The Family of Solomon
(Matt. 1:7–11)
10Solomon’s son was nRehoboam; 8Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
119Joram his son, 10Ahaziah his son, 11Joash his son,
12Amaziah his son, 12Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
15The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second 13Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth 14Shallum.
16The sons of oJehoiakim were 15Jeconiah his son and 16Zedekiah his son.
The Family of Jeconiah
17And the sons of 17Jeconiah 18were Assir, Shealtiel phis son,
18and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister,
20and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed—five in all.
21The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah.
22The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were qHattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.
23The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam—three in all.
24The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
1 Chronicles 4
The Family of Judah
1The sons of Judah were aPerez, Hezron, 1Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2And 2Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
3These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
4and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of bHur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.
5And cAshhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;
8and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9Now Jabez was dmore honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name 3Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
10And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my 4territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.
11Chelub the brother of eShuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of 5Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.
13The sons of Kenaz were fOthniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were 6Hathath,
14and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of gGe Harashim,7 for they were craftsmen.
15The sons of hCaleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was 8Kenaz.
16The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And 9Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18(10His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the iMaachathite.
20And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21The sons of jShelah kthe son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;
22also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the 11records are ancient.
23These were the potters and those who dwell at 12Netaim and 13Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.
The Family of Simeon
(Gen. 46:10)
24The lsons of Simeon were 14Nemuelites, Jamin, 15Jarib, 16Zerah, and Shaul,
25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
26And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, mnor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.
28They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,
2917Bilhah, Ezem, 18Tolad,
30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31Beth Marcaboth, 19Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
32And their villages were 20Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—
33and all the villages that were around these cities as far as 21Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy:
34Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;
35Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
36Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
37Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
38these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father’s house increased greatly.
39So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.
41These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they nattacked22 their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and outterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.
42Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43And they 23defeated pthe rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.
1 Chronicles 5
The Family of Reuben
(Gen. 46:8, 9)
1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—ahe was indeed the firstborn, but because he bdefiled his father’s bed, chis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;
2yet dJudah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a eruler, although 1the birthright was Joseph’s—
3the sons of fReuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6and Beerah his son, whom 2Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria gcarried into captivity. He was leader of the Reubenites.
7And his brethren by their families, hwhen the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in iAroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
9Eastward they settled as far as the 3entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had 4multiplied jin the land of Gilead.
10Now in the days of Saul they made war kwith the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead.
The Family of Gad
11And the lchildren of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of mBashan as far as nSalcah:
12Joel was the chief, Shapham
the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan,
13and their brethren of their father’s house: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
14These were the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their father’s house.
16And the Gadites dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its villages, and in all the 5common-lands of oSharon within their borders.
17All these were registered by genealogies in the days of pJotham king of Judah, and in the days of qJeroboam king of Israel.
18The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war.
19They made war with the Hagrites, rJetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
20And sthey were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they tcried out to God in the battle. He 6heeded their prayer, because they uput their trust in Him.
21Then they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men;
22for many fell dead, because the war vwas God’s. And they dwelt in their place until wthe captivity.
The Family of Manasseh (East)
23So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to xSenir, or Mount Hermon.
24These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers’ houses.
25And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and yplayed the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of zPul king of Assyria, that is, aTiglath-Pileser7 king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to bHalah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.
1 Chronicles 6
The Family of Levi
(Gen. 46:11)
1The sons of Levi were aGershon,1 Kohath, and Merari.
2The sons of Kohath were Amram, bIzhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were cNadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua;
5Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi;
6Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;
7Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;
8dAhitub begot eZadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz;
9Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan;
10Johanan begot Azariah (it was he fwho ministered as priest in the gtemple2 that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
11hAzariah begot iAmariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub;
12Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot 3Shallum;
13Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah;
14Azariah begot jSeraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.
15Jehozadak went into captivity kwhen the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16The sons of Levi were lGershon,4 Kohath, and Merari.
17These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:
20Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, mZimmah his son,
215Joah his son, 6Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and 7Jeatherai his son.
22The sons of Kohath were 8Amminadab his son, nKorah his son, Assir his son,
23Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
25The sons of Elkanah were oAmasai and Ahimoth.
26As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were 9Zophai his son, 10Nahath his son,
2711Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
28The sons of Samuel were 12Joel the firstborn, and Abijah 13the second.
29The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son. The Chronicles’ Sources
Musicians in the House of the LORD
31Now these are pthe men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the qark came to rest.
32They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they served in their office according to their order.
33And these are the ones who 14ministered with their sons: Of the sons of the rKohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 15Eliel, the son of 16Toah,
35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of sEbiasaph, the son of Korah,
38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39And his brother tAsaph, who stood at his right hand, was Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
41the son of uEthni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershon, the son of Levi.
44Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand, were 17Ethan the son of 18Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to every vkind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
The Family of Aaron
49wBut Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices xon the altar of burnt offering and yon the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50Now these are the zsons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
Dwelling Places of the Levites
(Josh. 21:1–42)
54aNow these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:
55bThey gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding 19common-lands.
56cBut the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57And dto the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,
5820Hilen with its common-lands, Debir with its common-lands,
5921Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.
60And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common-lands, 22Alemeth with its common-lands, and Anathoth with its common-lands. All their cities among their families were thirteen.
61eTo the rest of the family of the tr
ibe of the Kohathites they gave fby lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh.
62And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
63To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave gtwelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
64So the children of Israel gave these cities with their 23common-lands to the Levites.
65And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.
66Now hsome of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
67iAnd they gave them one of the cities of refuge, Shechem with its common-lands, in the mountains of Ephraim, also Gezer with its common-lands,
68jJokmeam with its common-lands, Beth Horon with its common-lands,
69Aijalon with its common-lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands.
70And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
71From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and 24Ashtaroth with its common-lands.
72And from the tribe of Issachar: 25Kedesh with its common-lands, Daberath with its common-lands,
73Ramoth with its common-lands, and Anem with its common-lands.
74And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common-lands, Abdon with its common-lands,
75Hukok with its common-lands, and Rehob with its common-lands.
76And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands, Hammon with its common-lands, and Kirjathaim with its common-lands.
77From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given 26Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands.
78And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, they were given from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands, Jahzah with its common-lands,
79Kedemoth with its common-lands, and Mephaath with its common-lands.
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