1 Chronicles 6:1-30

Genealogy: The Priestly Line

1 1The 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. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
5 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,
6 and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth,
7 Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
8 and 2Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok 3became the father of Ahimaaz,
9 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan,
10 and Johanan became the father of Azariah (4it was he who served as the priest in the house 5which Solomon built in Jerusalem ),
11 and 6Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub,
12 and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum,
13 and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah,
14 and Azariah became the father of 7Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak;
15 and Jehozadak went along when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar.
16 8The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
19 The sons of 9Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, 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 and 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 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son and Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28 The sons of Samuel were 10Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second.
29 The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

Cross References 10

  • 1. Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16-25
  • 2. 2 Samuel 8:17
  • 3. 2 Samuel 15:27
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 26:17
  • 5. 1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 3:1
  • 6. Ezra 7:3
  • 7. Nehemiah 11:11
  • 8. Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16
  • 9. Numbers 3:33; 1 Chronicles 23:21
  • 10. 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:33

Footnotes 7

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