Thematic Bible
1 Chronicles 24:1 (show verse)
Now, the sons of Aaron, had their courses, - the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar;
1 Chronicles 24:2 (show verse)
but Nadab and Abihu, died, before their father, and sons, had they none, - but Eleazar and Ithamar became priests;
1 Chronicles 24:3 (show verse)
and David apportioned to them courses, both to Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and to Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, - by their appointed place in their service.
1 Chronicles 24:4 (show verse)
But the sons of Eleazar were found to be more numerous, by the chiefs of their able men, than were the sons of Ithamar, so they divided them, - the sons of Eleazar, had chiefs, of the ancestral house, sixteen, whereas, the sons of Ithamar, had of their ancestral house, eight.
1 Chronicles 24:5 (show verse)
They divided them, therefore, by casting lots, these with those, - for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, from among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:6 (show verse)
And Shemaiah son of Nethanel the scribe from among the Levites, wrote them down, before the king and the rulers and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the ancestral chiefs, pertaining to the priests and to the Levites, - one ancestral house, was taken for Eleazar, and, was equally taken, for Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 24:7 (show verse)
So then the first lot came forth for Jehoiarib, for Jedaiah, the second;
1 Chronicles 24:8 (show verse)
for Harim, the third, for Seorim, the fourth;
1 Chronicles 24:9 (show verse)
for Malchijah, the fifth, for Mijamin, the sixth;
1 Chronicles 24:10 (show verse)
for Hakkoz, the seventh, for Abijah, the eighth;
1 Chronicles 24:11 (show verse)
for Jeshua, the ninth, for Shecaniah, the tenth;
1 Chronicles 24:12 (show verse)
for Eliashib, the eleventh, for Jakim, the twelfth;
1 Chronicles 24:13 (show verse)
for Huppah, the thirteenth, for Jeshebeab, the fourteenth;
1 Chronicles 24:14 (show verse)
for Bilgah, the fifteenth, for Immer, the sixteenth;
1 Chronicles 24:15 (show verse)
for Hezir, the seventeenth, for Happizzez, the eighteenth;
1 Chronicles 24:16 (show verse)
for Pethahiah, the nineteenth, for Jehezkel, the twentieth;
1 Chronicles 24:17 (show verse)
for Jachin, the twenty-first, for Gamul, the twenty-second;
1 Chronicles 24:18 (show verse)
for Delaiah, the twenty-third, for Maaziah, the twenty-fourth.
1 Chronicles 24:19 (show verse)
These, were their appointed places for their service, for entering the house of Yahweh, according to the regulation of them, by the hand of Aaron their father, - just as Yahweh God of Israel, commanded him.
1 Chronicles 24:20 (show verse)
Now, as for the sons of Levi who remained, of the sons of Amram, Shubael, of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
1 Chronicles 24:21 (show verse)
Of Rehabiah, of the sons of Rehabiah, the chief Isshiah;
1 Chronicles 24:22 (show verse)
of the Izharites, Shelomoth, - of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath;
1 Chronicles 24:23 (show verse)
and, the sons of Hebron , Jeriah, - Amariah, the second, Jehaziel, the third, Jekameam, the fourth;
1 Chronicles 24:24 (show verse)
the sons of Uzziel, Micah, of the sons of Micah, Shamir;
1 Chronicles 24:25 (show verse)
the brother of Micah, Isshiah, of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
1 Chronicles 24:26 (show verse)
The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi, - the sons of Jaaziah, Beno;
1 Chronicles 24:27 (show verse)
the sons of Merari, of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri:
1 Chronicles 24:28 (show verse)
of Mahli, Eleazar, who had no sons;
1 Chronicles 24:29 (show verse)
of Kish - the sons of Kish, Jerameel;
1 Chronicles 24:30 (show verse)
and, the sons of Mushi, Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These, were the sons of the Levites, belonging to their ancestral house.
1 Chronicles 24:31 (show verse)
Moreover, they also, cast lots along with their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech, and the ancestral chiefs, pertaining to the priests and to the Levites, the ancestral chief along with his younger brethren.