1 Chronicles 6

1 Chronicles 6:1 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:2 And sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:3 And children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 6:4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua;

1 Chronicles 6:5 Abishua fathered Bukki; Bukki fathered Uzzi;

1 Chronicles 6:6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;

1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;

1 Chronicles 6:8 Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;

1 Chronicles 6:9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; Azariah fathered Johanan;

1 Chronicles 6:10 Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem;

1 Chronicles 6:11 Azariah fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;

1 Chronicles 6:12 Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Shallum;

1 Chronicles 6:13 Shallum fathered Hilkiah; Hilkiah fathered Azariah;

1 Chronicles 6:14 Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.

1 Chronicles 6:15 Jehozadak went into exile when Yahveh sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:17 These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:18 Sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:19 Sons of Merars: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ clans according to their fathers:

1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

1 Chronicles 6:21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

1 Chronicles 6:22 Sons of Kohath: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

1 Chronicles 6:25 Sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,

1 Chronicles 6:26 his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath,

1 Chronicles 6:27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

1 Chronicles 6:28 Sons of Samuel: his firstborn Joel, and his second son Abijah.

1 Chronicles 6:29 Sons of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

1 Chronicles 6:30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

1 Chronicles 6:31 These are the men David put in charge of the music in Yahveh’s house after the ark came to rest there.

1 Chronicles 6:32 They ministered[1] with song before the tabernacle, the conference tent,[2] until Solomon built Yahveh’s house in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the judgments[3] given to them.

1 Chronicles 6:33 These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

1 Chronicles 6:35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

1 Chronicles 6:36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

1 Chronicles 6:37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

1 Chronicles 6:38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

1 Chronicles 6:39 Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

1 Chronicles 6:40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

1 Chronicles 6:41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

1 Chronicles 6:42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

1 Chronicles 6:43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

1 Chronicles 6:44 On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

1 Chronicles 6:45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

1 Chronicles 6:46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

1 Chronicles 6:47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

1 Chronicles 6:48 Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most sacred[4] place. They presented the offerings on the altar of ascending offerings[5] and on the altar of incense to atone[6] for Israel according to all that Moses the slave of God had commanded.[7]

1 Chronicles 6:50 These are Aaron’s sons: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

1 Chronicles 6:51 his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,

1 Chronicles 6:52 his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

1 Chronicles 6:53 his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

1 Chronicles 6:54 These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite clan for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.

1 Chronicles 6:55 They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:56 but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

1 Chronicles 6:57 Aaron’s descendants were given: Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:58 Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:59 Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:60 From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns in all among their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:61 To the survivors[8] of the Kohathites, ten towns from the clan of half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.

1 Chronicles 6:62 The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:63 The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:64 So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.

1 Chronicles 6:65 They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 6:66 Some of the clans of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

1 Chronicles 6:67 Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:68 Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:69 Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:70 From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the survivors of the clans of the Kohathites.

1 Chronicles 6:71 The Gershomites received: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 6:72 From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:73 Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:74 From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:75 Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:76 From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:77 The survivors of the Merarites received: From the tribe of Zebulun, they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:78 From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the open country and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:80 From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:81 Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

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[1] שָׁרָת = minister.  1 Chronicles 6:32; 15:2; 16:4, 37; 23:13; 26:12; 27:1; 28:1.

[2] מוֹעֵד = conference. 1 Chronicles 6:32; 9:21; 23:31, 32.

[3] מִשְׁפָּט = judgment.  1 Chronicles 6:32; 15:13; 16:12, 14; 18:14; 22:13; 23:31; 24:19; 28:7.

[4] קֹדֶשׁ = sacred. 1 Chronicles 6:49; 9:29; 16:10, 29, 35; 22:19; 23:13, 28, 32; 24:5; 26:20, 26; 28:12; 29:3, 16.

[5] עֹלָה = ascending offering. 1 Chronicles 6:49; 16:1, 2, 40; 21:23, 24, 26, 29; 22:1; 23:31; 29:21.

[6] כָּפַר = atone, absolve. 1 Chronicles 6:49.

[7] צָוָה = command.  1 Chronicles 6:49; 14:16; 15:15; 16:15, 40; 17:6, 10; 22:6, 12, 13, 17; 24:19.

[8] יָתַר = survive. 1 Chronicles 6:61, 70, 77; 18:4; 24:20.

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1 Chronicles 5

1 Chronicles 5:1 These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son of Israel because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. He is not listed in the genealogy according to birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:2 Although Judah became strong among his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright was given to Joseph.

1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

1 Chronicles 5:4 Joel’s sons: his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

1 Chronicles 5:5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,

1 Chronicles 5:6 and his son Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites, and King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria took him into exile.

1 Chronicles 5:7 His relatives by their clans as they are recorded in their family history: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,

1 Chronicles 5:8 and Bela, son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon.

1 Chronicles 5:9 They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the open country[1] that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:10 During Saul’s reign, they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated by their power. They lived in tents throughout the face east of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:11 The sons of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

1 Chronicles 5:12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

1 Chronicles 5:13 Their relatives according to their ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber– seven.

1 Chronicles 5:14 These were the sons of Abihail, son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

1 Chronicles 5:15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was head of their ancestral family.

1 Chronicles 5:16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding villages, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.

1 Chronicles 5:17 All of them were registered in the genealogies during the reigns of Judah’s King Jotham and Israel’s King Jeroboam.

1 Chronicles 5:18 The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 efficient[2] warriors who could serve in the army—men who carried shields and swords, drew bows, and were trained for the army.[3]

1 Chronicles 5:19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

1 Chronicles 5:20 They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He was receptive to their prayer because they trusted in him.

1 Chronicles 5:21 They captured the Hagrites’ livestock– fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys– as well as one hundred thousand human throats.[4]

1 Chronicles 5:22 Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God’s battle. And they lived there in the Hagrites’ place until the exile.

1 Chronicles 5:23 The descendants of half the tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir or Mount Hermon); they were numerous.

1 Chronicles 5:24 These were the heads of their ancestral houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were efficient warriors, famous men, and heads of their ancestral houses.

1 Chronicles 5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted[5] themselves with the gods of the nations God had exterminated[6] before them.

1 Chronicles 5:26 So the God of Israel roused the breath[7] of King Pul (that is, Tiglath-pileser) of Assyria, and he took the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan’s river, where they are until today.

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[1] מִדְבָּר = open country. 1 Chronicles 5:9; 6:78; 12:8; 21:29.

[2] חַיִל = efficient. 1 Chronicles 5:18, 24; 7:2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 40; 8:40; 9:13; 10:12; 11:22, 26; 12:8, 21, 25, 28, 30; 18:9; 20:1; 26:6, 7, 8, 9, 30, 31, 32; 28:1.

[3] צָבָא = army. 1 Chronicles 5:18; 7:4, 11, 40; 11:9; 12:8, 14, 21, 23, 24, 25, 33, 36, 37; 17:7, 24; 18:15; 19:8, 16, 18; 20:1; 25:1; 26:26; 27:3, 5, 34.

[4]  נֶפֶשׁ  = throat (by metonymy, person) 1 Chronicles 5:21; 11:19; 22:19; 28:9.

[5] זָנָה = be a prostitute. 1 Chronicles 5:25.

[6] שָׁמַד = exterminate. 1 Chronicles 5:25.

[7] רוּחַ = breath, wind. 1 Chronicles 5:26; 9:24; 12:18; 28:12.

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1 Chronicles 4

1 Chronicles 4:1 Judah’s sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

1 Chronicles 4:2 Reaiah, son of Shobal, fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

1 Chronicles 4:3 These were Etam’s sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.

1 Chronicles 4:4 Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn and the father of Bethlehem:

1 Chronicles 4:5 Ashhur fathered Tekoa and had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

1 Chronicles 4:6 Naarah bore Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari to him. These were Naarah’s sons.

1 Chronicles 4:7 Helah’s sons: Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan.

1 Chronicles 4:8 Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, son of Harum.

1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez was more honored than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez and said, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

1 Chronicles 4:10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel: “If only you would empower[1] me, extend my border, let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will not experience pain.” And God granted his request.

1 Chronicles 4:11 Chelub, brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

1 Chronicles 4:12 Eshton fathered Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Irnahash. These were the men of Recah.

1 Chronicles 4:13 Kenaz’s sons: Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons: Hathath and Meonothai.

1 Chronicles 4:14 Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab, the ancestor of those in the Craftsmen’s Valley, for they were craftsmen.

1 Chronicles 4:15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son: Kenaz.

1 Chronicles 4:16 Jehallelel’s sons: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

1 Chronicles 4:17 Ezrah’s sons: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered’s wife, Bithiah, gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:18 These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah; Mered had married her. His Judean wife gave birth to Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

1 Chronicles 4:19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite and the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

1 Chronicles 4:20 Shimon’s sons: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi’s sons: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

1 Chronicles 4:21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah, the father of Mareshah, the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

1 Chronicles 4:22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who married Moabites and returned to Lehem. These names are from ancient records.

1 Chronicles 4:23 They were the potters and residents of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

1 Chronicles 4:24 Simeon’s sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul;

1 Chronicles 4:25 Shaul’s sons: his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.

1 Chronicles 4:26 Mishma’s sons: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

1 Chronicles 4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the Judeans.

1 Chronicles 4:28 They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

1 Chronicles 4:29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

1 Chronicles 4:30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

1 Chronicles 4:31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David became king.

1 Chronicles 4:32 Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan– five cities,

1 Chronicles 4:33 and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record for themselves.

1 Chronicles 4:34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah, son of Amaziah,

1 Chronicles 4:35 Joel, Jehu, son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,

1 Chronicles 4:36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

1 Chronicles 4:37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah–

1 Chronicles 4:38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their clans. Their ancestral houses increased greatly.

1 Chronicles 4:39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 4:40 They found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, peaceful, and quiet, for some Hamites had lived there before.

1 Chronicles 4:41 These who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, struck down the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction,[2] as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 4:42 Now five hundred men from these sons of Simeon went with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the descendants of Ishi, as their leaders to Mount Seir.

1 Chronicles 4:43 They struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they still live there today.

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[1] בָּרָךְ = empower, endorse, praise. 1 Chronicles 4:10; 13:14; 16:2, 36, 43; 17:27; 18:10; 23:13; 26:5; 29:10, 20.

[2] חָרָם = set apart for destruction. 1 Chronicles 4:41.

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