⁴ Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:

²⁶ of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred; ²⁷ Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred; ^28 (A)Zadok, a young man, a valiant warrior, and from his father’s house twenty-two captains;

The Family of Aaron

^49 (A)But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices ^(B)on the altar of burnt offering and ^(C)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. ⁵⁰ Now these are the ^(D)sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

¹⁶ The sons of Levi were ^(A)Gershon,^[a] Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers: ²⁰ Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, ^(B)Zimmah his son, ^21 [b]Joah his son, ^[c]Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and ^[d]Jeatherai his son. ²² The sons of Kohath were ^[e]Amminadab his son, ^(C)Korah his son, Assir his son, ²³ Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, ²⁴ Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵ The sons of Elkanah were ^(D)Amasai and Ahimoth. ²⁶ As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were ^[f]Zophai his son, ^[g]Nahath his son, ^27 [h]Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son. ²⁸ The sons of Samuel were ^[i]Joel the firstborn, and Abijah ^[j]the second. ²⁹ The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰ Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

^4 (A)Nadab and Abihu had died before the Lord when they offered profane fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.

¹⁶ These are the names of ^(A)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven. ^17 (B)The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimi according to their families. ¹⁸ And ^(C)the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty-three. ^19 (D)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations.

²⁰ Now ^(E)Amram took for himself ^(F)Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him ^(G)Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven. ^21 (H)The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. ²² And ^(I)the sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Zithri.