1 Chronicles 6:1-30
Living Bible
6 These are the names of the sons of Levi:
2 Kohath’s sons were:
3 Amram’s descendants included:
Aaron’s sons were: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar.
4-15 The oldest sons of the successive generations of Aaron were as follows:[a]
Eleazar, the father of
Phinehas, the father of
Abishua, the father of
Bukki, the father of
Uzzi, the father of
Zerahiah, the father of
Meraioth, the father of
Amariah, the father of
Ahitub, the father of
Zadok, the father of
Ahimaaz, the father of
Azariah, the father of
Johanan, the father of
Azariah (the High Priest in Solomon’s Temple at Jerusalem), the father of
Amariah, the father of
Ahitub, the father of
Zadok, the father of
Shallum, the father of
Hilkiah, the father of
Azariah, the father of
Seraiah, the father of
Jehozadak (who went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into captivity under Nebuchadnezzar).
16 As previously stated,[b] the sons of Levi were: Gershom, Kohath, Merari.
17 The sons of Gershom were: Libni, Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, Uzziel.
19-21 The sons of Merari were: Mahli, Mushi.
The subclans of the Levites were:
In the Gershom clan: Libni, Jahath, Zimmah, Joah, Iddo, Zerah, Jeatherai.
22-24 In the Kohath clan: Amminadab, Korah, Assir,
25-27 The subclan of Elkanah was further divided into the families of his sons: Amasai, Ahimoth, Elkanah, Zophai, Nahath, Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah.
28 The families of the subclan of Samuel were headed by Samuel’s sons: Joel, the oldest; Abijah, the second.
29-30 The subclans of the clan of Merari were headed by his sons: Mahli, Libni, Shimei, Uzzah, Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Chronicles 6:4 The oldest sons of the successive generations of Aaron were as follows, implied.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 As previously stated, implied in 6:1.
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