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1 Chronicles 24 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Divisions of the Priests
The Divisions of the Priests
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:1 - Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - Then David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to the schedule of their service.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - There were more leaders found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen heads of their fathers’ houses, and eight heads of their fathers’ houses among the sons of Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5 - Thus they were divided by lot, one group as another, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites, one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:7 - Now 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,[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 - the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,[fn]
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 - This was the schedule of their service for coming into the house of the LORD according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
Other Levites
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 - And the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael;[fn] of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:21 - Concerning Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:22 - Of the Izharites, Shelomoth;[fn] of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:23 - Of the sons of Hebron,[fn] Jeriah was the first,[fn] Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:24 - Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:25 - The brother of Michah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:26 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah, Beno.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:27 - The sons of Merari by Jaaziah were 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 son of Kish, Jerahmeel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:30 - Also the sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also cast lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites. The chief fathers did just as their younger brethren.
NKJV Footnotes
Septuagint and Vulgate read Aphses.
Masoretic Text reads Jehezkel.
Spelled Shebuel in 23:16
Spelled Shelomith in 23:18
Supplied from 23:19 (following some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint manuscripts)
Supplied from 23:19 (following some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint manuscripts)
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