'Descendants' in the Bible

the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

the descendants of Shephatiah, 372;

the descendants of Arah, 652;

the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

the descendants of Zattu, 845;

the descendants of Zaccai, 760;

the descendants of Binnui, 648;

the descendants of Bebai, 628;

the descendants of Azgad, 2,322;

the descendants of Adonikam, 667;

the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067;

the descendants of Adin, 655;

the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98;

the descendants of Hashum, 328;

the descendants of Bezai, 324;

the descendants of Harif, 112;

the descendants of Gibeon, 95;

the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

the descendants of Harim, 320;

the descendants of Jericho, 345;

the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;

the descendants of Senaah, 3,930.

The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua), 973;

the descendants of Immer, 1,052;

the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247;

the descendants of Harim, 1,017.

The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148.

The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138.

The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth,

the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon,

the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai,

the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar,

the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda,

the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah,

the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim,

the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur,

the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha,

the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah,

the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha.

The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,

the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel,

the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon.

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642.

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous.

You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess.

Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.

some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) Of the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;

and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, from the descendants of Shelah.

The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

These are the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah,

The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph's descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God.

Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was an adviser to the king in every matter pertaining to the people.

Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.