¹⁶ The sons of Levi:^(A)

Gershon,^[a] Kohath and Merari.^(B)

¹⁷ These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.^(C)

¹⁸ The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(D)

¹⁹ The sons of Merari:^(E)

Mahli and Mushi.^(F)

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

²⁰ Of Gershon:

Libni his son, Jahath his son,

Zimmah his son, ²¹ Joah his son,

Iddo his son, Zerah his son

and Jeatherai his son.

²² The descendants of Kohath:

Amminadab his son, Korah^(G) his son,

Assir his son, ²³ Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

²⁴ Tahath his son, Uriel^(H) his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

²⁵ The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

²⁶ Elkanah his son,^[b] Zophai his son,

Nahath his son, ²⁷ Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanah^(I) his son

and Samuel^(J) his son.^[c]

²⁸ The sons of Samuel:

Joel^[d](K) the firstborn

and Abijah the second son.

²⁹ The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

³⁰ Shimea his son, Haggiah his son

and Asaiah his son.

From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

² Meshelemiah had sons:

Zechariah^(B) the firstborn,

Jediael the second,

Zebadiah the third,

Jathniel the fourth,

³ Elam the fifth,

Jehohanan the sixth

and Eliehoenai the seventh.

⁴ Obed-Edom also had sons:

Shemaiah the firstborn,

Jehozabad the second,

Joah the third,

Sakar the fourth,

Nethanel the fifth,

⁵ Ammiel the sixth,

Issachar the seventh

and Peullethai the eighth.

(For God had blessed Obed-Edom.^(C))

⁶ Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father’s family because they were very capable men. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also able men. ⁸ All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the work—descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.

⁹ Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, who were able men—18 in all.

¹⁰ Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first),^{(D) 11} Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were 13 in all.