1 ¶ The sons of Aaron also had their courses. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

2 B ut Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children; therefore, Eleazar and Ithamar had the priesthood.

3 A nd David distributed them, Zadok being of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their turns in their ministry.

4 A nd there were more men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar, there were sixteen chief men of the houses of their fathers and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the houses of their fathers.

5 T hey divided them, therefore, by lot, one with another for of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar there were princes of the sanctuary and princes of God.

6 A nd Shemaiah, the scribe, the son of Nethaneel, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king and the princes and before Zadok, the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites; one paternal house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

7 N ow the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

8 t he third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

9 t he fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

10 t he seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

11 t he ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

12 t he eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

13 t he thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

14 t he fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

15 t he seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

16 t he nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

17 t he twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

18 t he twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

19 T hese were their orderings in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their right, in the ministry of Aaron, their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

20 ¶ And of the sons of Levi that remained: Of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

21 R ehabiah; of the sons of Rehabiah, the chief was Isshiah.

22 O f the Izharite; Shelomoth; and the son of Shelomoth, Jahath.

23 A nd of the sons of Jeriah: Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

24 T he sons of Uzziel: Michah; and the son of Michah, Shamir.

25 T he brother of Michah was Isshiah; and the son of Isshiah, Zechariah.

26 T he sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the son of Jaaziah, Beno.

27 T he sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

28 O f Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.

29 K ish; the son of Kish, Jerahmeel.

30 T he sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their fathers.

31 T hese, likewise, cast lots over against their brethren, the sons of Aaron, in the presence of David, the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.