The Genealogy of the Sons of Levi |
1 Chronicles 6:1-80 The First Book of Chronicles [in Smaller Chunks] |
The sons of Levi [were:] Gershon, [a.k.a. Gershom,] Kohath, & Merari. [Kohath’s] sons [were:] Amram, Izhar, Hebron & Uzziel. [Amran’s] children: Aaron, Moses & Miriam. [Aaron’s] sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar & Ithamar. |
Eleazar [begot, a.k.a. fathered] Phinehas. Phinehas [fathered] Abishua. Abishua [fathered] Bukki. Bukki [fathered] Uzzi. Uzzi [fathered] Zerahiah. Zerahiah [fathered] Meraioth. Meraioth [fathered] Amariah. Amariah [fathered] Ahitub. |
Ahitub [fathered] Zadok. Zadok [fathered] Ahimaaz. Ahimaaz [fathered] Azariah. Azariah [fathered] Johanan. Johanan [fathered] Azariah (he [was] in the priest’s office in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem.) Azariah [fathered] Amariah. |
Amariah [fathered] Ahitub. Ahitub [fathered] Zadok. Zakok [fathered] Shalllum, [a.k.a. Meshullam.] Shallum [fathered] Hilkiah. Hilkiah [fathered] Azariah. Azariah [fathered] Seraiah. Seraiah [fathered] Jehozadak. |
Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried Judah & Jerusalem away [at] the hand of Nebuchadnezer. [Jeremiah 11:10 They [have returned] back to the [sins] of their [forefathers, who] refused to hear My Words & they went after other gods & served them. The [houses] of Israel & Judah have broken My covenant [contract that] I made with their [forefathers.] |
[Levi’s] sons [were:] Gershom, [a.k.a. Gershon,] Kohath & Merari. The names of [Gershon’s] sons; Libni & Shimei. [Kohath’s] sons were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron & Uzziel. |
[Merari’s] sons [were:] Mahli & Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. [From] Gershon; Libni [who was] his son, Jahath [who was] his son, Zimmah [who was] his son, Joah [who was] his son, Iddo [who was] his son, Zerah [who was] his son, Jeaterai, [a.k.a. Jeatheri,] [who was] his son. |
[Kohath’s sons, a.k.a. descendants:] Amminadab [who was] his son, Korah [who was] his son, Assir [who was] his son, Elkanah [who was] his son, Ebiasaph [who was] his son, Assir [who was] his son, Tahath [who was] his son, Uriel [who was] his son, Uzziah [who was] his son, Shaul [who was] his son. |
[Elkanah’s] sons: Amasai & Ahimoth. [Elkanah’s descendants:] Zophai, [a.k.a. Zuph,] [who was] his son. Nahath [who was] his son, Eliab [who was] his son, Jeroham [who was] his son, Elkanah [who was] his son. [Samuel’s] sons: Vashni, [a.k.a. Vasheni & Joel,] the firstborn & Abiah, [a.k.a. Abijah.] [Merari’s] sons, [a.k.a. descendants:] Mahli, Libni [who was] his son, Shimei [who was] his son, Uzza, [a.k.a. Uzzah,] [who was] his son, Shimea [who was] his son, Haggiah [who was] his son, Asaiah [who was] his son. |
After the ark [came to] rest, these: [were appointed] by David to be [in charge] over [the music] of the house of the Lord, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. They [performed their ministry of music &] singing before, [a.k.a. in front of,] the tabernacle of the congregation. They [served in] their office according to their order. |
These are the [ones who were set over the ministry of music & singing, along] with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, a singer, the son of Joel, [who was:] the son of Samuel, [aka Shemuel,] [who was:] the son of Elkanah, [who was:] the son of Jeroham, [who was:] the son Eliel, [a.k.a. Elihu,] [who was:] the son of Toah, [a.k.a. Tohu,] [who was:] the son of Zuph, [who was:] the son of Elkanah, [who was:] the son of Mahath, [who was:] the son of Amasai, [who was:] the son of Elkanah, [who was:] the son of Joel, [who was:] the son of Azariah, [who was:] the son of Zephaniah, [who was:] the son of Tahath, [who was:] the son of Assir, [who was:] the son of Ebiasaph, [who was:] the son of Korah, [who was:] the son of Izhar, [who was:] the son of Kohath, [who was:] the son of Levi, [who was:] the son of Israel, [a.k.a. Jacob.] |
His brother, Asaph, stood [at] his right hand. Asaph [was Berachiah’s] son, [who was:] the son of Shimea, [who was:] the son of Michael, [who was:] the son of Baaseiah, [who was:] the son of Malchiah, [a.k.a. Malchijah,] [who was:] the son of Ethni, [who was:] the son of Zerah, [who was:] the son of Adaiah, [who was:] the son of Ethan, [who was:] the son of Zimmah, [who was:] the son of Shimei, [who was:] the son of Jahath, [who was:] the son of Gershom, [who was:] the the son of Levi. |
And their brethren, the sons of Merari, [stood] on the left hand, Ethan, [Kishi’s] son, [who was:] the son of Abdi, [who was:] the son of Malluch, [who was:] the son of Hashabiah, [who was:] the son of Amaziah, [who was:] the son of Hilkiah, [who was:] the son of Amzi, [who was:] the son of Bani, [who was:] the son of Shamer, [who was:] the son of Mahli, [who was:] the son of Mushi, [who was:] the son of Merari, [who was:] the son of Levi. |
Also, their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to [all types] of service of the tabernacle [for] the house of God. But Aaron & his [descendants] offered [sacrifices on] the altar of burnt offering & on the altar of incense & were appointed for all the work of the Most Holy Place & to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses, the servant of God, had commanded. |
And these [are] Aaron’s sons, [a.k.a. his descendants:] Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. |
The [first] lot [went] to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: Now these are their places [to dwell] throughout their castles, in their [coastal territories.] They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah & all the suburbs [around] it. |
But the fields of the city & [its] villages they gave to Caleb, [Jephunneh’s] son. And to [Aaron’s] sons they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, & Libnah, Jattir & Eshtemoa, [all] with [their] suburbs. And Hilen, [a.k.a. Holon,] & Debir, with [their] suburbs. |
And Ashan, [a.k.a. Ain,] & Beth Shemesh, with [their] suburbs. Out of [Benjamin’s] tribe [they gave:] Geba, Alemeth, [a.k.a. Almon,] & Anathoth, [all] with [their] suburbs. [They had] 13 cities throughout their families. |
To those [who] were left of the tribe of the sons of Kohath, 10 cities were given [from] the 1/2 tribe of Manasseh by lot. To [Gershon’s] sons & throughout their families out the [tribes] of: Issachar, Asher, Naptali & Manasseh [were given ] 13 cities in Bashan. |
To [Merari’s] sons & their families were given by lot, out of the [tribes] of: Reuben, Gad & Zebulun, 12 cities. The children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, [a.k.a. open lands.] |
They gave by lot, out of the [tribes] of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of: Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, these cities which are [named.] [Some of the families of the Kohathites] had cities of their [coastal territories from] the tribe of Ephraim. |
And they gave them [these] cities of refuge: Shechem in Mount Ephraim, Gezer, Jokmeam, Beth Horon, Aijalon, Gath Rimmon, [all] with [their] suburbs. |
And out of the 1/2 tribe of Manasseh [they gave:] Aner, Bileam, [both] with [their] suburbs for the remnant, [a.k.a. rest,] of the family of the sons of Kohath. |
[Gershom’s] sons were given [from] the 1/2 tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan & Ashtaroth [both] with [their] suburbs. Out of the tribe of Issachar [were given:] Kedesh, Daberath, Ramoth, Anem, [all] with [their] suburbs. |
And out of the tribe of Asher [were given:] Mashal, Abdon, Hukok, Rehob, [all] with [their] suburbs. Out of the tribe of Naphtali [were given:] Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, Kirjathaim, [a.k.a. Kiriathaim,] [both] with [their] suburbs. |
The tribe of Zebulun [gave to] the rest of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Merari, Rimmon, [a.k.a. Rimmono,] & Tabor [both] with [their] suburbs. And on the East side [of the] Jordan [River] by Jericho, the tribe of Reuben [gave] them, Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, Kedemoth, Mephaath, [all] with [their] suburbs. |
Out of the tribe of Gad [were given:] Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon & Jazer, [all] with their suburbs. |