1 Chronicles
Chapter 9
1 All the people of Israel were listed by their family lines; and, look, they were written in the record of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were taken to Babylon because they did wrong.
2 The first people who lived in their own cities on their land were the Israelites, priests, Levites, and Nethinims.
3 People from Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem.
4 Uthai was the son of Ammihud, Ammihud was the son of Omri, Omri was the son of Imri, Imri was the son of Bani, and they were all descendants of Pharez, who was Judah’s son.
5 From the Shilonites: Asaiah was the oldest, along with his sons.
6 From Zerah’s sons came Jeuel and his brothers, a total of 690.
7 From Benjamin’s family: Sallu, Meshullam’s son, Hodaviah’s grandson, Hasenuah’s great-grandson.
8 Ibneiah, Jeroham’s son; Elah, Uzzi’s son, Michri’s grandson; and Meshullam, Shephathiah’s son, Reuel’s grandson, Ibnijah’s great-grandson.
9 Their brothers, by their family lines, were 956. All these men were leaders in their families’ households.
10 The priests included Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin.
11 Azariah, son of Hilkiah, grandson of Meshullam, descendant of Zadok, Meraioth, and Ahitub, was the leader of God’s house.
12 Adaiah, Jeroham’s son, Pashur’s grandson, Malchijah’s great-grandson, and Maasiai, Adiel’s son, Jahzerah’s grandson, Meshullam’s great-grandson, and Meshillemith’s great-great-grandson, Immer’s great-great-great-grandson;
13 Their relatives, leaders of their family houses, were 1,760 strong men, skilled for the work of serving in God’s house.
14 From the Levites: Shemaiah, son of Hasshub, grandson of Azrikam, great-grandson of Hashabiah, from Merari’s family.
15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, who was Micah’s son, Zichri’s grandson, and Asaph’s great-grandson;
16 Obadiah, Shemaiah’s son, Galal’s grandson, Jeduthun’s great-grandson, and Berechiah, Asa’s son, Elkanah’s grandson, lived in the Netophathites’ towns.
17 The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, and Ahiman, along with their brothers; Shallum was the leader.
18 They waited before at the king’s gate to the east; they were gatekeepers among the groups of Levi’s descendants.
19 Shallum, Kore’s son, Ebiasaph’s grandson, and Korah’s great-grandson, and his family, the Korahites, were in charge of the work and the doors of the sacred tent. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance as leaders of God’s army.
20 Phinehas, son of Eleazar, was their leader before, and God was with him.
21 Zechariah, Meshelemiah’s son, was the gatekeeper of the tent where the meeting took place.
22 All these chosen as gatekeepers numbered 212. They were listed by their family histories in their towns, whom David and Samuel the seer appointed to their duties.
23 They and their children were in charge of guarding the gates of God’s house, that is, the tent of worship, in different shifts.
24 The guards were in four areas, facing east, west, north, and south.
25 Their relatives from the villages were to join them every seven days, taking turns.
26 These four main guards were Levites. They had their assigned duties and were in charge of the rooms and storerooms of God’s house.
27 They stayed near God’s house because they were responsible for it and it was their duty to open it every morning.
28 Some of them were responsible for serving with the vessels, counting them as they brought them in and out.
29 Some were chosen to look after the containers, all the tools of the holy place, the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.
30 Some priest’s sons made the spice ointment.
31 Mattithiah, a Levite and firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of preparing the bread in the pans.
32 Other relatives from the Kohathite family were in charge of making the special bread for every Sabbath.
33 These are the main singers from the Levites’ leaders, who stayed in the rooms without other duties because they worked at this job day and night.
34 These top Levite leaders were important in each generation; they lived in Jerusalem.
35 In Gibeon lived Jehiel, the founding father of Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maachah.
36 His oldest son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, and Nadab.
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 Mikloth had a son named Shimeam. They lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.
39 Ner was the father of Kish; Kish was the father of Saul; Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
40 Jonathan’s son was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal had a son named Micah.
41 Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
42 Ahaz had Jarah; Jarah had Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri had Moza.
43 Moza had a son named Binea; Binea’s son was Rephaiah, his son was Eleasah, and his son was Azel.
44 Azel had six sons named Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel’s sons.