'Descendants' in the Bible

Immer’s descendants1,052

Pashhur’s descendants1,247

and Harim’s descendants1,017

The Levites included: Jeshua’s and Kadmiel’s descendants from Hodaviah’s descendants 74

The singers included: Asaph’s descendants 128

The gatekeepers’ descendants included: Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139

The temple servants included:Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,Tabbaoth’s descendants,

Keros’s descendants,Siaha’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,Akkub’s descendants,

Hagab’s descendants,Shalmai’s descendants, Hanan’s descendants,

Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,Reaiah’s descendants,

Rezin’s descendants,Nekoda’s descendants, Gazzam’s descendants,

Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,Besai’s descendants,

Asnah’s descendants,Meunim’s descendants, Nephusim’s descendants,

Bakbuk’s descendants, Hakupha’s descendants,Harhur’s descendants,

Bazluth’s descendants,Mehida’s descendants, Harsha’s descendants,

Barkos’s descendants, Sisera’s descendants,Temah’s descendants,

Neziah’s descendants,and Hatipha’s descendants.

The descendants of Solomon’s servants included: Sotai’s descendants, Hassophereth’s descendants, Peruda’s descendants,

Jaalah’s descendants, Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants, Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, and Ami’s descendants.

All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.

Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, Nekoda’s descendants 652

and from the descendants of the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, the descendants of Barzillai—who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

Gershom, from Phinehas’s descendants;Daniel, from Ithamar’s descendants;Hattush, from David’s descendants,

who was of Shecaniah’s descendants;Zechariah, from Parosh’s descendants,and 150 men with him who were registered by genealogy;

Eliehoenai son of Zerahiahfrom Pahath-moab’s descendants,and 200 men with him;

Shecaniah son of Jahazielfrom Zattu’s descendants,and 300 men with him;

Ebed son of Jonathanfrom Adin’s descendants,and 50 men with him;

Jeshaiah son of Athaliahfrom Elam’s descendants,and 70 men with him;

Zebadiah son of Michaelfrom Shephatiah’s descendants,and 80 men with him;

Obadiah son of Jehielfrom Joab’s descendants,and 218 men with him;

Shelomith son of Josiphiahfrom Bani’s descendants,and 160 men with him;

Zechariah son of Bebaifrom Bebai’s descendants,and 28 men with him;

Johanan son of Hakkatanfrom Azgad’s descendants,and 110 men with him;

these are the last ones, from Adonikam’s descendants,and their names are:Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah,and 60 men with them;

Uthai and Zaccurfrom Bigvai’s descendants,and 70 men with them.

Since the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,

plus Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.

The following were found to have married foreign women from the descendants of the priests:from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s descendants;

Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah from Harim’s descendants;

Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah from Pashhur’s descendants.

The Israelites:Parosh’s descendants: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah;

Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;

Zattu’s descendants: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;

Bebai’s descendants: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai;

Bani’s descendants: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth;

Pahath-moab’s descendants: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh;

Harim’s descendants: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Hashum’s descendants: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei;

Bani’s descendants: Maadai, Amram, Uel,

Nebo’s descendants: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

Parosh’s descendants2,172

Shephatiah’s descendants372

Arah’s descendants652

Pahath-moab’s descendants: Jeshua’s and Joab’s descendants 2,818

Elam’s descendants1,254

Zattu’s descendants845

Zaccai’s descendants760

Binnui’s descendants648

Bebai’s descendants628

Azgad’s descendants2,322

Adonikam’s descendants667

Bigvai’s descendants2,067

Adin’s descendants655

Ater’s descendants: of Hezekiah98

Hashum’s descendants328

Bezai’s descendants324

Hariph’s descendants112

Gibeon’s descendants95

The priests included: Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973

Immer’s descendants1,052

Pashhur’s descendants1,247

Harim’s descendants1,017.

The Levites included: Jeshua’s descendants: of Kadmiel Hodevah’s descendants 74.

The singers included: Asaph’s descendants 148.

The gatekeepers included: Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants 138.

The temple servants included:Ziha’s descendants, Hasupha’s descendants,Tabbaoth’s descendants,

Keros’s descendants,Sia’s descendants, Padon’s descendants,

Lebanah’s descendants, Hagabah’s descendants,Shalmai’s descendants,

Hanan’s descendants,Giddel’s descendants, Gahar’s descendants,

Reaiah’s descendants, Rezin’s descendants,Nekoda’s descendants,

Gazzam’s descendants,Uzza’s descendants, Paseah’s descendants,

Besai’s descendants, Meunim’s descendants,Nephishesim’s descendants,

Bakbuk’s descendants,Hakupha’s descendants, Harhur’s descendants,

Bazlith’s descendants, Mehida’s descendants,Harsha’s descendants,

Barkos’s descendants,Sisera’s descendants, Temah’s descendants,

Neziah’s descendants, Hatipha’s descendants.

The descendants of Solomon’s servants included:Sotai’s descendants, Sophereth’s descendants,Perida’s descendants,

Jaala’s descendants,Darkon’s descendants, Giddel’s descendants,

Shephatiah’s descendants, Hattil’s descendants,Pochereth-hazzebaim’s descendants, Amon’s descendants.

All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.

Delaiah’s descendants, Tobiah’s descendants, and Nekoda’s descendants 642

and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai—who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

You found his heart faithful in Your sight,and made a covenant with himto give the land of the Canaanites,Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,Jebusites, and Girgashites—to give it to his descendants.You have kept Your promise,for You are righteous.

You multiplied their descendantslike the stars of heavenand brought them to the landYou told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.

So their descendants went in and possessed the land:You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before themand handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them,to do as they pleased with them.

These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem): Judah’s descendants: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants;