1st Chronicles 9

CHAPTER 9

¹Therefore all Israel was numbered, and the sum of them was written in the book of [the] kings of Israel and of Judah; and they were translated or brought over into Babylon for their sin.

²And they that dwelled first in their cities, and in the possessions of Israel, and the priests, and the deacons [or Levites] , and Nethinims,

³dwelled in Jerusalem. Of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, also of the sons of Ephraim, and of Manasseh;

⁴of the sons of Judah ; Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah;

⁵and of Shelah or the Shilonites ; Asaiah, the first begotten, and his sons;

⁶and of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and his brethren; six hundred, fourscore and ten.

⁷And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the sons of Hodaviah, the sons of Hasenuah,

⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the sons of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah,

⁹and the brethren of them, by their meines; nine hundred [and] six and fifty. All these were princes of their kindreds by the houses of their fathers.

¹⁰And of the priests, Jedaiah, Jehoi-arib, and Jachin;

¹¹and Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, was [the] bishop of the house of the Lord.

¹²Adaiah, son of Jeroham, son of Pashur, son of Malchijah, and Maasiai, son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer,

¹³also their brethren, princes by their meines, were a thousand seven hundred and fourscore, men full strong in bodily might, to make the work of [the] service in the house of the Lord.

¹⁴And of the deacons [or Levites] ; Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

¹⁵also Bakbakkar, the carpenter, and Galal, and Mattaniah, the son of Micah, son of Zichri, son of Asaph,

¹⁶and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelled in the porches of Netophathites.

¹⁷And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and the brethren of them; Shallum was the prince;

¹⁸till to that time they kept by their whiles in the gate of the king at the east, of the sons of Levi.

¹⁹Shallum forsooth, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, with his brethren, and with the house of his father; these be the sons of Korah upon the works of the service, keepers of the porches of the tabernacle, and the meines of them kept by whiles, or times , the entering of the castles [or tents] of the Lord.

²⁰And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the duke of them before the Lord.

²¹And Zechariah, the son of Meshel-emiah, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of witnessing.

²²All these chosen into porters by gates were two hundred and twelve, and they were described, or presented , in their own towns, which deacons, or ministers , David and Samuel, the prophet, ordained in their faith,

²³both them and the sons of them in the doors of the house of the Lord, and in the tabernacle of witnessing, by their whiles.

²⁴Porters were by four coasts, that is, at the east, at the west, at the north, and at the south.

²⁵And their brethren dwelled in towns, and came in their sabbaths from time till to time.

²⁶All the number of porters was betaken to these four deacons [or Levites] , and they kept the chambers, and the treasures of the house of the Lord.

²⁷Also they dwelled in their keepings by the compass of the temple of the Lord, that when time were, they should open the gates early.

²⁸Men of their kin were also on the vessels of [the] service; for the vessels were borne in at the number, and were borne out of them.

²⁹And they that had the vessels of the saintuary betaken to their keeping, were sovereigns of [the tried] flour, and [the] wine, and oil, and incense, and sweet smelling spiceries.

³⁰And some of the sons of [the] priests made ointments of sweet smelling spiceries.

³¹And Mattithiah, deacon [or Levite] , the first begotten son of Shallum of the kindred of Korah, was the sovereign of all things that were fried in the frying pan.

³²And men of the sons of Kohath, the brethren of them, were on the loaves of setting forth, that they should make ready ever new loaves by each sabbath.

³³These be the princes of chanters, by the meines of Levites, that dwelled in chambers, so that they should serve continually day and night in their service.

³⁴The heads of Levites, by their meines, the princes, dwelled in Jerusalem.

³⁵And there dwelled in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maachah;

³⁶Abdon, his first begotten son, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

³⁷and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zech-ariah, and Mikloth;

³⁸and Mikloth begat Shimeam; these dwelled even against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

³⁹And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

⁴⁰And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.

⁴¹And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz ;

⁴²and Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

⁴³and Moza begat Binea, whose son Rephaiah begat Eleasah, of whom Azel was begotten.

⁴⁴And Azel had six sons by these names, Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.