1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. |
3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, |
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, |
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, |
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, |
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, |
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, |
10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) |
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, |
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, |
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, |
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, |
15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. |
16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. |
17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. |
18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. |
19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. |
20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, |
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. |
22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, |
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, |
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. |
25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. |
26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, |
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. |
28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. |
29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, |
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. |
6 The first fathers of the tribe of Levi, Ch1 6:1-3.
The line of the priests from Aaron to the captivity, Ch1 6:4-15.
Of some other families, Ch1 6:16-30.
The work of the Levites, Ch1 6:31-48.
Of the priests, Ch1 6:49-53.
The cities of the priests and Levites, Ch1 6:54-81.
6:10 The priest's office - So did all the rest, but it is implied that he did it worthily, he filled his place, and valiantly discharged hisoffice in Uzziah's time. Solomon built - In Solomon's temple;so called to distinguish it from the second temple which was builtor in building when these books were written.