1 Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office. 3 And David distributed them, that is, Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their courses and ministry. 4 And there were found many more of the sons of Eleazar among the leading men, than of the sons of Ithamar. Therefore, he divided them so that there were, of the sons of Eleazar, sixteen leaders by their families, and of the sons of Ithamar eight by their families and houses. 5 Then he divided among them, in both families, by lot. For there were leaders of the sanctuary and leaders of God, as much from the sons of Eleazar as from the sons of Ithamar. 6 And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote these down before the king and the leaders, with Zadok, the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and also the leaders of the priestly and Levitical families. And there was one house, which was preeminent over the others, that of Eleazar; and there was another house, which had the others under it, that of Ithamar. 7 Now the first lot went forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 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 courses according to their ministries, so that they would enter into the house of the Lord in accord with their practice, under the hand of Aaron, their father, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had instructed. 20 Now of the sons of Levi who were remaining, there were Shubael, from the sons of Amram, and Jehdeiah, from the sons of Shubael. 21 Also, there were Isshiah, the leader from the sons of Rehabiah, 22 and truly Shelomoth, the son of Izhar, and Jahath, the son of Shelomoth, 23 and his son, Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24 The son of Uzziel was Micah. The son of Micah was Shamir. 25 The brother of Micah was Isshiah. And the son of Isshiah was Zechariah. 26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The son of Uzziah was Beno. 27 Also, the son of Merari: Uzziah, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Hebri. 28 In addition, the son of Mahli was Eleazar, who had no children. 29 Truly, the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 30 The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of Levi according to the houses of their families. 31 And they also cast lots concerning their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the leaders of the priestly and Levitical families, as much concerning the elder as the younger. The lot divided all things equitably.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Abijah
Ahimelech
Named with Zadok as a priest in David's administration and called the son of Abiathar.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 18:16; 1 Chronicles 24:3
Amariah
Second of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Beno
Listed among the sons of Jaaziah of the Merarites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:26; 1 Chronicles 24:27
Bilgah
Delaiah
Eder
Son of Mushi the Merarite.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Eleazar
Son of Mahli who died without sons; his daughters were married by their cousins, the sons of Kish.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:21; 1 Chronicles 23:22; 1 Chronicles 24:28
Eliashib
Gamul
Hakkoz
Happizzez
Harim
Hezir
Huppah
Immer
Isshiah
The first of Rehabiah's sons among the remaining descendants of Levi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:21
Isshiah
Second son of Uzziel and brother of Micah; his son was Zechariah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 24:25
Jachin
Jahath
Son of Shelomoth of the Izharites among the remaining descendants of Levi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:22
Jahaziel
Third of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Jakim
Jedaiah
Jehdeiah
Son of Shubael among the remaining descendants of Levi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:20
Jehezkel
Jehoiarib
The first lot for service in the house of the LORD fell to Jehoiarib.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:7
Jekameam
Fourth of the sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23
Jerahmeel
Named in the Levite lists as the son of Kish.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:29
Jeremoth
Son of Mushi the Merarite, called Jerimoth in 24:30.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Jeriah
First of the sons of Hebron; Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites, and in David's fortieth year 2,700 capable men of his relatives were found at Jazer in Gilead and appointed over…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23; 1 Chronicles 26:31
Jeshebeab
Jeshua
Kish
Son of Mahli whose sons married the daughters of his brother Eleazar; his son was Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:21; 1 Chronicles 23:22; 1 Chronicles 24:29
Maaziah
Mahli
Mahli is named as the son of Mushi in Ethan's Merarite ancestry (1 Chronicles 6:44-47).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:47; 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 24:30
Malchijah
Micah
First of the sons of Uzziel; his son was Shamir.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 24:24
Mijamin
Nethanel
Named as the father of Shemaiah the Levite scribe.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:6
Pethahiah
Rehabiah
First descendant of Eliezer son of Moses; Eliezer had no other sons but Rehabiah's sons were very numerous.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:17; 1 Chronicles 24:21; 1 Chronicles 26:25
Seorim
Shamir
Shebuel
Descendant of Gershom son of Moses and the first among his descendants; he was the officer in charge of the treasuries (24:20 calls a Shubael a son of Amram whose son was…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:16; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 26:24
Shecaniah
Shelomith
First of the sons of Izhar; called Shelomoth the Izharite in 24:22, whose son was Jahath.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:18; 1 Chronicles 24:22
Shemaiah
Levite scribe who recorded the names of the priestly divisions in the presence of the king and the officers.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:6
Shoham
Listed among the sons of Jaaziah of the Merarites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:27
Zaccur
Listed among the sons of Jaaziah of the Merarites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:27
Zechariah
Son of Isshiah, the brother of Micah, among the sons of Uzziel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 24:25
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 23:6; Exodus 6:23; Numbers 26:60; Exodus 28:1; 1 Chronicles 6:3
- 2 Leviticus 10:2; Numbers 3:4; Numbers 26:61; Exodus 24:9; Numbers 16:39–40
- 3 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Chronicles 16:39
- 4 1 Chronicles 15:6–12; Numbers 25:11–13; 1 Chronicles 23:24
- 5 1 Chronicles 24:31; Matthew 26:3; 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11; 2 Chronicles 35:8
- 6 1 Chronicles 18:16; 1 Chronicles 23:24; Ezra 7:6; Matthew 8:19; Matthew 23:1–2
- 7 Ezra 2:36; 1 Chronicles 9:10; Nehemiah 11:10; Nehemiah 12:19; Nehemiah 7:39
- 8 Ezra 2:39; Nehemiah 12:15; Ezra 10:21; Nehemiah 7:35
- 9 Nehemiah 12:17
- 10 Luke 1:5; Nehemiah 12:4; Nehemiah 12:17
- 11 Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 7:39; Nehemiah 12:10
- 12 Nehemiah 12:10
- 14 Ezra 10:20; Nehemiah 7:40; Ezra 2:37
- 19 1 Chronicles 9:25; Hebrews 7:11; 1 Corinthians 14:40; 1 Chronicles 24:1; 2 Chronicles 23:4
- 20 1 Chronicles 26:24; 1 Chronicles 23:12–14; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 23:16
- 21 1 Chronicles 23:17; 1 Chronicles 26:25
- 22 1 Chronicles 23:18; Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 26:26; Numbers 3:19; Exodus 6:21
- 23 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 26:31
- 24 1 Chronicles 23:20
- 25 1 Chronicles 23:20; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 15:18
- 26 1 Chronicles 23:21
- 27 1 Chronicles 6:19; Numbers 3:20; Exodus 6:19; 1 Chronicles 23:21
- 28 1 Chronicles 23:22
- 30 1 Chronicles 23:23; 1 Chronicles 6:47
- 31 1 Chronicles 24:5–6; 1 Chronicles 26:13; 1 Chronicles 25:8; Numbers 26:56
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