1 Chronicles 6:1-30 - The Levites

¹ Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ² Kohath's sons included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ³ Amram's descendants included Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons included Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua, ⁵ Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi, ⁶ Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth, ⁷ Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, ⁸ Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz, ⁹ Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan, ¹⁰ and Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the Temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub, ¹² Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum, ¹³ Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah, ¹⁴ Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. ¹⁵ The LORD sent Jehozadak, Judah, and Jerusalem into exile, using Nebuchadnezzar to do it. ¹⁶ Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷ These are the names of Gershom's descendants: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ Kohath's sons included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹ Merari's sons included Mahli and Mushi. ²⁰ These are the clans of the descendants of Levi according to their ancestry: Gershom's clan included his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, ²¹ his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai. ²² Kohath's descendants included Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, ²³ his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, ²⁴ his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul. ²⁵ Elkanah's descendants included Amasai and Ahimoth, ²⁶ his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath, ²⁷ his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. ²⁸ Samuel's descendants included Joel his firstborn and his second son Abijah. ²⁹ Merari's descendants included Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, ³⁰ his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.