Chapter 24

¹And to the sons of Aaron [are] their courses: sons of Aaron [are] Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, ²and Nadab dieth, and Abihu, in the presence of their father, and they had no sons, and Eleazar and Ithamar act as priests. ³And David distributeth them, and Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their office in their service; ⁴and there are found of the sons of Eleazar more for heads of the mighty men than of the sons of Ithamar; and they distribute them: Of the sons of Eleazar, heads for a house of fathers, sixteen; and of the sons of Ithamar, for a house of their fathers, eight. ⁵And they distribute them, by lots, one with another, for princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, have been of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. ⁶And Shemaiah son of Nethaneel the scribe, of the Levites, writeth them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites: one house of a father being taken possession of for Eleazar, and one being taken possession of for Ithamar. ⁷And the first lot goeth out for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah the second, ⁸for Harim the third, for Seorim the fourth, ⁹for Malchijah the fifth, for Mijamin the sixth, ¹⁰for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth, ¹¹for Jeshuah the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth, ¹²for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth, ¹³for Huppah the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab the fourteenth, ¹⁴for Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth, ¹⁵for Hezir the seventeenth, for Aphses the eighteenth, ¹⁶for Pethahiah the nineteenth, for Jehezekel the twentieth, ¹⁷for Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth, ¹⁸for Delaiah the three and twentieth, for Maaziah the four and twentieth. ¹⁹These [are] their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them. ²⁰And for the sons of Levi who are left: for sons of Amram, Shubael; for sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. ²¹For Rehabiah: for sons of Rehabiah, the head Ishshiah. ²²For the Izharite: Shelomoth; for sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. ²³And sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴Sons of Uzziel: Michah; for sons of Michah: Shamir. ²⁵A brother of Michah [is] Ishshiah; for sons of Ishshiah: Zechariah; ²⁶sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; sons of Jaaziah: Beno; ²⁷sons of Merari: of Jaaziah: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸For Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons; ²⁹for Kish: sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. ³⁰And sons of Mushi [are] Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth; these [are] sons of the Levites, for the house of their fathers, ³¹and they cast, they also, lots over-against their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and heads of the fathers, for priests and for Levites; the chief father over-against his younger brother.