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¹Adam, Seth, Enosh;

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;

⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

⁷And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

⁸The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁹And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

¹⁰And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

¹¹And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

¹²and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

¹³And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;

¹⁴and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

¹⁵and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite;

¹⁶and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

¹⁷The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether., and Meshech.

¹⁸And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

¹⁹And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

²⁰And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;

²¹and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah;

²²and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba;

²³and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; All these were the sons of Joktan.

²⁴Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu;

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah;

²⁷Abram (the same is Abraham).

²⁸The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

²⁹These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

³⁰Mishma, and Dumah, Massa; Hadad, and Tema,

³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

³²And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.

³³And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

³⁴And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau, and Israel.

³⁵The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

³⁷The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

³⁸And the sons of Seir; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan.

³⁹And the sons of Lotan; Hori and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal; Alian and Manahath and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz and Aran.

⁴³Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah,

⁴⁴And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

⁴⁵And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

⁴⁶And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

⁴⁸And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

⁴⁹And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

⁵⁰And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

⁵¹And Hadad died. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timna, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth;

⁵²duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon;

⁵³duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar;

⁵⁴duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

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¹These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;

²Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

³The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

⁴And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵The sons of Perez; Hezron and Hamul.

⁶And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

⁷And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

⁸And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

⁹The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz;

¹²and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

¹³and Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third;

¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth;

¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁷And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: and these were her sons; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

²¹And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead; whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

²²And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

²³And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead:

²⁴And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

²⁶And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

²⁷And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada: and the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.

²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

³⁰And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

³¹And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan; Ahlai.

³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

³³And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

³⁶And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad;

³⁷and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed;

³⁸and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah;

³⁹and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah;

⁴⁰and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum;

⁴¹and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

⁴²And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

⁴³And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai.

⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁴⁶And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb; the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim;

⁵¹Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

⁵³And the families of Kiriath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵And the families of scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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¹Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

²the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

³the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

⁴six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

⁵and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:

⁶and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet;

⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia;

⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

⁹All these were the sons of David; beside the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son;

¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son;

¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son;

¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son;

¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son.

¹⁵And the sons of Josiah; the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

¹⁶And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

¹⁷And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive; Shealtiel his son,

¹⁸and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

¹⁹And the sons of Pedaiah; Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister:

²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.

²¹And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

²²And the sons of Shecaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

²³And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.

²⁴And the sons of Elioenai; Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

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¹The sons of Judah; Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

²And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

³And these were the sons of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi:

⁴and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.

⁵And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

⁷And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

⁸And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.

¹¹And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

¹²And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

¹³And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.

¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz.

¹⁶And the sons of Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁷And the sons of Ezrah; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

¹⁸And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

¹⁹And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

²⁰And the sons of Shimon; Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi; Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

²¹The sons of Shelah the son of Judah; Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

²²and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.

²³These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

²⁴The sons of Simeon; Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul:

²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

²⁶And the sons of Mishma; Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

²⁷And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

²⁸And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual;

²⁹and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad;

³⁰and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag;

³¹and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

³²And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

³³and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.

³⁴And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;

³⁵and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;

³⁶and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah;

³⁷and Ziza 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 princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

³⁹And they went to the entering in of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

⁴⁰And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.

⁴¹And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

⁴²And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir; having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

⁴³And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there, unto this day.

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¹And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s:)

³the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

⁴The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son;

⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son;

⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

⁷And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned; the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

⁸and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

⁹and eastward he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

¹⁰And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

¹¹And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah:

¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan:

¹³And their brethren of their fathers’ houses; Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

¹⁴These were the sons 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, chief of their fathers’ houses.

¹⁶And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.

¹⁷All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war.

¹⁹And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.

²⁰And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

²¹And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

²²For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

²³And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.

²⁴And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses; even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.

²⁵And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

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¹The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

²And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

³And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua;

⁵and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi;

⁶and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth;

⁷Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub;

⁸and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz;

⁹and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan;

¹⁰and Johanan begat Azariah (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

¹¹and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub;

¹²and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum;

¹³and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah;

¹⁴and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;

¹⁵And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

¹⁷And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni and Shimei.

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

¹⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their father’s houses.

²⁰Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son;

²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

²²The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Koran his son, Assir his son;

²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son;

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

²⁵And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

²⁶As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son;

²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

²⁸And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn, Joel, and the second Abijah.

²⁹The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son;

³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

³¹And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

³²And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.

³³And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel;

³⁴the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah;

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 Ebiasaph, the son of Korah;

³⁸the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea;

⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah;

⁴¹the son of Ethni, 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 Gershom, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, 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 Shemer;

⁴⁷the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon 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.

⁵⁰And these are the sons 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, Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

⁵⁵to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

⁵⁶but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;

⁵⁸and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs;

⁵⁹and Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

⁶⁰and out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Allemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

⁶¹And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

⁶²And to the sons of Gershom, according to 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.

⁶³Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

⁶⁴And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.

⁶⁵And 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 children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.

⁶⁶And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs; Gezer also with her suburbs;

⁶⁸and Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs;

⁶⁹and Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:

⁷⁰and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

⁷¹Unto 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:

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 Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

⁷⁸and beyond the Jordan at 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 her suburbs,

⁷⁹and Kedemoth with her suburbs, and 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 Jazer with her suburbs.