First Book of Chronicles 24

¹ Orders of the sons of Aaron: Sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar.

² Nadab and Abihu died in their father’s lifetime leaving no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.

³ David divided them into orders with the help of Zadok, one of Eleazar’s sons, and Ahimelech, one of the sons of Ithamar, and made a register of them according to their duties.

⁴ The sons of Eleazar were found to have more leading men than the sons of Ithamar; accordingly, from the heads of families of the sons of Eleazar they made sixteen orders, and from those of the sons of Ithamar, eight.

⁵ They divided them, both parties, by lot: there were consecrated officials, officials of God, among the sons of Eleazar, as among the sons of Ithamar.

⁶ One of the Levites, the scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, recorded them in the presence of the king, his officers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar and the heads of the priestly and levitical families. They drew lots for each family of the sons of Eleazar and for the sons of Ithamar, turn and turn about.

⁷ The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, to Jedaiah the second,

⁸ Harim the third, Seorim the fourth,

⁹ Malchijah the fifth, Mijamin the sixth,

¹⁰ Hakkoz the seventh, Abijah the eighth,

¹¹ Jeshua the ninth, Shecaniah the tenth,

¹² Eliashib the eleventh, Jakim the twelfth,

¹³ Huppah the thirteenth, Ishbaal the fourteenth,

¹⁴ Bilgah the fifteenth, Immer the sixteenth,

¹⁵ Hezir the seventeenth, Happizzez the eighteenth,

¹⁶ Pethahiah the nineteenth, Jehezkel the twentieth,

¹⁷ Jachin the twenty-first, Gamul the twenty-second,

¹⁸ Delaiah the twenty-third, Maaziah the twenty-fourth.

¹⁹ These were the men as registered by their various duties, to enter the Temple of Yahweh in conformity to their rule handed on by Aaron their father as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had laid it down for him.

²⁰ As regards the rest of the sons of Levi: For the sons of Amram: Shubael. For the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.

²¹ For Rehabiah, for the sons of Rehabiah: the eldest, Isshiah.

²² For the Izharites: Shelomoth; for the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.

²³ The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

²⁴ Sons of Uzziel: Micah; for the sons of Micah: Shamir;

²⁵ the brother of Micah: Isshiah; for the sons of Micah: Isshiah, Zechariah.

²⁶ Sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. Sons of Jaaziah: his son;

²⁷ sons of Merari: for Jaaziah his son: Shoham, Zaccur, Ibri,

²⁸ for Mahli: Eleazar who had no sons;

²⁹ for Kish: the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

³⁰ Sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, Jerimoth. These were the sons of Levi by their families.

³¹ Like their kinsmen, the sons of Aaron, these families, senior and junior, drew lots in the presence of king David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and levitical families.