The First Book of the Chronicles

Chapter 24

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1 Chr 24:1And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
1 Chr 24:2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
1 Chr 24:3And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.
1 Chr 24:4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
1 Chr 24:5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chr 24:6And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
1 Chr 24:7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chr 24:8the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
1 Chr 24:9the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
1 Chr 24:10the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
1 Chr 24:11the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
1 Chr 24:12the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
1 Chr 24:13the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
1 Chr 24:14the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
1 Chr 24:15the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
1 Chr 24:16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
1 Chr 24:17the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
1 Chr 24:18the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
1 Chr 24:19This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
1 Chr 24:20And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
1 Chr 24:21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
1 Chr 24:22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
1 Chr 24:23And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chr 24:24The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
1 Chr 24:25The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
1 Chr 24:26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.
1 Chr 24:27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
1 Chr 24:28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
1 Chr 24:29Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.
1 Chr 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.
1 Chr 24:31These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.