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27 Jehoiada, leader of the house of[a] Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.27 Vg: Heb lacks the house of

27 including Jehoiada, leader of the family of Aaron, with 3,700 men,

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17 for Levi, Hashabiah son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok;

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17 over Levi: Hashabiah(A) son of Kemuel;

over Aaron: Zadok;(B)

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20 And Phinehas son of Eleazar was chief over them in former times; the Lord was with him.(A)

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20 In earlier times Phinehas(A) son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him.

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49 But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, doing all the work of the most holy place, to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.(A) 50 These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,(B) 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

Settlements of the Levites

54 These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their territories: to the sons of Aaron of the families of Kohathites—for the lot fell to them first(C) 55 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,(D) 56 but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.(E) 57 To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,(F)

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49 But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar(A) of burnt offering and on the altar of incense(B) in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 These were the descendants of Aaron:

Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,

Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son,

Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,

Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok(C) his son

and Ahimaaz his son.

54 These were the locations of their settlements(D) allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

55 They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. 56 But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.(E)

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,[a](F) Jattir,(G) Eshtemoa,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.

18 The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three guardians of the threshold;(A)

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18 The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah(A) the chief priest, Zephaniah(B) the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers.(C)

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The captains did according to all that the priest Jehoiada commanded; each brought his men who were to go off duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to come on duty on the Sabbath, and came to the priest Jehoiada.(A)

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The commanders of units of a hundred did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each one took his men—those who were going on duty on the Sabbath and those who were going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.

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Jehoiada Anoints the Child Joash

But in the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the captains of the Carites and of the guards and had them come to him in the house of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the Lord; then he showed them the king’s son.(A)

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In the seventh year Jehoiada sent for the commanders of units of a hundred, the Carites(A) and the guards and had them brought to him at the temple of the Lord. He made a covenant with them and put them under oath at the temple of the Lord. Then he showed them the king’s son.

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