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1 Chronicles 24 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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David Organizes the Priests

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:1 - The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5 - They divided them by lot, all alike, for there were sacred officers and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father’s house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:7 - The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:8 - the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:9 - the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:10 - the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:11 - the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12 - the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 - the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15 - the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 - the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17 - the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 - the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:21 - Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:22 - Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:23 - The sons of Hebron:[fn] Jeriah the chief,[fn] Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:24 - The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:25 - The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:26 - The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:27 - The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:28 - Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:29 - Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:30 - The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.
ESV Footnotes
Compare 23:19; Hebrew lacks Hebron
Compare 23:19; Hebrew lacks the chief
Or his son; also verse 27
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