Chronicles - Chapter 9

Inhabitants of Jerusalem

¹ So all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and indeed, they [were] inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

² And the first inhabitants who [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were] Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.

³ Now in Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:

⁴ Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants of Perez, the son of Judah.

⁵ Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

⁶ Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren -- six hundred and ninety.

⁷ Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

⁸ Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

⁹ and their brethren, according to their generations -- nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men [were] heads of a father's [house] in their fathers' houses.

¹⁰ Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;

¹¹ Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God;

¹² Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

¹³ and their brethren, heads of their fathers' [houses -- one] thousand seven hundred and sixty. [They were] very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

¹⁴ Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

¹⁵ Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

¹⁶ Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

¹⁷ And the gatekeepers [were] Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum [was] the chief.

¹⁸ Until then [they had been] gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King's Gate on the east.

¹⁹ Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father's house, the Korahites, [were] in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD.

²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the LORD [was] with him.

²¹ Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] keeper of the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

²² All those chosen as gatekeepers [were] two hundred and twelve. They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.

²³ So they and their children [were] in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.

²⁴ The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south.

²⁵ And their brethren in their villages [had] to come with them from time to time for seven days.

²⁶ For in this trusted office [were] four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

²⁷ And they lodged [all] around the house of God because they [had] the responsibility, and they [were] in charge of opening [it] every morning.

²⁸ Now [some] of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count.

²⁹ [Some] of them [were] appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices.

³⁰ And [some] of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.

³¹ Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trusted office over the things that were baked in the pans.

³² And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites [were] in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.

³³ These are the singers, heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites, [who lodged] in the chambers, [and were] free [from other duties;] for they were employed in [that] work day and night.

³⁴ These heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites [were] heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem.

Genealogy of Saul

³⁵ Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name [was] Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.

³⁶ His firstborn son [was] Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

³⁷ Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

³⁸ And Mikloth begot Shimeam. They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

³⁹ Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal.

⁴⁰ The son of Jonathan [was] Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begot Micah.

⁴¹ The sons of Micah [were] Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, [and Ahaz.]

⁴² And Ahaz begot Jarah; Jarah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;

⁴³ Moza begot Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

⁴⁴ And Azel had six sons whose names [were] these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these [were] the sons of Azel.