Apr 25 - 1 Chronicles 4-6
1 Chronicles
1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.2Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.3These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,4and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.5Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;6Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.7The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.8Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.9Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain."10Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!" And God granted what he asked.11Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.12Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.14Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen.15The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.16The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.18And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.19The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.20The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem (now the records are ancient).23These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king's service.24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;25Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.26The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned.32And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,33along with all their villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.34Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,35Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,36Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,37Ziza the son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah--38these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers' houses increased greatly.39They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks,40where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham.41These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.42And some of them, five hundred men of the Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, having as their leaders Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.43And they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
1The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;2though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),3the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.4The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,6Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.7And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,8and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.9He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.10And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.11The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:12Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.13And their kinsmen according to their fathers' houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.14These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.15Ahi the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers' houses,16and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.17All of these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.18The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, 44,760, able to go to war.19They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.20And when they prevailed over them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him.21They carried off their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men alive.22For many fell, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.23The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.24These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.25But they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.
1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.3The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.4Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua,5Abishua fathered Bukki, Bukki fathered Uzzi,6Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, Zerahiah fathered Meraioth,7Meraioth fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,8Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Ahimaaz,9Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, Azariah fathered Johanan,10and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).11Azariah fathered Amariah, Amariah fathered Ahitub,12Ahitub fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Shallum,13Shallum fathered Hilkiah, Hilkiah fathered Azariah,14Azariah fathered Seraiah, Seraiah fathered Jehozadak;15and Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,23Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.25The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,26Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son,27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.28The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.29The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.31These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.32They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and they performed their service according to their order.33These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel,34son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,35son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,36son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,37son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,38son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel;39and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,40son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,41son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,42son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,43son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.44On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,45son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,46son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,47son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.48And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.49But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.54These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,56but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,58Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,59Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands;60and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities throughout their clans were thirteen.61To the rest of the Kohathites were given by lot out of the clan of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.62To the Gershomites according to their clans were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali and Manasseh in Bashan.63To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.64So the people of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasturelands.65They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities that are mentioned by name.66And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim.67They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasturelands,68Jokmeam with its pasturelands, Beth-horon with its pasturelands,69Aijalon with its pasturelands, Gath-rimmon with its pasturelands,70and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasturelands, and Bileam with its pasturelands, for the rest of the clans of the Kohathites.71To the Gershomites were given out of the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands;72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands,73Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands;74out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasturelands, Abdon with its pasturelands,75Hukok with its pasturelands, and Rehob with its pasturelands;76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasturelands, Hammon with its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim with its pasturelands.77To the rest of the Merarites were allotted out of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasturelands, Tabor with its pasturelands,78and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasturelands, Jahzah with its pasturelands,79Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands;80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,81Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands.