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The First Book of the Chronicles

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Thus all Israel were nombred by their genealogies: and beholde, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel and of Iudah, and they were caried away to Babel for their transgression.
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And the chiefe inhabitants that dwelt in their owne possessions, and in their owne cities, euen Israel the Priestes, the Leuites, and the Nethinims.
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And in Ierusalem dwelt of the children of Iudah, and of the children of Beniamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.
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Vthai the sonne of Amihud the sonne of Omri, the sonne of Imri, the sonne of Bani: of the children of Pharez, the sonne of Iudah.
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And of Shiloni, Asaiah the eldest, and his sonnes.
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And the sonnes of Zerah, Ieuel, and their brethren sixe hundreth and ninetie.
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And of the sonnes of Beniamin, Sallu the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Hodauiah, the sonne of Hasenuah,
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And Ibneiah the sonne of Ieroham, and Elah the sonne of Vzzi, the sonne of Michri, and Meshullam the sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Reuel, the sonne of Ibniiah.
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And their brethren according to their generations nine hundreth, fiftie and sixe: all these men were chiefe fathers in the housholdes of their fathers.
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And of the Priestes, Iedaiah, and Iehoiarib, and Iachin,
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And Azariah the sonne of Hilkiah, ye sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Zadok, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne of Ahitub the chiefe of the house of God,
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And Adaiah the sonne of Ieroham, ye sonne of Pashur, the sonne of Malchiiah, and Maasai the sonne of Adiel, the sonne of Iahzerah, the sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of Meshillemith, the sonne of Immer.
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And their brethre the chiefe of the households of their fathers a thousand, seuen hundreth and three score valiant men, for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
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And of the Leuites, Shemaiah the sonne of Hasshub, the sonne of Azrikam, the sonne of Hashabiah of the sonnes of Merari,
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And Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal, and Mattaniah the sonne of Micha, the sonne of Zichri, the sonne of Asaph,
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And Obadiah the sonne of Shemaiah, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of Ieduthun, and Berechiah, the sonne of Asa, the sonne of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
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And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.
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For they were porters to this time by companies of the children of Leui vnto the Kinges gate eastward.
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And Shallum the sonne of Kore the sonne of Ebiasaph the sonne of Korah, and his brethren the Korathites (of the house of their father) were ouer the worke, and office to keepe the gates of the Tabernacle: so their families were ouer the hoste of the Lord, keeping the entrie.
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And Phinehas ye sonne of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.
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Zechariah the sonne of Meshelemiah was the porter of the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
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All these were chosen for porters of the gates, two hundreth and twelue, which were nombred according to their genealogies by their townes. Dauid established these and Samuel the Seer in their perpetuall office.
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So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord, euen of the house of the Tabernacle by wardes.
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The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.
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And their brethren, which were in their townes, came at seuen dayes from time to time with them.
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For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.
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And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.
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And certaine of them had the rule of the ministring vessels: for they brought them in by tale, and brought them out by tale.
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Some of them also were appoynted ouer the instruments, and ouer all the vessels of the Sanctuarie, and of the floure, and the wine, and the oyle, and the incense, and the sweete odours.
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And certaine of the sonnes of the Priestes made oyntments of sweete odours.
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And Mattithiah one of the Leuites which was the eldest sonne of Shallum the Korhite, had the charge of the things that were made in the frying panne.
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And other of their brethren the sonnes of Kohath had the ouersight of the shewbread to prepare it euery Sabbath.
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And these are the singers, the chiefe fathers of the Leuites, which dwelt in the chambers, and had none other charge: for they had to do in that busines day and night:
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These were the chiefe fathers of the Leuites according to their generations, and the principall which dwelt at Ierusalem.

The Descendants of Saul

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And in Gibeon dwelt ye father of Gibeon, Ieiel, and the name of his wife was Maachah.
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And his eldest sonne was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
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And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
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And Mikloth begate Shimeam: they also dwelt with their brethren at Ierusalem, euen by their brethren.
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And Ner begate Kish, and Kish begate Saul, and Saul begate Ionathan and Malchishua, and Abinadab and Eshbaal.
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And the sonne of Ionathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begate Micah.
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And the sonnes of Micah were Pithon, and Melech and Tahrea.
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And Ahaz begate Iarah, and Iarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaueth, and Zimri, and Zimri begate Moza.
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And Moza begate Binea, whose sonne was Rephaiah, and his sonne was Eleasah, and his sonne Azel.
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And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ismael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these are the sonnes of Azel.
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So all Israel were listed by genealogies; and behold,(a) they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
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Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
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In Jerusalem, there lived of the children of Judah, of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
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Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
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Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
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Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
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Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;
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and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
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and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers’ households by their fathers’ houses.
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Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
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and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of God’s house;
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and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
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and their brothers, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; they were very able men for the work of the service of God’s house.
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Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
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and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
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and 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.
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The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
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who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
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Shallum was the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over the LORD’s camp, keepers of the entry.
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Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
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Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.
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So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the LORD’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.
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On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them,
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for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
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They stayed around God’s house, because that was their duty; and it was their duty to open it morning by morning.
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Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service, for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.
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Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
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Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.
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Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.
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Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
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These are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the rooms and were free from other service, for they were employed in their work day and night.
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These were heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men. They lived at Jerusalem.

The Descendants of Saul

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Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, lived in Gibeon.
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His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
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Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
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Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem, near their relatives.
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Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
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The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal. Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
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The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
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Ahaz became the father of Jarah. Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.
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Moza became the father of Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
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Azel had six sons, whose names are Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

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(a)9:1 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.