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And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, neither did all their family multiply until the children of Judah came to dwell with them.

NOW the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born of his father; but, because he defiled his fathers bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph his brother, the son of Israel; and upon his two sons came the blessings more than all the tribes of Israel.

The sons of Carmi: Shemaiah his son, Doag his son, Shimei his son,

Micah his son, Uriah his son, Balah his son,

Abdaiah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away captive; he was the prince of the tribe of Reubenites.

And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: Azrael, their chief, and Zechariah, second in rank,

Of Gershon: Libni his son, Nahath his son, Zimmah his son,

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Jathor his son.

The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son.

Hilkanah his son, Akinsaph his son.

Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

As for Hilkanah, the sons of Hilkanah: Zoph his son, Nahath his son, Zerah his son, Shamla his son, Marl his son,

Eliab his son, Gadhiel his son, Hilkanah his son.

And the sons of Samuel: Joel his first-born, and the name of his second son Abijah.

The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

Shimea his son, Ashaiah his son.

And his brother Asaph, who stood on the right hand of Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offerings and upon the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

Bakki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,