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1 Chronicles 24 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The Divisions of the Priests
1Ch 24:1

The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1Ch 24:2

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

1Ch 24:3

Together with Zadok from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service.

1Ch 24:4

Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral families[fn] were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral families were from Ithamar’s.

1Ch 24:5

They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

1Ch 24:6

The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral family[fn] was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.

1Ch 24:7

The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

1Ch 24:8

the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1Ch 24:9

the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

1Ch 24:10

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

1Ch 24:11

the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

1Ch 24:12

the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

1Ch 24:13

the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1Ch 24:14

the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

1Ch 24:15

the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

1Ch 24:16

the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

1Ch 24:17

the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

1Ch 24:18

the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

1Ch 24:19

These had their assigned duties for service when they entered the LORD’s temple, according to their regulations, which they received from their ancestor Aaron, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

The Rest of the Levites
1Ch 24:20

As for the rest of Levi’s sons:

from Amram’s sons: Shubael;

from Shubael’s sons: Jehdeiah.

1Ch 24:21

From Rehabiah:

from Rehabiah’s sons: Isshiah was the first.

1Ch 24:22

From the Izharites: Shelomoth;

from Shelomoth’s sons: Jahath.

1Ch 24:23

Hebron’s[fn] sons:

Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,

Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

1Ch 24:24

From Uzziel’s sons: Micah;

from Micah’s sons: Shamir.

1Ch 24:25

Micah’s brother: Isshiah;

from Isshiah’s sons: Zechariah.

1Ch 24:26

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi,

and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.[fn]

1Ch 24:27

Merari’s sons, by his son Jaaziah:[fn]

Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

1Ch 24:28

From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

1Ch 24:29

From Kish, from Kish’s sons: Jerahmeel.

1Ch 24:30

Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.

Those were the descendants of the Levites according to their ancestral families.[fn]

1Ch 24:31

They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites ​— ​the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

CSB Footnotes
Lit house of fathers
Lit father’s house
Some Hb mss, some LXX mss; other Hb mss omit Hebron’s ; 1Ch 23:19
Or Mushi; Jaaziah’s sons: Beno.
Or sons, Jaaziah: Beno,
Lit the house of their fathers
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