1 Chronicles 24
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The Groups of the Priests
1These were the groups of Aaron’s sons: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did. Nadab and Abihu had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as the priests. 3David separated the tribes of Eleazar and Ithamar into two different groups. He did this so that these groups could do the duties of work they were given to do. David did this with the help of Zadok and Ahimelech. Zadok was a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech was a descendant of Ithamar. 4There were more leaders from Eleazar’s family than from Ithamar’s. There were 16 leaders from Eleazar’s family and there were eight leaders from Ithamar’s family. 5Men were chosen from each family. They were chosen by throwing lots. Some of the men were chosen to be in charge of the Holy Place. And other men were chosen to serve as priests. All these men were from the families of Eleazar and Ithamar.
6Shemaiah was the secretary.#24:6 secretary A man who wrote down and copied books and letters. He was Nethanel’s son. Shemaiah was from the tribe of Levi. Shemaiah wrote the names of those descendants. He wrote their names in front of King David and these leaders: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech, and the leaders from the families of the priests and of the Levites. Ahimelech was Abiathar’s son. Each time they threw the lots a man was chosen, and Shemaiah wrote down that man’s name. So they divided the work among groups of men from the families of Eleazar and Ithamar.
7The first was Jehoiarib’s group.
The second was Jedaiah’s group.
8The third was Harim’s group.
The fourth was Seorim’s group.
9The fifth was Malkijah’s group.
The sixth was Mijamin’s group.
10The seventh was Hakkoz’s group.
The eighth was Abijah’s group.
11The ninth was Jeshua’s group.
The tenth was Shecaniah’s group.
12The eleventh was Eliashib’s group.
The twelfth was Jakim’s group.
13The thirteenth was Huppah’s group.
The fourteenth was Jeshebeab’s group.
14The fifteenth was Bilgah’s group.
The sixteenth was Immer’s group.
15The seventeenth was Hezir’s group.
The eighteenth was Happizzez’s group.
16The nineteenth was Pethahiah’s group.
The twentieth was Jehezkel’s group.
17The twenty-first was Jakin’s group.
The twenty-second was Gamul’s group.
18The twenty-third was Delaiah’s group.
The twenty-fourth was Maaziah’s group.
19These were the groups chosen to serve in the Lord’s Temple. They obeyed Aaron’s rules for serving in the Temple. The Lord, the God of Israel, had given them to Aaron.
The Other Levites
20These are the names of the rest of Levi’s descendants:
Shubael was a descendant of Amram.
Jehdeiah was a descendant of Shubael.
21Isshiah was the oldest son of Rehabiah.
22From the Izhar family group there was Shelomoth.
Jahath was a descendant of Shelomoth.
23Jeriah was the oldest son of Hebron.
Amariah was Hebron’s second son.
Jahaziel was his third son,
and Jekameam was his fourth son.
24Uzziel’s son was Micah.
Micah’s son was Shamir.
25Isshiah was Micah’s brother.
Isshiah’s son was Zechariah.
26 # 24:26, 27 The Hebrew text here is hard to understand. Merari’s descendants were Mahli, Mushi, and Jaaziah his son.
27Jaaziah son of Merari had sons named Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28Mahli’s son was Eleazar, but Eleazar did not have sons.
29Kish’s son was Jerahmeel.
30Mushi’s sons were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
These are the leaders of the Levite families. They are listed by their families. 31They were chosen for special jobs by throwing lots, like their relatives, the priests. The priests were Aaron’s descendants. They threw lots in front of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the leaders of the priests’ and Levite families. The older families and the younger families were treated the same when their jobs were chosen.
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