THE FIRST BOOKE of the Chronicles. Chapter 6

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CHAP. VI.

1 The sonnes of Leui. 4 The line of the Priests vnto the captiuitie. 16 The families of Gershom, Merari, and Kohath. 49 The office of Aaron and his line vnto Ahimaaz. 54 The cities of the Priests and Leuites.

¹The sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath & Merari.¹

²And the sonnes of Kohath: Amram, Izahar, & Hebron, & Uzziel.

³And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sonnes also of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.³

⁴¶ Eleazar begate Phinehas, Phinehas begate Abishua.

⁵And Abishua begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Uzzi,

⁶And Uzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth,

⁷Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

⁸And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Ahimaaz,⁸

⁹And Ahimaaz begate Azariah, and Azariah begate Iohanan,

¹⁰And Iohanan begate Azariah, (hee it is that executed the Priests office, in the temple that Solomon built in Ierusalem)¹⁰

¹¹And Azariah begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

¹²And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Shallum,¹²

¹³And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah,

¹⁴And Azariah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak,¹⁴

¹⁵And Iehozadak went into captiuitie, when the Lord caried away Iudah and Ierusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar.¹⁵

¹⁶¶ The sonnes of Leui: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.¹⁶

¹⁷And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom: Libni, & Shimei.

¹⁸And the sonnes of Kohath were: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

¹⁹The sonnes of Merari: Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Leuites, according to their fathers.

²⁰Of Gershom: Libni his sonne, Iahath his sonne, Zimmah his sonne,²⁰

²¹Ioah his sonne, Iddo his sonne, Zerah his sonne, Ieaterai his sonne,²¹

²²The sonnes of Kohath: Amminadab his sonne, Korah his sonne, Assir his sonne,²²

²³Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph his sonne, and Assir his sonne,

²⁴Tahath his sonne, Uriel his sonne, Uzziah his sonne, and Shaul his sonne.

²⁵And the sonnes of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.²⁵

²⁶As for Elkanah: the sonnes of Elkanah, Zophai his sonne, and Nahath his sonne,²⁶

²⁷Eliab his sonne, Ieroham his sonne, Elkanah his sonne.

²⁸And the sonnes of Samuel: the first borne Uashni, and Abiah.²⁸

²⁹The sonnes of Merari: Mahli, Libni his sonne, Shimei his sonne, Uzza his sonne,

³⁰Shimea his sonne, Haggiah his sonne, Asaiah his sonne.

³¹And these are they, whom Dauid set ouer the seruice of song in the house of the Lord, after that the Arke had rest.³¹

³²And they ministred before the dwelling place of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, with singing, vntill Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Ierusalem: and then they waited on their office, according to their order.

³³And these are they that waited with their children of the sonnes of the Kohathites, Heman a singer: the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Shemuel,³³

³⁴The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Toah,

³⁵The sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai,

³⁶The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Zephaniah,

³⁷The sonne of Tahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah,³⁷

³⁸The sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel.

³⁹And his brother Asaph (who stood on his right hand) euen Asaph the sonne of Berachiah, the sonne of Shimea,

⁴⁰The sonne of Michael, the sonne of Baasiah, the sonne of Melchiah,

⁴¹The sonne of Ethni, the sonne of Zerah, the sonne of Adaiah,

⁴²The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,

⁴³The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.

⁴⁴And their brethren the sonnes of Merari, stood on the left hand: Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch,⁴⁴

⁴⁵The sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

⁴⁶The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,

⁴⁷The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

⁴⁸Their brethren also the Leuits were appointed vnto all maner of seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹¶ But Aaron, and his sonnes offered vpon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the worke of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the seruant of God had commaunded.⁴⁹

⁵⁰And these are the sonnes of Aaron: Eleazar his sonne, Phinehas his sonne, Abishua his sonne,

⁵¹Bukki his sonne, Uzzi his sonne, Zerahiah his sonne,

⁵²Meraioth his sonne, Amariah his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,

⁵³Zadok his sonne, Ahimaaz his sonne.

⁵⁴¶ Now these are their dwelling places, throughout their castels in their coasts, of the sonnes of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

⁵⁵And they gaue them Hebron in the land of Iudah, and the suburbes thereof round about it.

⁵⁶But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

⁵⁷And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cities of Iudah, namely Hebron the citie of refuge, and Libna with her suburbes, and Iattir and Eshtemoa, with their suburbes,

⁵⁸And Hilen with her suburbes, Debir with her suburbes,⁵⁸

⁵⁹And Ashan with her suburbes, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbes.⁵⁹

⁶⁰And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Geba with her suburbes, and Alemeth with her suburbes, Anathoth with her suburbes. All their cities throughout their families were thirteene cities.⁶⁰

⁶¹And vnto the sonnes of Rohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities giuen out of the halfe tribe, namely out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.⁶¹

⁶²And to the sonnes 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, thirteene cities.

⁶³Unto the sonnes of Merari were giuen 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, twelue cities.⁶³

⁶⁴And the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites these cities, with their suburbs.

⁶⁵And they gaue by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

⁶⁶And the residue of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities of their coasts, out of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷And they gaue vnto them of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, with her suburbs: they gaue also Gezer with her suburbs,⁶⁷

⁶⁸And Iokmeam with her suburbs, & Beth-horon with her suburbs,

⁶⁹And Aialon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs.

⁷⁰And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.

⁷¹Unto the sonnes of Gershom, were giuen out of the family of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs.

⁷²And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

⁷³And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs.

⁷⁴And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

⁷⁵And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs.

⁷⁶And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathaim with her suburbs.

⁷⁷Unto the rest of the children of Merari were giuen out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs.

⁷⁸And on the other side Iorden by Iericho, on the East side of Iorden,were giuen them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbs, & Iahzah with her suburbs,⁷⁸

⁷⁹Kedemoth also with her suburbs, & Mephaath with her suburbs.

⁸⁰And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

⁸¹And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Iazer with her suburbs.

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for 1 Chronicles Chapter 6

¹ Gen.46. 11. exod.6.17. , Or, Gershom, ver.16
³ Leuit.10. 1.
⁸ 2.Sam.15. 27.
¹⁰ Hebr. in the house. , 2.Chron 3. 1.king.6.
¹² Or, Meshullam. 1.chro.9.11
¹⁴ Nehem. 11.11.
¹⁵ 2.Kings 25.18.
¹⁶ Exod.6. 17. , Or, Geshon, ver. 1.
²⁰ Vers.42.
²¹ Or, Ethan. ver. 2. , Or, Adaia. ver.41.
²² Or, Izahar, ver.2, 18.
²⁵ See 35. & 36.verses.
²⁶ Or Zuph, 1.Sam. 1.1.
²⁸ Called also Ioel. ver. 33. & 1. Sam. 8.2.
³¹ Chap. 16.1.
³³ Heb. stood.
³⁷ Exod.6. 24.
⁴⁴ Or, Kushaiah. chap. 15.17.
⁴⁹ Leuit.1.9. , Exod. 30.7.
⁵⁸ Or Holon, Iosh. 21. 15.
⁵⁹ Or Ain, Iosh.21.16.
⁶⁰ Or Almon, Iosh. 21. 18.
⁶¹ Iosh.21.5
⁶³ Iosh.21. 7, 34.
⁶⁷ Iosh.21. 21.
⁷⁸ Or, Bozor, Iosh. 21.35

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