Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch) 9
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1So all Isra’el was listed by genealogies, and these were recorded in the book of the kings of Isra’el. Then Y’hudah was carried away captive to Bavel because of their unfaithfulness. 2The first people to return to their possessions in the cities were the Isra’elim, the cohanim, the L’vi’im and the temple servants. 3In Yerushalayim lived some descendants of Y’hudah, some descendants of Binyamin and some descendants of Efrayim and of M’nasheh: 4‘Utai the son of ‘Ammihud, the son of ‘Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the descendants of Peretz the son of Y’hudah. 5Of the Shiloni: ‘Asayah the firstborn and his sons. 6Of the descendants of Zerach: Ye‘u’el and their kinsmen, 690. 7Of the descendants of Binyamin: Salu the son of Meshulam the son of Hodavyah the son of Hasnu’ah, 8Yivneyah the son of Yerocham, Elah the son of ‘Uzi the son of Mikhri, Meshulam the son of Sh’fatyah the son of Re‘u’el the son of Yivneyah, 9and their kinsmen, according to their generations — altogether 956. All these men were leaders of fathers’ clans.
10Of the cohanim: Y’da‘yah, Y’hoyariv, Yakhin, 11‘Azaryah the son of Hilkiyah the son of Meshulam the son of Tzadok the son of M’rayot the son of Achituv the ruler of the house of God, 12‘Adayah the son of Yerocham the son of Pash’chur the son of Malkiyah, Ma‘asai the son of ‘Adi’el the son of Yachzerah the son of Meshulam the son of Meshilmit the son of Immer, 13and their kinsmen, leaders of their fathers’ clans, 1,760 very competent men available for serving in the house of God.
14Of the L’vi’im: Sh’ma‘yah the son of Hashuv the son of ‘Azrikam the son of Hashavyah, from the descendants of M’rari; 15Bakbakar; Heresh; Galal; Matanyah the son of Mikha the son of Zikhri the son of Asaf; 16‘Ovadyah the son of Sh’ma‘yah the son of Galal the son of Y’dutun; and Berekhyah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah, who lived in the towns of the N’tofati.
17The gatekeepers: Shalum, ‘Akuv, Talmon, Achiman and their kinsmen; Shalum was the chief. 18Previously they had guarded the king’s gate to the east; they were gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi. 19Shalum the son of Kore the son of Evyasaf the son of Korach and his kinsmen from his father’s clan the Korchim were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tent. Their ancestors had been in charge of the camp of Adonai, keepers of the entryway. 20Pinchas the son of El‘azar had been ruler over them long before; Adonai had been with him. 21Z’kharyah the son of Meshelemyah guarded the entryway to the tent of meeting. 22All these chosen to be gatekeepers numbered 212. Their genealogies were recorded in their towns; they had been appointed to their positions by David and Sh’mu’el the seer. 23They and their descendants supervised the gates of the house of Adonai, that is, the house of the tent, by periods of duty. 24The gatekeepers served on the four sides, east, west, north and south. 25From time to time their kinsmen had to come in from their towns to help them for seven days.
26For the four chief gatekeepers were on permanent duty; they were the L’vi’im in charge of accommodations and supplies in the house of God. 27They spent their nights in the vicinity of the house of God, because they were in charge of it; they were responsible for opening it up each morning.
28Some of [the L’vi’im] were in charge of the articles used for the service; they had to keep records of them when bringing them in and out. 29Others were in charge of the equipment, the holy utensils, the fine flour, the wine, the olive oil, the frankincense and the spices. 30Some of the sons of the cohanim mixed together the ingredients for the perfumes. 31Mattityah, one of the L’vi’im, who was the firstborn of Shalum the Korchi, was permanently in charge of baking operations. 32Some of their kinsmen, from the descendants of the K’hati, were in charge of preparing the showbread every Shabbat. 33Also there were the singers, heads of fathers’ clans among the L’vi’im. They lived in the accommodations and were free from other kinds of service, for they were employed in their own work day and night. 34These were heads of fathers’ clans among the L’vi’im, according to their generations, and they were leaders; they lived in Yerushalayim.
35In Giv‘on lived the father of Giv‘on, Ye‘i’el, whose his wife’s name was Ma‘akhah; 36and his firstborn son ‘Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba‘al, Ner, Nadav, 37G’dor, Achyo, Z’kharyah and Miklot. 38Miklot fathered Shim’am. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.
39Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha’ul; and Sha’ul fathered Y’honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba‘al. 40The son of Y’honatan was M’riv-Ba‘al, and M’riv-Ba‘al fathered Mikhah. 41The sons of Mikhah were: Piton, Melekh and Ta’rea. 42Achaz fathered Ya‘ra; Ya‘ra fathered ‘Alemet, ‘Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza; 43and Motza fathered Bin‘a. His son was Rafah, his son El‘asah and his son Atzel. 44Atzel had six sons, whose names were: ‘Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma‘el, Sh‘aryah, ‘Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel.
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