1 Chronicles Chapter 24
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1 Chronicles 24:1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.
1 Chronicles 24:3 With the help of Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service.
1 Chronicles 24:4 Since more chief men were found among the sons of Eleazar than among the sons of Ithamar, they organized them under sixteen heads of fathers’ houses of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:5 They divided them by lot, all alike, for there were sacred officers and officers of God among both the sons of Eleazar and the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:6 And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father’s house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:7 The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
1 Chronicles 24:8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
1 Chronicles 24:9 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
1 Chronicles 24:10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
1 Chronicles 24:11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
1 Chronicles 24:12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
1 Chronicles 24:13 the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
1 Chronicles 24:14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
1 Chronicles 24:15 the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
1 Chronicles 24:16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,
1 Chronicles 24:17 the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
1 Chronicles 24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
1 Chronicles 24:19 These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
1 Chronicles 24:20 And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
1 Chronicles 24:21 Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
1 Chronicles 24:22 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
1 Chronicles 24:23 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.