1 Chronicles 6:1-30

1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar had Phinehas, Phinehas had Abishua,
5 Abishua had Bukki, Bukki had Uzzi,
6 Uzzi had Zerahiah, Zerahiah had Meraioth,
7 Meraioth had Amariah, Amariah had Ahitub,
8 Ahitub had Zadok, Zadok had Ahimaaz,
9 Ahimaaz had Azariah, Azariah had Johanan,
10 and Johanan had Azariah (who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem).
11 Azariah had Amariah, Amariah had Ahitub,
12 Ahitub had Zadok, Zadok had Shallum,
13 Shallum had Hilkiah, Hilkiah had Azariah,
14 Azariah had Seraiah, and Seraiah had Jehozadak.
15 Jehozadak went off to exile when God used Nebuchadnezzar to take Judah and Jerusalem into exile.
16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levitical clans according to families:
20 the sons of Gershon were Libni his son, Jehath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath were 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 were Amasai and Ahimoth,
26 Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel were Joel his firstborn son and Abijah his second.
29 The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
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