1 Chronicles 9:32-42

32 Also some of their kinsmen of the Ko'hathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

33 Now these are the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, dwelling in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

34 These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders, who lived in Jerusalem.

35 In Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Je-i'el, and the name of his wife was Ma'acah,

36 and his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Ba'al, Ner, Nadab,

37 Gedor, Ahi'o, Zech-ari'ah and Mikloth;

38 and Mikloth was the father of Shim'e-am; and these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.

39 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Mal'chishu'a, Abin'adab, and Eshba'al;

40 and the son of Jonathan was Mer'ib-ba'al; and Mer'ib-ba'al was the father of Micah.

41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahr'e-a, and Ahaz;

42 and Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah of Al'emeth, Az'maveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

1 Chronicles 9:32-42 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.