1 Chronicles 24
1 These were the divisions of Aaron’s sons: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons, while Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
3 David, together with Zadok, from the descendants of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, from the descendants of Ithamar, divided them according to their duties in the service.
4 Since the descendants of Eleazar had more family heads than the descendants of Ithamar, they divided them this way: sixteen family heads among the descendants of Eleazar, and eight among the descendants of Ithamar, according to their ancestral families.
5 They divided them by lot, one group alongside the other, because there were leaders of the sanctuary and leaders of God among both the descendants of Eleazar and the descendants of Ithamar.
6 Shemaiah son of Nethanel, the scribe, one of the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the priestly and Levitical families. One ancestral family was chosen for Eleazar, then another for Ithamar.
7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah;
8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim;
9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Miamin;
10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah;
11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah;
12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim;
13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab;
14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer;
15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez;
16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel;
17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul;
18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
19 These were their duties in the service, when they entered the house of the LORD according to the regulations given through Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
20 As for the rest of Levi’s descendants: from the descendants of Amram, Shubael; from the descendants of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
21 From Rehabiah: among Rehabiah’s descendants, Isshiah was the chief.
22 From the Izharites, Shelomoth; from the descendants of Shelomoth, Jahath.
23 The sons of Jeriah were Amariah, the second; Jahaziel, the third; and Jekameam, the fourth.
24 The sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the descendants of Micah, Shamir.
25 Micah’s brother was Isshiah; from the descendants of Isshiah, Zechariah.
26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi; the sons of his son Jaaziah.
27 The descendants of Merari through his son Jaaziah were Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 From Mahli, Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 From Kish, the descendants of Kish: Jerahmeel.
30 The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth. These were the Levites, according to their ancestral families.
31 They too cast lots, just like their fellow Levites, the descendants of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and Levitical families. The family of the chief was treated just like that of his younger brother.
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