1 Chronicles 9
1 And
this is all Israel,
even their enrolment: and these
are written down in the book of the kings of Israel
and Juda, with the names of them that were carried
away to Babylon for their transgressions.
2 And they that dwelt before in their
possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the
appointed ones.
3 And there dwelt in Jerusalem some of
the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of
Ephraim, and Manasse. 4 And Gnothi,
and the son of Samiud, the son of Amri, the son of Ambraim, the son of Buni,
son of the sons of Phares, the son of Juda.
5 And of the Selonites; Asaia his
first-born, and his sons. 6 Of the
sons of Zara; Jeel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Salom,
son of Mosollam, son of Odouia, son of Asinu.
8 And Jemnaa son of Jeroboam, and Elo:
these are the sons of Ozi the son of Machir: and
Mosollam, son of Saphatia, son of Raguel, son of Jemnai;
9 and their brethren according to
their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six, all the men
were heads of families according to the houses of
their fathers.
10 And of the priests; Jodaë, and
Joarim, and Jachin, 11 and Azaria the
son of Chelcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraïoth,
the son of Achitob, the ruler of the house of God;
12 and Adaia son of Iraam, son of
Phascor, son of Melchia, and Maasaia son of Adiel, son of Ezira, son of
Mosollam, son of Maselmoth, son of Emmer;
13 and their brethren, chiefs of
their families, a thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty
men for the work of the ministration of the house of
God.
14 And of the Levites; Samaia son of
Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari.
15 And Bacbacar, and Ares, and
Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph;
16 and Abdia, son of Samia, son of
Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana—who dwelt in
the villages of the Notephatites.
17 The door-keepers; Salom, Acum,
Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom was the
chief; 18 and
he waited hitherto in the king's gate eastward: these
are the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi.
19 And Sellum the son of Core, the
son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of
his father, the Corites were over the works of the
service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the
camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance.
20 And Phinees son of Eleazar was
head over them before the Lord, and these were with
him. 21 Zacharias the son of
Mosollami was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of
witness. 22 All the chosen porters in
the gates were two hundred and twelve, these
were in their courts,
this was their distribution: these David and Samuel
the seer established in their charge.
23 And these and their sons
were over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in
the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.
24 The gates were toward the four
winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.
25 And their brethren
were in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to
time with these. 26 For four strong
men have the charge of the gates; and the Levites
were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of
God. 27 For the charge
was upon them, and these
were charged with the keys to open the doors of the
temple every morning.
28 And
some of them
were appointed over the vessels of service, that they
should carry them in by number, and carry them out by number.
29 And
some of them were appointed
over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour,
the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
30 And some of the priests were
makers of the ointment, and appointed to prepare the
spices. 31 And Matthathias of the
Levites, (he was the first-born of Salom the Corite,)
was set in charge over the sacrifices of
meat-offering of the pan belonging to the high priest.
32 And Banaias the Caathite, from
among their brethren, was set over the shewbread, to
prepare it every sabbath. 33 And
these were the singers, heads of families of the
Levites, to whom were established daily courses, for
they were employed in the services day and night.
34 These
were the heads of the families of the Levites
according to their generations; these chiefs dwelt in Jerusalem.
35 And Jeël the father of Gabaon
dwelt in Gabaon; and his wife's name was Moöcha.
36 And his first-born son
was Abdon, and he had Sur,
and Kis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
37 and Gedur and
his brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth.
38 And Makeloth begot Samaa: and
these dwelt in the midst of their brethren in Jerusalem,
even in the midst of their brethren.
39 And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot
Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal.
40 And the son of Jonathan
was Meribaal: and Meribaal begot Micha.
41 And the sons of Micha
were Phithon and Malach, and Tharach.
42 And Achaz begot Jada: and Jada
begot Galemeth, and Gazmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Massa.
43 And Massa begot Baana, and
Rhaphaïa was his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son.
44 And Esel had six sons, and these
were their names; Esricam his first-born, and Ismael,
and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: these
were the sons of Esel.