoth Jahath

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

23 and son: child Jeriah Amariah [the] second Jahaziel [the] third Jekameam [the] fourth

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

24 son: child Uzziel Micah to/for son: child Micah (Shamir *Q(K)*)

The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

25 brother: male-sibling Micah Isshiah to/for son: child Isshiah Zechariah

The brother of Micah: Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

26 son: child Merari Mahli and Mushi son: child Jaaziah (Beno *L(F)*)

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.

27 son: child Merari to/for Jaaziah (Beno *L(F)*) and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri

The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

28 to/for Mahli Eleazar and not to be to/for him son: child

Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

29 to/for Kish son: child Kish Jerahmeel

Of Kish, the son of Kish: Jerahmeel.

30 and son: child Mushi Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth these son: child [the] Levi to/for house: household father their

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses.

31 and to fall: allot also they(masc.) allotted to/for close brother: male-sibling their son: child Aaron to/for face: before David [the] king and Zadok and Ahimelech and head: leader [the] father to/for priest and to/for Levi father [the] head: leader to/for close brother: male-relative his [the] small

These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites, the fathers’ households of the chief even as those of his younger brother.