1 Chronicles 24:3-31 ▼

3 And David divided them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service.

4 And there were found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar, and they were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen. And among the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight.

5 And they were divided by lot, these with these; for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of God from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.

6 And Shemaiah son of Nethanel the scribe of the Levites wrote them down before the face of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of fathers of the priests and the Levites—one house of a father taken for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar.

7 And the first lot fell to Jehoiarib, to Jedaiah the second,

8 to Harim the third, to Seorim the fourth,

9 to Malchijah the fifth, to Mijamin the sixth,

10 to Koz the seventh, to Abijah the eighth,

11 to Jeshua the ninth, to Shecaniah the tenth,

12 to Eliashib the eleventh, to Jakim the twelfth,

13 to Huppah the thirteenth, to Jeshebeab the fourteenth,

14 to Bilgah the fifteenth, to Immer the sixteenth,

15 to Hezir the seventeenth, to Happizzez the eighteenth,

16 to Pethahiah the nineteenth, to Ezekiel the twentieth,

17 to Jachin the one and twentieth, to Gamul the two and twentieth,

18 to Delaiah the three and twentieth, to Maaziah the four and twentieth.

19 These were their appointments for their service for coming into the house of YHWH, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as YHWH, God of Israel, had commanded him.

20 And those remaining of the sons of Levi: Of the sons of Amram: Shubael; of the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

21 To Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah: The first was Isshiah.

22 Of the Izharite: Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.

23 And of the sons of Hebron Jeriah was the first: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

24 The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah: Shamir.

25 The brother of Micah: Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah.

26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno.

27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, and were to him no sons.

29 Of Kish: The son of Kish: Jerahmeel.

30 And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

31 And they also cast lots as their brothers, the sons of Aaron, before the face of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites—the chief father as his younger brother.