16 [a] The (A)sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: (B)Libni and Shimei. 18 (C)The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 19 (D)The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 (E)Of Gershom: Libni his son, (F)Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 (G)The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, 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: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 The sons of Samuel: Joel[b] his firstborn, the second Abijah.[c] 29 (H)The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.

31 These are the men (I)whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the Lord (J)after the ark rested there. 32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order. 33 These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of (K)Samuel,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 6:16 Ch 6:1 in Hebrew
  2. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Septuagint, Syriac (compare verse 33 and 1 Samuel 8:2); Hebrew lacks Joel
  3. 1 Chronicles 6:28 Hebrew and Abijah

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