1 Chronicles 24
1 And
they number the sons of Aaron in
their division, Nadab, and Abiud, and Eleazar, and
Ithamar. 2 And Nadab and Abiud died
before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of
Aaron ministered as priests. 3 And
David distributed them, even Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Achimelech of
the sons of Ithamar, according to their numbering, according to their service,
according to the houses of their fathers.
4 And there were found
among the sons of Eleazar more chiefs of the mighty
ones, than of the sons of Ithamar: and he divided them, sixteen heads of
families to the sons of Eleazar, eight according to
their families to the sons of Ithamar.
5 And he divided them according to
their lots, one with the other; for there were those who had charge of the
holy things, and those who had charge of the house of
the Lord among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.
6 And Samaias the son of Nathanael,
the scribe, of the family of Levi, wrote them down
before the king, and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son
of Abiathar were present; and the heads of the
families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household
were assigned one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.
7 And the first lot came out to
Joarim, the second to Jedia, 8 the
third to Charib, the fourth to Seorim,
9 the fifth to Melchias, the sixth to
Meiamin, 10 the seventh to Cos, the
eighth to Abia, 11 the ninth to
Jesus, the tenth to Sechenias, 12 the
eleventh to Eliabi, the twelfth to Jacim,
13 the thirteenth to Oppha, the
fourteenth to Jesbaal, 14 the
fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth to Emmer,
15 the seventeenth to Chezin, the
eighteenth to Aphese, 16 the
nineteenth to Phetæa, the twentieth to Ezekel,
17 the twenty-first to Achim, the
twenty-second to Gamul, 18 the
twenty-third to Adallai, the twenty-fourth to Maasai.
19 This
is their numbering according to their service to go
into the house of the Lord, according to their appointment by the hand of
Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
20 And for the sons of Levi that were
left, even for the sons of Ambram, Sobael: for the
sons of Sobael, Jedia. 21 For Raabia,
the chief was Isaari,
22 and for Isaari, Salomoth: for the
sons of Salomoth, Jath. 23 The sons
of Ecdiu; Amadia the second, Jaziel the third, Jecmoam the fourth.
24 For the sons of Oziel, Micha: the
sons of Micha; Samer. 25 The brother
of Micha; Isia, the son of Isia; Zacharia.
26 The sons of Merari, Mooli, and
Musi: the sons of Ozia, 27 That is, the sons of Merari by Ozia,—his sons
were Isoam, and Sacchur, and Abai.
28 To Mooli
were born Eleazar, and Ithamar; and Eleazar died, and
had no sons. 29 For Kis; the sons of
Kis; Jerameel. 30 And the sons of
Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the
sons of the Levites according to the houses of their families.
31 And they also received lots as
their brethren the sons of Aaron before the king; Sadoc also, and Achimelech,
and the chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal
heads of families, even as their younger brethren.