1 Chronicles 5-6
Scripture Thought (What I Learned):
Chapter 5: Descendants of Reuben
Joseph
recieves Reuben's birthright and Judah becomes ruler of Israel.
The sons of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel were; Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his
son,Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, Beerah his son. And his brethren
by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the
chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the
son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
In the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who
fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of
Gilead. The children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto
Salchah:
Joel the chief, and Shapham the next,
and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
The brethren of the house of their fathers were; Michael,
Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber.
The children of Abihail; the son of
Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of
Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of
Guni who was the chief of the house of their fathers.
They all dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in
all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
Manasseh had men that were prepared for war with sword, bow and arrow. They were
skilled and they numbered many, they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur,
and Nephish, and Nodab. The Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all
that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, they put
their trust in him. And they took away their cattle; of their camels
fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two
thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the
land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount
Hermon. They transgressed against God, and went a whoring after the gods of the
people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. God stirred up the spirit
of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and
he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and
to the river Gozan, unto this day.
Chapter 6: The Sons of Levi
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
The children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua.
Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth.
Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub.
Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz.
Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan.
Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that
executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub
Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum.
Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah.
Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak.
Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried
away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
The sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar,
and Hebron, and Uzziel.
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi.
And these are the families of the Levites
according to their fathers.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son.
Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai
his son.
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir
his son, Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,Tahath
his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
The sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his
son, Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
The sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his
son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his
son.
And these are they whom David set over the service
of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest. And
they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the
congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in
Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to
their order.
And these are they that
waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the
son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 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. And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right
hand, evenAsaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, The son of
Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 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. And their
brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: 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
Shamer, The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Their brethren also the Levites were appointed
unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. But Aaron and
his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the
altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most
holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that
Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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, Ahimaaz his son.
Now these are their dwelling places throughout
their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites:
for theirs was the lot. And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it. But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. And to the sons of Aaron they
gave the cities of Judah,namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and
Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with
her suburbs, And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: And
out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her
suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their
families were thirteen cities. And unto the sons of Kohath, which
were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of
the half tribe, namely, out ofthe half tribe of Manasseh, by
lot, ten cities. And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of
the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. Unto the
sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of
the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, twelve cities. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities
with their suburbs. And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of
the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by theirnames. And the
residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of
their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. And they gave unto them, of the
cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also
Gezer with her suburbs, And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her
suburbs, And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: And
out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her
suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of
Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh,
Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: And out of
the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, And
Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: And out of the tribe of
Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, And Hukok with her
suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh
in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with
her suburbs. Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out
of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: And
on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were
given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her
suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and
Mephaath with her suburbs: And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with
her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, And Heshbon with her suburbs, and
Jazer with her suburbs.
