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These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord 's temple^(f) after the ark came to rest there.^(g)

They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord 's temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.

These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

Heman's relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

⁴¹son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

⁴³son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

On the left, their relatives were Merari's sons: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

⁴⁵son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

⁴⁷son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God's temple.

But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings^(h) and on the altar of incense⁽ⁱ⁾ to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.^(j)

These^(k) are Aaron's sons: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,

⁵²his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

These were the places assigned to Aaron's sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.^(l)

They^(m) were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

but the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Aaron's sons were given:⁽ⁿ⁾ Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

Hilen^[e] and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had 13 towns in all among their families.

To the rest of the Kohathites, 10 towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.^(o)

The Gershomites were assigned 13 towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.^(p)

So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.^(q)

They assigned by lot the towns named above^(r) from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.

Some^(s) of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,

Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.

From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

The Gershomites received: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.

From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

The rest of the Merarites received: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

Issachar's sons:^(a) Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

Tola's sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral houses. During David's reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as warriors in their genealogies.^(b)

Uzzi's son: Izrahiah. Izrahiah's sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

⁴Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the genealogical records of their ancestral houses, for they had many wives and children.

⁵Their tribesmen who were warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

Three^(c) of Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

Bela's sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were warriors and heads of their ancestral houses; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

Becher's sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher's sons.

⁹Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses—20,200 warriors.

Jediael's son: Bilhan. Bilhan's sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹¹All these sons of Jediael listed by heads of families were warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

¹²Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

Naphtali's sons:^(d) Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah's sons.

Manasseh's^(e) sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁵Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

Machir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

Ulam's son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

¹⁸His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

Shemida's sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Ephraim's^(f) sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

²¹his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead. The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.

²²Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives^[a] came to comfort him.

²³He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.^[b]

²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon^(g) and Uzzen-sheerah,

his son Rephah,^[c] his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,

his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,

²⁷his son Nun, and his son Joshua.^(h)

Their holdings and settlements were Bethel⁽ⁱ⁾ and its villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

Asher's^(j) sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

Beriah's sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.

Japhlet's sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons.

Shemer's sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

His brother Helem's sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

Zophah's sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

Jether's sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

Ulla's sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

All these were Asher's sons. They were the heads of their ancestral houses, chosen men, warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

Benjamin^(a) fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

²Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.

Bela's sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

These were Ehud's sons, who were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

¹¹He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

Elpaal's sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its villages,

¹³Beriah and Shema, who were the heads of families of Aijalon's residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

¹⁴Ahio,^[a] Shashak, and Jeremoth.

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah's sons.

Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal's sons.

Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei's sons.

Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak's sons.

Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham's sons.

These^(b) were heads of families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.