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1 Chronicles 24 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Divisions of Levites

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The divisions of the [fn]descendants of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:3 - David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices for their assigned duties.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:4 - Since there were more chief men found among the descendants of Eleazar than among the descendants of Ithamar [because of Eli’s misfortunes, and Saul’s massacre of the priests at Nob], they were divided in this way: sixteen heads of fathers’ households of the descendants of Eleazar and eight of the descendants of Ithamar, corresponding to their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:5 - So they were divided by lot, one group with the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers (high priests) of God, both from the descendants of Eleazar and from the descendants of Ithamar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, [fn]Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped Saul’s massacre at Nob], and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.
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The lots fell, the first one to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:8 - the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:9 - the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:10 - the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:11 - the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:12 - the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:13 - the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:14 - the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:15 - the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:16 - the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:17 - the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:18 - the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:19 - These were their offices and positions for their service in the house of the LORD according to the ordinance given to them by their father (ancestor) Aaron, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:20 -

Now as for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram: Shubael; of the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:21 - Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah: Isshiah the first.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:22 - Of the Izharites: Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:23 - The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:24 - Of the sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:25 - The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:26 - The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:27 - The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:28 - By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:29 - By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:30 - The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also cast lots as did their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of father’s households as well as those of his younger brother.
AMP Footnotes
Lit sons, and so throughout the context.
See 1 Sam 22:14-23.
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