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to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
24 These were the leaders of their clans: Epher,*
Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and
Jahdiel. These men had a great reputation as
mighty warriors and leaders of their clans.
25 But these tribes were unfaithful to the
God of their ancestors. They worshiped the
gods of the nations that God had destroyed.
26 So the God of Israel caused King Pul of As
syria (also known as Tiglath-pileser) to invade
the land and take away the people of Reuben,
Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as cap
tives. The A
ssyrians exiled them to Halah,
Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they
remain to this day.
6:1* The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari.
2 The descendants of Kohath included
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses,
and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas.
Phinehas was the father of Abishua.
5 Abishua was the father of Bukki.
Bukki was the father of Uzzi.
6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah.
Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.
7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah.
Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah.
Azariah was the father of Johanan.
10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, the
high priest at the Temple* built by
Solomon in Jerusalem.
11 Azariah was the father of Amariah.
Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
Zadok was the father of Shallum.
13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah.
Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.
14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah.
Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak,
15 who went into exile when the Lord
sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem
into captivity under Nebuchadnezzar.
16* The sons of Levi were Gershon,* Kohath,
and Merari.
17 The descendants of Gershon included Libni
and Shimei.
18 The descendants of Kohath included
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The descendants of Merari included Mahli
and Mushi.
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The following were the Levite clans, listed ac
cording to their ancestral descent:
20 The descendants of Gershon included
Libni, Jahath, Zimmah, 21 Joah, Iddo, Zerah,
and Jeatherai.
22 The descendants of Kohath included
Amminadab, Korah, Assir, 23 Elkanah,
Abiasaph,* Assir, 24 Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah,
and Shaul.
25 The descendants of Elkanah included
Amasai, Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah, Zophai,
Nahath, 27 Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah, and
Samuel.*
28 The sons of Samuel were Joel* (the older)
and Abijah (the second).
29 The descendants of Merari included Mahli,
Libni, Shimei, Uzzah, 30 Shimea, Haggiah,
and Asaiah.
31 David assigned the following men to lead
the music at the house of the Lord after the
Ark was placed there. 32 They ministered with
music at the Tabernacle* until Solomon built
the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They car
ried out their work, following all the regula
tions handed down to them. 33 These are the
men who served, along with their sons:
Heman the musician was from the clan
of Kohath. His genealogy was traced
back through Joel, Samuel, 34 Elkanah,
Jeroham, Eliel, Toah, 35 Zuph, Elkanah,
Mahath, Amasai, 36 Elkanah, Joel, Azariah,
Zephaniah, 37 Tahath, Assir, Abiasaph,
Korah, 38 Izhar, Kohath, Levi, and Israel.*
39 Heman’s first assistant was Asaph from the
clan of Gershon.* Asaph’s genealogy was
traced back through Berekiah, Shimea,
40 Michael, Baaseiah, Malkijah, 41 Ethni,
Zerah, Adaiah, 42 Ethan, Zimmah, Shimei,
43 Jahath, Gershon, and Levi.
44 Heman’s second assistant was Ethan from
the clan of Merari. Ethan’s genealogy was
traced back through Kishi, Abdi, Malluch,
45 Hashabiah, Amaziah, Hilkiah, 46 Amzi,
Bani, Shemer, 47 Mahli, Mushi, Merari,
and Levi.
48 Their fellow Levites were appointed to vari
ous other tasks in the Tabernacle, the house
of God.
49 Only A
aron and his descendants served
as priests. They presented the offerings on the
altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense,
and they performed all the other duties related
to the Most Holy Place. They made atonement
for Israel by doing everything that Moses, the
servant of God, had commanded them.
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