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1 Chronicles 6 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Family of Levi
The Family of Levi
(Gen. 46:11 )
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:1 - The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:2 - The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:3 - The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:4 - Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:5 - Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:6 - Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:7 - Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:8 - Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:9 - Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:11 - Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:12 - Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:13 - Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:14 - Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:15 - Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:16 - The sons of Levi were Gershon,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:17 - These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:18 - The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:20 - Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:21 - Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:22 - The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:23 - Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:24 - Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:25 - The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:26 - As for Elkanah,[fn] the sons of Elkanah were Zophai[fn] his son, Nahath[fn] his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:27 - Eliab[fn] his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:28 - The sons of Samuel were Joel[fn] the firstborn, and Abijah the second.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:29 - The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:30 - Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
Musicians in the House of the LORD
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:31 - Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark came to rest.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:32 - They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:33 - And these are the ones who ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:34 - the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,[fn] the son of Toah,[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:35 - the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:36 - the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:37 - the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:38 - the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:39 - And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:40 - the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:41 - the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:42 - the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:43 - the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:44 - Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:45 - the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:46 - the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:47 - the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:48 - And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
The Family of Aaron
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:49 - But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:50 - Now these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:51 - Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:52 - Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:53 - Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
Dwelling Places of the Levites
(Josh. 21:1–42 )
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:55 - They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:57 - And to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:58 - Hilen[fn] with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:59 - Ashan[fn] with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, Alemeth[fn] with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:64 - So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:65 - And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 - Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - And they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:68 - Jokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:69 - Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 - And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:71 - From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and Ashtaroth with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:72 - And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:73 - Ramoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:74 - And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:75 - Hukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:76 - And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:77 - From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given Rimmon[fn] with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:78 - And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:79 - Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:80 - And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands, Mahanaim with its common-lands,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:81 - Heshbon with its common-lands, and Jazer with its common-lands.
NKJV Footnotes
Hebrew Gershom (alternate spelling of Gershon, as in verses 1, 17, 20, 43, 62, and 71)
Compare verse 35
Spelled Zuph in verse 35 and 1 Samuel 1:1
Compare verse 34
Compare verse 34
Following Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2)
Hebrew Vasheni
Spelled Elihu in 1 Samuel 1:1
Spelled Tohu in 1 Samuel 1:1
Spelled Holon in Joshua 21:15
Spelled Ain in Joshua 21:16
Spelled Almon in Joshua 21:18
Hebrew Rimmono, alternate spelling of Rimmon; see 4:32
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