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^(C1)Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the ^(F1)service of song in the house of the LORD, ^(C2)after the ark rested there.

They were ministering in song in front of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting until Solomon's building of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they ^(F1)served in their office according to their order.

These are the ones who ^(F1)served with their sons: From the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

Heman's brother Asaph stood at his right hand, Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

On the left hand were their kinsmen the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

Their kinsmen the Levites were ^(F1)appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

But Aaron and his sons ^(F1)(C1)offered on the altar of burnt offering and ^(C2)on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and ^(C3)to make atonement for Israel, in accordance with everything that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

^(C1)These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.

Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the ^(C1)first lot),

to them they gave ^(C1)Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it;

^(C1)but they gave the fields of the city and its settlements to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

^(C1)To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah together with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

^(F1)Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,

^(F1)Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands;

and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, ^(F1)Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. Their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities in all.

^(C1)Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.

To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar, the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan.

^(C1)To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

^(C1)So the sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.

They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, ^(C1)these cities which are mentioned by name.

^(C1)Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.

They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer with its pasture lands,

Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands,

Aijalon with its pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands;

and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

To the sons of Gershom were given, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;

and from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,

Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;

and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,

Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;

and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.

To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands,

and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,

Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;

and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,

Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.

Now the sons of Issachar were four: Tola, ^(F1)Puah, ^(F2)Jashub, and Shimron.

The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were valiant warriors in their generations. ^(C1)Their number in the days of David was 22,600.

The ^(F1)son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah; all five of them were ^(C1)chief men.

And with them by their generations according to their fathers' households were thirty-six thousand ^(F1)troops of the army for war; for they had many wives and sons.

Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were valiant warriors, registered by genealogy, eighty-seven thousand in all.

^(C1)Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, valiant warriors, 22,034 registered by genealogy.

The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

They were registered by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 valiant warriors.

The ^(F1)son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 valiant warriors who were ^(F1)ready to go out with the army to war.

^(F1)Shuppim and ^(F2)Huppim were the sons of ^(F3)Ir; Hushim was the ^(F4)son of ^(F5)Aher.

The sons of Naphtali were ^(F1)Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and ^(F2)Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, to whom his Aramean concubine gave birth; she also gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead.

Machir took a wife from Huppim and Shuppim, ^(F1)whose name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh; the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

The ^(F1)son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, ^(F1)Abiezer, and Mahlah.

The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

^(C1)The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and ^(F1)Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock.

Their father Ephraim ^(C1)mourned for many days, and his relatives ^(C2)came to comfort him.

Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he named him ^(F1)Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house.

His daughter was Sheerah, ^(C1)who built lower and upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,

Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

^(F1)Non his son, and ^(C1)Joshua his son.

^(C1)Their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel with its towns, and to the east, ^(F1)Naaran, and to the west, Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns, as far as ^(F2)Ayyah with its towns,

and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, and Dor with its towns. In these regions lived the ^(C1)sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

^(C1)The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah was their sister.

The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

Heber fathered Japhlet, ^(F1)Shomer, and Hotham, and their sister Shua.

The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.

The sons of ^(F1)Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, and Jehubbah and Aram.

The ^(F1)sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice, valiant mighty men, and heads of the leaders. And the number of them registered by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

And ^(C1)Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, ^(C2)Aharah the third,

Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

Bela had sons: ^(F1)Addar, Gera, Abihud,

Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Geba, and they took them into exile to Manahath,

namely, Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera—he exiled them; and he fathered Uzza and Ahihud.

Shaharaim fathered children in the ^(F1)country of Moab after he had sent his wives Hushim and Baara away.

By Hodesh his wife he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' households.

By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal.

The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;

and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put the inhabitants of Gath to flight;

and ^(F1)Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of ^(F1)Shimei.

Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

These were heads of the fathers' households according to their generations, chief men ^(F1)who lived in Jerusalem.