sons of valour. hail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, then ver. 10. son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, k upon their 5 borders. o ver.22. p 2Ch. 18.31. q 2Ch.14.11. Ps.22.4,5. 84.11,12. led captive. souls of 8 men: as Nu.31.35. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham?r Jos.23.10. king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam m king of Israel. 2Ch.32.8. s 2Ki. 15.29. 17.6. names. t 2Ki.17.7-18. 18 T The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of 9 men of Manasseh, 6 of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score, that went out to the war. 19 And n they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And o they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they p cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because g they put their trust in him. u 2Ki. 15. 19. v 2Ki. 18.11. (CHAP. 6.) a Ge.46.11. Nu.26.57. or, Gershom, ver. 16. b ver.22. Ex.6.21,24. c Le. 10. 1,16. 21 And they 7 took away theird Nu.25.11, cattle; of their camels fifty thou 13. sand, and of sheep two hundred e 2Sa.8.17. and fifty thousand, and of asses f2Ch.26.17. two thousand, and of 8 men an hun- [2 house. dred thousand. g Ezr.7.3. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. or, MeshulAnd they dwelt in their steads until lam, ch.9.11 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even 6 or, Adaiah, Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, 9 famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25 And t they transgressed 9 T against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. ver.41. s or, Izhar, or, Zepha- Genealogies. The sons of Levi. HE a sons of Levi; 1 Gershon, 2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, b and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram; Aaron and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab c and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, & Phinehas begat Abishua, 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Maraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub e begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, (he it is that fexecuted the priest's 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, office in the 2 temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem :) 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, g and Amariah begat Ähitub, 12 And Ahituh begat Zadok, and Zadok begat 3 Shallum, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, h and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when i the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 T The sons of Levi; 4 Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites, according to their fathers. 20 ¶ Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 5 Joah his son, 6 Iddo his son, Zerah his son, 7 Jeaterai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath; 8 Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, 9 Uriel his soul, Genealogies. 1 CHRONICLES, VI. Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. B. C. 1300. 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; 10 Zophai his son, and Nahath & his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel; the first-born 11 Vashni, and Abiah. 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30 Shimei his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest./ The office of Aaron. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed r unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the 10 or, Zuph, house of God. ver.35. ver.64, 11 called also 7 ch.16.1. 12 stood. m Ps.88,title. 13 ver.26, 32 And they ministered before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, un-14 or, Zophai. til Solomon had built the house of 15 ver.24, the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that 12 waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman m a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of 13 Toah, 35 The son of 14 Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of 15 Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, n the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. Shaul, n Ex.6.24. o Ne.7.44. p ver.21. 16 called 25.1,3,6. q Ps.89, title. 17 or, Kush- 49 T But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burntoffering, s and on the altar t of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar u his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 51 T Now these v are their dwell ing-places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for their's was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave w to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58 And 18 Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59 And 19 Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemeshwithher suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and 20 Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All www their cities, throughout their families, were thirteen cities. r Nu.8.5-11. 39 And his brother Asaph, o (who stood on his right hand,) even Asaph Le. 1.9. the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, t Ex.30.7. u ver.4-8. v Jos.XXI. 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni,p the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 The son of Ethan, the son of w Jos. 14. 13. Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 15.13. 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren, the sons of Merari, stood on the left hand: 16 Ethan the son of 17 Kishi, the q son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 48 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 18 or, 19 Holon, or, Ain, 20 or, Almon, x ver.66. 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar,and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan,thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari y were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the Cities of the Levites. 1 CHRONICLES, VII. Genealogies. 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. children of Benjamin, these cities,| B. C. 1444. twenty thousand and six hundred. which are called by their names. 66 And z the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 68 And Jokmeam a with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, z ver.61. a Jos.22.2135, where many of these cities have other names. c 1Ki.22.3, 4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren, among all the families of Issachar, c were valiant men of might, reckoned in all seven thousand. 6 T The sons of Benjamin; d Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, b De.4.41-43. by their genealogies, fourscore and andGath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar : Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. &c. d Ge.32,2. 2Sa. 17.24, 27. (CHAP. 7.) a Ge.46.13. Nu.26.23. 1 Phuvah, Job. b ch.27.1. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her su- c ch. 12.32. burbs, Tabor with her suburbs: Ge.46.21. 78 And b on the other side Jordan d ch.8.1,&c. by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with e 2Ch.17.13. her suburbs, 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; c Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim d with her suburbs, 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. 7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers; mighty e men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12 Shuppim ƒ also, and Huppim, the children of 2 Ir, and Hushim, the sons of 3 Aher. 13 T The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14 T The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim g and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah ;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan.h These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh Genealogics. 1 CHRONICLES, VIII. bare Ishod, and Abiezer, i and B. C. 1400. Mahalah. 19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, Nu.26.30, and Aniam. 20 And the sons of Ephraim Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Talath his son, 21 ¶And Zabad his son,and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because Jezer. k Nu.26.35. Ge.37.34. m Job 2.11. Genealogies. 39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number, throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle, was twenty and six thousand men. CHAPTER VIII. they came down to take away their 4 i.e. in evil. Now Benjamin begat Bela his cattle. 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, p Jos. 16.7. and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25 And Rephah was his son, alsó Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 275 Non his son,Jehoshuah his son. 28 T And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran,p and westward Gezer with the * towns thereof, Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto 7 Gaza and the towns thereof: 29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, g Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children| of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 T The sons of Asher; r Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Berial, and Serah their sister. 6 daughters. 7 or, Adasa. q Jos. 17.7,11. r Ge.46.17. Nu.26.44. s ver.34, Shamer. t ver.32, Shomer. (CHAP. 8.) 1 or, Ard, Ge.46.21. 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, 3 or, Shema, and Shilshah,and Ithran,and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. i 1 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, a and 2 Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:b 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, c after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10 And Jehuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Ahitub, and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Onod and Lod, with the towns thereof: 13 Beriah also, and Shema, e who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath : 14 And Ahio, Shashak and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullum, and Hezekiah, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal ; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of 3 Shimhi; 22 And Ishpan,andHeber,and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, Genealogies. 1 CHRONICLES, IX. Families in Jerusalem. 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and B. C. 1400. [ren of Benjamin, and of the child Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak'; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jerohami. 28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These ƒ dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the 4 father of Gibeon, (whose wife's name was Maachah :) ƒ Jos. 18.28. Ne. 11.1. 4 called Jehiel, ch.9.35, Sor, Zechariah, ch.9.37. 30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and | 6or, ShiNadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and 5 Zacher. meam, ch.9.38. Ishui, 32 And Mikloth begat 6 Shimeah. g 1Sa. 14.49, And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 33 T And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, g and 7 Esh-baal. 31 And the son of Jonathan was 88 Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and 9 Tarea, and Ahaz. or, Ishbosheth, 25a.2.8. or, Mephi bosheth, 2Sa.4.4. 9.6,10 9 or, Tahrea, ch.9.41. 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; h and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri ħ ch.9.42, begat Moza, 37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha i was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. Jarah. i ch.9.43, Rephaiah. ren of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pha rez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenah. 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10 T And d of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11 And Azariah e the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; 1 very able men for the work of the service of the house 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and (CHAP. 9.) of God. Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his first born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. α Ezr.2.70. Ne.7.73. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Asrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph: 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talman, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 18 (Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward:) they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren (of the house of his father,) the Korahites, were |